James Franklin Smith

Background

Smith, James Franklin was born on December 24, 1868 in Gadsden, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Wesley and Emily Elizabeth (Combs) Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bethel College, McKenzie, Tennessee, 1892. Bachelor of Divinity, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1895. Graduate Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1896.

Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1896.

Doctor of Divinity, Trinity University, Texas, 1906.

Career

Ordained ministry Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892. Pastor City Temple—Central Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, since 1896. Moderator Texas Synod, 1901.

Member Council of Churches holding the Reformed Faith.

Delegate Federal Council Churches of Christ in America. Moderator General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1918-1919.

Achievements

• James Franklin Smith has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Council of Churches

Connections

Married Lillian Duff Neal, of Louisville, Kentucky, September 9, 1903.

Father:

John Wesley Smith

Mother:

Emily Elizabeth (Combs) Smith

Spouse:

Lillian Duff Neal