Background
Barbee, James Thomas was born on September 1, 1838 in Commerce, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph S. and Delphenia (Walker) Barbee.
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James Thomas Barbee
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Educated Three Forks Academy, under W. H. Bancroft.
Career
2d, Belle Price Hughs, of Sturgis, Kentucky, February 10, 1891. Second Lieutenant 4th Tennessee Cavalry, C.S.A., under General J. S. Wheeler, 1861-1865. Ordained Cumberland Presbyterian minister, 1871.
Pastor Liberty, Cainsville, Statesville, Tennessee, 1872-1886, Sturgis, Kentucky, 1886-1890. Traveling agent and business manager Cumberland Female College, McMinnville, Tennessee, 1890-1894. Pastor Providence, Kentucky, 1894, Princeton, Kentucky, 1895-1897, Greenville, Kentucky, 1897-1902, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1902-1907.
Superintendent missions and church extension, Synod of Kentucky, 1906-1909. Moderator 79th General Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church, at Bentonville, Arkansas, May, 1909. Preached Centennial sermon of the church, at Dixon, Tennessee, May 19, 1910.
Chairman of Commission on pastors and supplies, Owensboro Presbytery. Director Radner Female College, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Married Fredonia Foust, of Commerce, Tennessee, February 10, 1862.
