Background
Castleberry, John Jackson was born on April 13, 1877 in Savannah, Tennessee, United States. Son of George Washington and Sarah Graham (Mahan) Castleberry.
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John Jackson Castleberry
John Jackson Castleberry, American clergyman. Mason.
Education
Graduated from College of the Bible, Transylvania University, Kentucky, 1900. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale, 1917. Studied Harvard and Chicago U.
Doctor of Divinity, Lincoln Memorial University, 1924.
Doctor of Laws from Transylvania U. in 1935.
Career
1 son, John Porter. Ordained ministry Disciples of Christ, 1900. Pastor Springfield, Tennessee, 1900-1904, Union City, 1904-1909, 1st Church, Mayfield, Kentucky, 1909-1920, Walnut Hills Church, Cincinnati, O., since 1920. President Congress of Disciples of Christ, 1921-1922.
President Tennessee Christian Missionary Convention, Kentucky Christian South.S. Convention.
Formerly member board of managers United Christian Missionary Society of Disciples of Christ. Member board of managers Bethesda Hospital, Cincinnati.
Member board Cincinnati Associate Charities. Trustee College of the Bible, Lexington, Kentucky, American Christian Missionary Society.
Member American Seminar in Europe, 1926.
Formerly president Cincinnati Federation of Churches.
Achievements
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John Jackson Castleberry has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Mason.
Connections
Married Annie Porter, February 8, 1903.
- Father:
- George Washington Castleberry
- Mother:
- Sarah Graham (Mahan) Castleberry
- Spouse:
- Annie Porter
