Background
Dickens, John Lunsford was born on March 3, 1853 in Gibson Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Gilliam and Mary Malvina (Dickey) Dickens.
Dickens, John Lunsford was born on March 3, 1853 in Gibson Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Gilliam and Mary Malvina (Dickey) Dickens.
Bachelor of Arts, Bethel College, Tennessee, 1879. Bachelor of Divinity, Cumberland U., 1884, Doctor of Philosophy., 1887. A.M., McKendree College, Illinois, 1885.
Doctor of Laws, Butler U., Indiana, 1891. Doctor of Divinity, Florence College, 1899. S.T.D., American U., Tennessee, 1901.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1876. Professor of English and philosophy, 1884-1886, president, 1886-1889, Bethel College. President Trinity U., Texas, 1889-1890, Texas Female Seminary, 1890-1891, Quanah College, Texas, 1891-1894, Bethel College, 1895-1899.
Pastor, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1894-1895, Kenton, Tennessee, 1899-1901, Dyer, Tennessee, 1901-1903, Fredonia, Kentucky, 1903-1905, Starkville, Mississippi, 1905-1908. President and owner of Asgard College for Young Ladies, South Houston, Texas, 1908-1913. Also pastor Presbyterian Church, South Houston, Texas, 1909-1913.
Pastor Immanuel Church, Galveston, Texas, 1913-1918. Became president Houston Bible Institute, 1918. Also pastor Denver Presbyterian Church, Houston, 1923-1930.
President South Houston State Bank, 1909-1911.
Married Mattie J. Tiner, August 21, 1879 (died September 5, 1893). Married second, Mary Elizabeth Bridgforth of Nesbitt, Mississippi.
