Background
Prestridge, John Newton was born on February 5, 1853 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of John Elijah and Sarah F. (McCraw) Prestridge.
Prestridge, John Newton was born on February 5, 1853 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of John Elijah and Sarah F. (McCraw) Prestridge.
Student Howard College, Alabama, 1869-1871. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1879-1883. (Doctor of Divinity, Furman University, South Carolina., 1900, Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1900, Bethel College, Kentucky, 1900).
Ordained Baptist ministry. Pastor New Castle and Burk’s Branch, Kentucky, 1882-1884, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 1884-1889, First Church, San Antonio, Texas, 1889, Winchester, Kentucky, 1891-1894, Williamsburg, Kentucky, and president Williamsburg Institute, 1894-1898. Founder, 1898, and editor, 1898-1908.
Baptist Argus.
Aided in organizing The Baptist World Public Company, which bought The Baptist Argus and began The Baptist World, May 1, 1908. Suggested and promoted to success Baptist World Congress, London, July 1905, and was chosen secretary for America. Home: Louisville, Kentucky.
Married Fannie Clardy, May 17, 1887.