John Wesley Alstork

Background

Alstork, John Wesley was born on September 1, 1852 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of Review Frank and Mary Jane Alstork.

Education

Educated Talladega College. (Doctor of Divinity, Livingstone [North Carolina] College, 1892. Doctor of Laws, Princeton [Indiana] College, 1908).

Career

Ordained African Methodist Episcopal Zion ministry, 1882. Financial secretary Alabama Conference, 1884-1892, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Connection, 1892-1900. Presiding elder, 1889-1900.

Elected bishop, May 14, 1900.

Delaware Ecumenical Conference, London, 1901, Toronto, 1911.

Achievements

• John Wesley Alstork has been listed as a noteworthy bishop by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Federation of Churches, Southern Sociological Congress.

Connections

Married Mamie M. Lawson, May 26, 1872.

Father:

Review Frank

Mother:

Mary Jane Alstork

Spouse:

Mamie M. Lawson