Background
Dawson, Lemuel Orah was born on April 24, 1865 in Chambers Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Marie Antoinette (Bailey) Dawson.
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Lemuel Orah Dawson
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Bachelor of Arts, Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1886, Doctor of Divinity, 1897. Graduate Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1889. Post-graduate work, same school, 1890.
Studied in Germany and at Columbian (now George Washington University, and University of Alabama.
Career
Entered Baptist ministry, 1884, ordained, 1888. Pastor Mount Vernon Church in Woodford Company, Kentucky, 1888-1892, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1892-1924. Professor Bible and church history, Howard College, since 1924, also pastor Edgewood Church, Birmingham.
President Alabama Baptist State Convention 3 terms.
Chairman educational commission, same. President Southern Baptist Young People's Union 10 terms.
President Rotary International 1 year.
Achievements
Membership
Member Alabama Baptist State Executive Committee. Member Board of Relief and Annuities of Southern Baptist Convention, also. Member Executive Committee Southern Baptist Ednl.
Association.
Connections
Married Margaret Samuel Lewis, October 30, 1890. Children: Andrew Lewis, Eugene Reese.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democrat