Leonard Weakley Doolan

Background

Doolan, Leonard Weakley was born on May 13, 1872 in Finchville, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Rowena Elizabeth (Weakley) Doolan.

Education

Graduate Shelby Academy, Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1885. Bachelor of Arts, Central University of Kentucky, 1895. Student Rochester Theological Seminary.

Doctor of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1901.

Career

Instructor Chemistry, Central University of Kentucky, 1893-1894, in Greek, 1894-1895. President Hardin Collegiate Institute, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 1895-1897. Ordained ministry Southern Baptist Church, 1897.

Pastor Madison, Indiana, later Henderson, Kentucky, until 1904. Professor Hebrew and practical theology, Baylor University, 1904-1907. Pastor Louisville and Bowling Green, Kentucky, Columbus, Ohio, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, until 1924, Danville, Kentucky, 1924-1935, Lyndon Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1935-1941.

Membership

Member Sigma Nu Fraternity.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Todd Hodges, October 23, 1901. Children: Elizabeth Hodges, Leonard W., Rowena Lewis.

Father:

Thomas Jefferson Doolan

Mother:

Rowena Elizabeth (Weakley) Doolan

Spouse:

Elizabeth Todd Hodges

child:

Rowena Lewis Doolan

child:

Leonard W. Doolan

child:

Elizabeth Hodges Doolan