Background
Holsey, Lucius Henry was born in 1845 in near Columbus, Georgia, United States. Son of James and Louisa Wynn Holsey.
Holsey, Lucius Henry was born in 1845 in near Columbus, Georgia, United States. Son of James and Louisa Wynn Holsey.
Attended Baptist College, Augusta, Georgia, 1872. (Doctor of Divinity, Morris Brown College, and Paine College, 1900).
Ordained Methodist Episcopal Church, South, ministry, 1869. Pastor in Georgia, 1869-1873. Founder of Paine College, Augusta, Georgia.
Consecrated bishop, 1873. Author: Church Manual, 1892. Church Hymnal, 1892; Racial Problem, 1903.
Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses, and Essays, 1903. Little Gems, 1905. Address: 335 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia.
Married Harriet A. Turner, of Sparta, Georgia, November 8, 1863.