Background
Flournoy, Parke Poindexter was born on September 25, 1839 in Chesterfield C. H., Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Wilson and Sarah Parke (Poindexter) Flournoy.
Flournoy, Parke Poindexter was born on September 25, 1839 in Chesterfield C. H., Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Wilson and Sarah Parke (Poindexter) Flournoy.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, 1861. Doctor of Divinity, 1896, Doctor of Letters, 1924.
Review Professor B. M. Smith, Doctor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary Virginia, August 30, 1866 (died 1897). Enlisted in the “Hampden-Sydney Boys,” 20th Virginia Regiment C.S.A., in May 1861. Taken prisoner at Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia.
Paroled by General George B. McClellan in July 1861.
Exchanged in August 1862. Joined the Otey Battery, 13th Virginia Battalion of Artillery and served in it until close of war.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1869. Pastorates: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 1869-1875, Springfield, Maryland., 1882-1890, Bethesda, Maryland., 1875-1882, and 1890-1922.
Elected member Victoria Institute, London, 1897 (Gunning Prizeman, 1912, 27), and Life Associate of Victoria Institute, 1927.
Author: New Light on the New Testament, 1903. Home: Washington, Distric.
Member Victoria Institute, London, 1897 (Gunning Prizeman, 1912, 27), and Life Associate
Married Mary Moore Smith, daughter