Background
Tidwell, Josiah Blake was born on October 8, 1870 in Cleveland, Alabama, United States. Son of Review Francis and Ann (Chambers) Tidwell.
Tidwell, Josiah Blake was born on October 8, 1870 in Cleveland, Alabama, United States. Son of Review Francis and Ann (Chambers) Tidwell.
Bachelor of Arts, Howard College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1898, Doctor of Divinity, 1914. Master of Arts, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1903. Correspondent work, University of Chicago.
Doctor of Laws, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, 1921.
Successively teacher, president and business manager Decatur (Texas) Baptist College, 1898-1909. Endowment secretary Baylor University, 1909-1910, raising about $100,000. Professor Biblical literature same university, since 1910.
Chairman Baylor University Committee on Research Work.
Member Baylor University Student Loan Fund Committee Has served as member Baptist Education Board of Texas, Executive Board of Baptist Convention of Texas, Education communications of Southern Baptist Convention, president Baptist General Convention Texas Trustee Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Member Baylor University Student Loan Fund Committee Has served as. Member American Association University professors, Religious Education Association, Association Baptist Bible Teachers of the South, Texas History Society. Member of Executive Committee Southern Association Baptist Colleges Secondary Schools.
Member education commission Southern Coöperative League.
Member Southwestern Association for Biblical Study and Research, et cetera
Married Kansas I. Reid, 1887 (died 1907). Married second, Minnie Lee Hayes, September 7, 1910 (died 1925). Children: Eris (deceased), Reginal Arthur (deceased), Sallie Ann, Kalvart Kay, Francis (deceased), Broadus.