Robert Alberti Lapsley

Background

Lapsley, Robert Alberti was born on October 18, 1858 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of James Woods and Sara Eliza (Pratt) Lapsley.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1877. Columbia (South Carolina.) Theological Seminary, 1877-1878, 1879-1880, Union Theological Seminary, Hampden-Sidney, Virginia, 1880-1881. Doctor of Divinity, Presbyterian College of South Carolina., 1913.

Career

Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1881. Pastor Lauderdale Saint Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1881-1882, Ebenezer Church, Charleston, South Carolina., 1882-1885, Vine Hill, Alabama, 1885-1888, Anniston, Alabama, 1888-1891. Evangelist, North. Alabama Presbytery, 1891-1892.

Pastor Bethel Church, near Greenville, Virginia, 1892-1904, Ashland, 1904-1912.

Editor-in-chief South.S. lesson Iit. of Southern Presbyterian Church, 1903-1922. Editor Adult Quarterly, and Home Department Quarterly, since 1922.

Author: The Songs of Zion, 1925, 26. The Book of the Witnesses for Jesus, 1931.

Home: Richmond, Virginia.

Achievements

• Robert Alberti Lapsley has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Eugenia Browne, August 31, 1881 (died 1901). Married second, Vermelle McCutchen, April. Children: Robert Alberti, Mary Vermelle, James Woods, Horatio Browne, Sara Pratt, Genie Browne, Samuel Norvell.

Father:

James Woods Lapsley

Mother:

Sara Eliza (Pratt) Lapsley

Spouse:

Eugenia Browne

Spouse:

Vermelle McCutchen

child:

James Woods Lapsley

child:

Mary Vermelle Lapsley

child:

Samuel Norvell Lapsley

child:

Robert Alberti Lapsley

child:

Sara Pratt Lapsley

child:

Genie Browne Lapsley

child:

Horatio Browne Lapsley