Robert Josiah Willingham

Background

Willingham, Robert Josiah was born on May 15, 1854 in Beaufort District, South Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin Lawton and Elizabeth (Baynard) Willingham.

Education

Master of Arts, University of Georgia, 1873, Bachelor of Arts, B.P., and Bachelor of Science, same, 1873. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1877-1879. Doctor of Divinity, Carson and Newman College, Tennessee, 1890.

Doctor of Laws, Furman U., South Carolina.

Career

Ordained Baptist ministry, 1878. Pastor Talbotton, Georgia, 1879-1882, Barnesville, Georgia, 1882-1887, First Church, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1887-1891, Memphis, Tennessee, 1891-1893. Correspondent secretary Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1893—.

Connections

Married Corneille Bacon, September 8, 1874.

Father:

Benjamin Lawton Willingham

Mother:

Elizabeth (Baynard) Willingham

Spouse:

Corneille Bacon