Background
Hargrove, Robert Kennon was born on September 17, 1829 in Pickens Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel J. and Laodicea Hargrove.
Hargrove, Robert Kennon was born on September 17, 1829 in Pickens Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel J. and Laodicea Hargrove.
Graduated from the University of Alabama, 1852 A.M. (Doctor of Divinity, Emory College, Georgia).
Professor pure mathematics, University of Alabama, 1853-1857, afterward in active pastoral work. Represented Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Cape May commission, 1876, and in commission on federation, 1898. Bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1882—1905.
Secretary College of Bishops, 1884—1905. Chairman of Commission on applications for foreign mission field, and for translation of theology for same. President of the board of trustees, Vanderbilt University.
President of the board of management Epworth League, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1894-1898. Inaugurated Woman’s Parsonage and Home Mission Society of Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Home: Nashville, Tenn.
Married Harriet C. Scott, November 10, 1852. Married second, Ruth E. Scarritt, June 20, 1895.