Background
Spottswood, Stephen Gill was born on July 18, 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Elizabeth (Gray) Spottswood.
Spottswood, Stephen Gill was born on July 18, 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Elizabeth (Gray) Spottswood.
Bachelor of Arts, Albright College, Reading Pennsylvania, 1917. Th.B., Gordon Division School, Boston, 1919. Graduate study Yale, 1923-1924.
Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Livingstone College, 1939.
October 1953); children—Virginia Ruth (Mistress Simon) Stephen Paul, Constance Booker (Mistress Miller), Viola Stephanie (Mistress Cabaniss), Alleyne Hankerson (Mistress Hall). Married second, Mattie Brownita Johnson Elliott, December, 15, 1969. Ordained to ministry African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1920.
Pastor in West Newton and Lowell, Massachusetts, 1918-1920, Portland, Maine, 1920-1922, New Haven, 1922-1925, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1925-1928, Indianapolis, 1928-1932, Buffalo, 1932-1936, Washington 1936-1952.
Elected bishop, 1952. Presiding bishop West Tennessee and Mississippi, South. Mississippi, North. Arkansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tex and Colorado conferences, 1952-1956, Allegheny, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana conferences, 1956-1968, Guyana, Michigan, New England, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Virgin Islands conferences, 1968-1972.
Chairman board of finance, transportation and statistics, also commissions chaplains, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Member World Methodist Council, National Council Churches.
President Ohio Council of Churches, 1968-1970 Frequent speaker on civil rights.
Member North.A.A.C.P. from 1919, president District of Columbia branch, 1947-1952, member of national board directors, from 1954, Chairman of the Board, from 1961. Home: Washington, Distric.
Member World Methodist Council, National Council Churches. Member North.A.A.C.P. from 1919, president District of Columbia branch, 1947-1952.
Married Viola Estelle Booker, June 10, 1919 (deceased. Married second, Mattie Brownita Johnson Elliott, December, 15, 1969. Children: Virginia Ruth (Mistress Simon) Stephen Paul, Constance Booker (Mistress Miller), Viola Stephanie (Mistress Cabaniss), Alleyne Hankerson (Mistress Hall).