Background
Mccallie, Thomas Spencer was born on January 7, 1869 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Hooke and Ellen Douglas (Jarnagin) Mccallie.
Mccallie, Thomas Spencer was born on January 7, 1869 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Hooke and Ellen Douglas (Jarnagin) Mccallie.
Preparatory education, Bingham School, North Carolina. Student King College, Bristol, Virginia, 1884-1885, Central University of Kentucky, 1886-1887, University of Chattanooga, 1888-1889. Doctor of Divinity, King College, 1916.
Doctor of Laws, University of Chattanooga, 1932.
1 son, Thomas Crane. Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1896. Pastor successively East Lake Church, Chattanooga, 1896-1909. Central Church, Chattanooga, since 1909(new building and equipment, 1921).
Chairman Home Mission, Presbytery of Knoxville, 1914, Chattanooga Red Cross, since 1917.
Director Chattanooga Community Chest, Chattanooga Social Service Bureau Chaplain, major R.O.T.C. of Chattanooga, World War. Organized, operated Soldiers’ Recreation Centre, Chattanooga, World War.
Appointed “Chaplain of Chattanooga” for life by City Commission, 1927. Moderator of the Synod of Apalachia, 1929-1930.
Trustee King College (Bristol, Tennessee), Stonewall Jackson College (Abingdon, Virginia).
President McCallie School for Boys. Founder Orphans’ Home for Mountain Children of Tennessee.
Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Married Bessie Doctorate. Crane, April.