Background
Murrah, William Belton was born in May 1851 in Pickensville, Alabama, United States. Son of William (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary S. M.
Murrah, William Belton was born in May 1851 in Pickensville, Alabama, United States. Son of William (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary S. M.
Graduate Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1874. (Doctor of Divinity, Centenary College, Louisiana, 1887. Doctor of Laws, Wofford College, South Carolina., 1897).
Joined North Mississippi Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1876. Stationed at Oxford, Mississippi, 1877-1881, Winona, Mississippi, 1881-1885, Aberdeen, Mississippi, 1885-1886. Vice president Whitworth College, Brook-haven, Mississippi, 1886-1890.
President Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1892-1910.
Elected bishop Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1910. Has been a representative of his church in all the important councils from 1890.
Member Ecumenical Conference, Washington, 1891, London, 1901, and fraternal messenger to General Conference, Canada, 1902. Publs. include popular addresses, lectures, sermons and contributions to religious periodicals.
Home: Memphis, Tennessee
Member Ecumenical Conference, Washington, 1891, London, 1901, and fraternal messenger to General Conference, Canada, 1902. Publs. include popular addresses, lectures, sermons and contributions to religious periodicals.
Married Beulah Fitzhugh, February 1881.