Background
Cody, Zeachariah Thornton was born on May 21, 1858 in near Franklin, Alabama, United States. Son of Review Edmund and Sarah (Henderson) Cody.
Cody, Zeachariah Thornton was born on May 21, 1858 in near Franklin, Alabama, United States. Son of Review Edmund and Sarah (Henderson) Cody.
Student Mercer U. (Macon, Georgia) and Carson-Newman College (Tennessee). Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1887. Doctor of Divinity, Stephens College, and Bowdon (Georgia) College.
Doctor of Laws, Georgetown College, and Furman U.
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1885. Pastor Portland Avenue Baptist Church, 1885-1887, Mays Lick, Kentucky, 1887-1890, Georgetown, Kentucky, 1890-1901, First Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina., 1901-1911, Wellford Baptist Church since 1913. Editor Baptist Courier since 1911.
Married Susan Isabella Anderson, of Kentucky, November 9, 1887. Children: Lois, Edmund David.