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CAROLINE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BAPTIST
MINISTRY

ANDREW BROADDUS I

The twelfth child of John Broaddus and Frances Pryor, was
born November 4, 1770. His eldest brother, William, was educated
for the ministry in the Protestant Episcopal church, but died
before entering upon the calling. His father cherished the hope
that his youngest son, Andrew, would follow in the steps of his
eldest, but this was not to be, for he preferred the Baptists,
toward whom his father was antagonistic, and united with them
on May 28, 1789, being baptized by Elder Theodrick Noel. He
preached his first sermon at the home of a Mrs. Lowrie in Caroline
on December 24, 1789 and was ordained at Upper King and Queen
church on October 16, 1791, by Elders R. S. Semple and Theodrick
Noel. In 1817 he made a trip to Kentucky, where he was offered
the presidency of Hopkinsville Academy, which he declined, and
returned to Virginia. He was married, first to Miss Fanny
Temple, daughter of Col. John Temple, of Caroline and had
issue: (1) John Wickliffe, (2) William Temple, (3) Eliza S., (4)
Maria, (5) Fanny Temple. Second, he married Lucy, daughter
of Dr. Robert Honeyman, of Hanover, by whom he had no issue.
Third, he married Mrs. Jane C. Broaddus, widow of Christopher
Broaddus and sister of his second wife. By this marriage he
had three children, Wilton H., Andrew and Columbia. Fourth,
he married Miss Caroline W. Boulware, of Newtown, King and

Queen, by whom he had one child, William Lee Broaddus, who
practiced medicine in Caroline for many years and whose son,
Dr. John G. Broaddus, is at present (1924) a practicing physician
in the county.

Rev. Andrew Broaddus, I, was the most widely known Baptist
minister Caroline county has ever given to the church, and while
he devoted his life for the most part to the churches in Caroline,
he was constantly called to the greatest city churches of his time.
He was moderator of Dover Association, succeeding R. B. Semple,
for many years. In 1843 Columbian College of Washington
conferred on him the Degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was an
author of prominence and among other works published a History
of the Bible, a Catechism for Children, A Form of Church Discipline,
A Reply to Thomas Paine's Age of Reason, Dover Selection
of Hymns, Virginia Selection of Hymns, Sermons, Essays,
Poems, Notes on Texts, etc.

Following are some lines written by Dr. Andrew Broaddus, I,
for his friend Rufus Chandler on his (Mr. Broaddus's) departure
northward in 1827 in quest of health:

Dr. Andrew Broaddus died December 1, 1848 and was buried
at Old Salem church near Sparta, which he served so long and so
well. His son, Andrew Broaddus, II, succeeded him in the
pastorate. His picture appears on page 326.

ANDREW BROADDUS II

was born in Caroline county, Va., about 1815 and upon the
death of his distinguished father, Rev. Andrew Broaddus, I,
was chosen to succeed in the pastorate of Salem and Upper King
and Queen churches. The pastoral relation thus formed continued
for over forty years. In December 1838, Andrew Broaddus
II, was married to Martha Jane Pitts, of Caroline and to this
union there were born eight children, only five of whom lived to
maturity. These five were: (1) Rev. Julian Broaddus, (2) Rev.
Luther Broaddus, (3) Florence, (4) Rev. Andrew Broaddus, III,
(5) Mignonette. He lived a long and useful life and was a worthy
successor to a noble father. He died about the close of the
nineteenth century. His picture appears on page 326.

ANDREW BROADDUS III

was born in Caroline county shortly before the outbreak of
the Civil War and after receiving an excellent education entered
upon the high calling of his ancestors. He succeeded his father
in the pastorate of Salem church and the relationship continues
to this day (1924). Thus three of the same name, father, son and
grandson, have served one church for over one hundred years.
Rev. Andrew Broaddus has been twice married and has several
children among whom is Kirk Broaddus, who as yet has

not entered the ministry. A few years ago Richmond College
conferred the Degree of Doctor of Divinity upon him. His picture
appears on page 326.

MORDECAI W. BROADDUS

was born in Caroline county, Va., January, 1798. He united
with Salem church at Sparta in his native county and appears as
a delegate from that church to the Dover Association for a number
of years following 1828. In 1835 he was chosen pastor of Upper
Zion church and at the constitution of Providence church he was
chosen its first pastor. His labours were short, for he died on
November 26, 1840.

REV. M. E. BROADDUS

the subject of this sketch, was the son of Richard Franklin
Broaddus and Virginia Mercer Henshaw and was born near
Sparta, Caroline county in 1853. He was educated in the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and has held pastorates
at Newberry and Abbeville, S. C., Bristol and Mill Swamp, Va.,
and Clinton and elsewhere in Missouri. He is now (1924) pastor
at Donna, Texas.

Dr. Broaddus has four brothers and one sister: Wm. Richard,
Manley, Maxie Gregg, Richard Franklin and Mrs. Effie Virginia
Brownley.

JULIAN BROADDUS

the oldest son of Rev. Andrew Broaddus II, and Martha
Jane Pitts was born in Caroline county, Va., in 1840. He married
Miss Hallie Terrell and had nine children. For a number of
years he was pastor of the Baptist church at Berryville, Va.,
where, as a preacher, pastor and citizen, he exercised a wide
influence.

LUTHER BROADDUS

the second son of Rev. Andrew Broaddus II, and Martha
Jane Pitts, was born in Caroline county, Va., about 1843. He
became a "full graduate" of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in three years, though beginning without any previous
knowledge of theology or Greek. He was pastor of the Baptist
church at Newberry, S. C., for nine years. He was one of the
strongest and most original preachers of the Baptist denomination
in his day. He died at Newberry, S. C., October 21, 1885.

HENRY G. SEGAR

was born near Salem church in Caroline county, Va., in the
year 1796 and united with Salem about the year 1820, under the
preaching of Rev. Andrew Broaddus, I. In 1824 he appeared as
a delegate from Salem to the Dover Association and again in
1828 and then successively for seven years. In March 1836
he was ordained to the ministry and assumed the pastorate of
Enon church. His career as a minister was brief. He died in
the year 1840.

SPILSBY WOOLFOLK

was born in Caroline county, Va., in 1765 and united with
the Baptist church in 1800. He became a minister in 1814 and
devoted the early part of his ministerial work to Burruss's,
Concord, Providence, Reedy Mill, and Bethel churches in
Caroline. His later years were devoted especially to the last
named church. It is said that he was a good man, of cheerful
and sociable disposition and very popular. His name is frequently
found in the county records as a celebrant of matrimony. He died
July 23, 1841, in his native county.

THOMAS CONDUIT

was born in Caroline county, Va., about 1805 and united with
Enon Baptist church in Caroline sometime in 1831 and was
baptized by Elder Micou. He then entered Rappahannock
Academy in Caroline county to prepare himself for the ministry.
He entered upon his ministry in Charles and St. Mary's counties,
Maryland and here laboured with great success. He visited Dover
Association in 1836 and in September of that year died at the
home of Mrs. Lucy Gravatt at Port Royal, Va.

ROBERT T. DANIEL,

the son of Samuel Daniel and Eliza Thomas, of Caroline,
was born on the 10th of June 1773. At the close of the Revolutionary
War his family removed to Orange county, N. C., and
settled near Hillsboro. Here Robert Daniel was united in
marriage to Miss Penelope Cain Flowers, of Chatham county,
N. C., on March 1, 1796. His ministry extended over the States
of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Mississippi. During
the forty years of his ministry he traveled over sixty thousand
miles, preached five thousand sermons and baptized more than

fifteen hundred people. He was often connected with the mission
board of his church and served acceptably as a home missionary.
He died in 1838.

SIMEON U. GRIMSLEY

There is a tradition that Mr. Grimsley was born in Richmond,
but his entire life was so intimately connected with Caroline (if
he wasn't born in the county, which is a mooted question) that
this county may well claim him among her sons. He was ordained
to the ministry in Horeb Baptist church on January 16,
1879, three years after he had been licensed to preach by the
Smyrna Baptist church. His first charge was Mt. Horeb, Mt.
Hermon and Providence churches in Caroline county. It is said
that his salary did not warrant him in keeping a horse, but he
always kept his appointments, going on foot when some friendly
traveler did not "give him a lift" on the road. After leaving
Caroline he went to Chincoteague Island, off the coast of Accomac
county and here did a splendid work. He died on November
29, 1906.

JOHN YOUNG

was a native of Caroline, having been born in the southeastern
part of the county on January 11, 1739. He was baptized by
Elder J. Reed about 1770 and soon began to preach. He was
ordained to the ministry in 1773, at which time Reed's church in
Caroline was constituted and became the first pastor of this
congregation. Here he labored for about twenty-five years. He
was once imprisoned in the jail of Caroline county for preaching
without the sanction of the General Court, but was soon released.
He was prominent in the civic life of the county. There is in the
Archives of the State Library of Virginia, a petition protesting
against the payment of religious teachers from the public funds of
the county and the first name on this significant religious document
is that of John Young (See page 52). He died on April
16, 1817.

JOHN SHACKLEFORD

was born in Caroline county in 1750. When twenty-two years
old he became a minister of the Gospel. He was ordained in
1774 and immediately became pastor of Tuckahoe church in
Caroline. Here a great revival was experienced in 1788 and that
year he baptized over 300 persons. The Rev. Andrew Broaddus,

I, paid a splendid tribute to his work, which tribute may be found
in the First Series of Taylor's Virginia Baptist Ministers. He
died in Kentucky in 1829.

THEODRICK NOEL

was born in Caroline county about 1745 and was baptized
in August 1773. He shortly afterward began to preach and with
such power that he was soon formally set apart to the work of
the ministry. The Rev. Andrew Broaddus, I says that few
men were more successful in the ministry than Mr. Noel. He
baptized as many persons as any other preacher of his day. The
first person baptized by Mr. Noel after his ordination was a young
lady. Her brother had threatened to dip any minister who
should attempt to immerse her. True to his threat he made the
attempt on Mr. Noel but did not succeed. Being pursued by some
who resented his attempted treatment of the preacher, the young
man was forced to flee the community. He died a few weeks afterward,
having first sent a messenger to Mr. Noel asking his pardon.
As minister in Salem, Upper King and Queen and Upper Essex
churches, Mr. Noel was eminently successful. Mr. Semple in
his History of Baptist Churches in Virginia says that it was "usual
for him to baptize at every monthly meeting," and that for many
months there were seldon fewer than twenty baptized. A great
revival was experienced in Upper Essex church in 1812 at the
close of which he baptized about three hundred and twenty persons.
Mr. Noel died on August 27, 1813.

JEREMIAH CHANDLER

was born in Caroline county in the year 1749. From Caroline
he removed to Orange county where he had the care of North
Pamunky church. At the same time he ministered to Piney
Branch church in Spotsylvania county. These two churches he
served for nearly forty years. The place and date of his death
are unknown to the author.

RUFUS CHANDLER

was born in Windham county, Conn., May 26, 1785, and was
educated in Plainfield Academy and Yale College. In 1806 he
was invited to take charge of Wingfield Academy in Hanover
county and accepted, labouring here many years. He was baptized
in 1812 by the Rev. Andrew Broaddus, I, and preached his first
sermon at the baptismal waters. He married Miss Nancy

Trevillian, daughter of Thomas Trevillian, of Caroline, in 1815
and the same year located permanently in the county. He was
ordained by Elders Woolfolk, Keeling and Ball in 1830 and died
at Little Yale, Caroline county, July 18, 1837. He was probably
the best scholar of the Baptist church in his day.

LITTLEBURY W. ALLEN

Caroline and Henrico both claim the honor of having been
the birthplace of this distinguished minister, but the claim of
Henrico is probably better sustained than that of Caroline,
although it is an undisputed fact that practically all of his life
was spent in Caroline. He was born March 26, 1803 and as a
young man he was gay and dashing and aspired to military
honors. He first was known as Captain and later as Colonel
Allen. He was an officer in the Confederate Army and a
prisoner at one time on Johnson's Island. He was married three
three times; his first wife being Miss Bradley; his second, Miss
Ann Martin and his third Miss Lucy Martin, of Spotsylvania.
His ministry began in 1835 and the greater part of it was spent
with County Line and Bethany churches in Caroline, two Sundays
monthly with each. After filling a large and influential place
in the Baptist denomination in Virginia he died at "Applewood"
in Caroline county in 1872.

WARREN G. ROANE

was born in Caroline county, Va., December 31, 1852. He
united with Massaponax Baptist church, Spotsylvania county,
in his youth and was ordained to the ministry by Elders James D.
Coleman, L. J. Haley, E. G. Baptist and T. S. Dunaway in
September, 1875, and at once became pastor of Waller's church,
not far from Massaponax. Here he remained several years. He
was subsequently pastor of Upper Essex and Mt. Zion churches
in Essex and of Louisa (Court House) church, in Louisa, Cedar
Run in Culpeper and Beulah church in Fluvanna. The exact
date of his death is unknown to the author.

ELLIOTT ESTES

was born in Caroline county, Va., July 23, 1795, and baptized
by the Rev. Andrew, Broaddus, I, at Burruss's church, now
Carmel, in 1810. He entered a high grade school then under the
direction of Rev. Mr. Broaddus and at the age of twenty-two

went to New Orleans to preside over a Lancasterian school. He
had a degree of success in this undertaking and accumulated
enough means to complete his own education. He was ordained
in 1820, returned to Virginia in 1827, settled in South Carolina
in 1829, married Mrs. E. A. McPeherson in 1830, went to Europe
in 1835, preached frequently in London, again took up the pastorate
in South Carolina upon his return and died on June 9, 1849, having
given about thirty years to the gospel ministry.

WILLIAM BAYNHAM, M. D., F. R. S. L.

Doctor William Baynham was born in Caroline county
about 1750. His father was an eminent physician and was also
prominent in the church and political life of the county, serving
as magistrate and vestryman for many years.

William Baynham studied medicine under his father several
years, after which he went to England and studied under the
celebrated Doctor William Hunter. He became an eminent
anatomist and made several important discoveries in this department
of medicine. He was chosen assistant to the celebrated
Doctor Calignon, of Cambridge, and afterward assistant at St.
Thomas' Hospital and in both of these positions sustained his
splendid reputation. On the retirement of Doctor Else, he would
have been appointed Chief Surgeon of St. Thomas' Hospital,
but Dr. Else died suddenly and thus Doctor Baynham was deprived
of the support which had been promised him, and in the
election of Dr. Else's successor Baynham was defeated by one
vote. During his sojourn in England he became Fellow of the
Royal College of Surgeons of London. He returned to Virginia
in 1785 and settled near the Caroline-Essex line where he died in
1814. He preached frequentedly.

WILLIAM A. BAYNHAM, M. D.

William A. Baynham, M. D., son of the celebrated Dr.
Wm. Baynham, was born October 19, 1813, and at the age of
eight years was placed in Concord Academy in Caroline county,
where he remained until he was fourteen. At the age of fifteen
he entered the University of Virginia, from which he was graduated
at the age of twenty-one, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
He subsequently attended the University of Pennsylvania from
which institution he was graduated after two years of study.
Being a rich man he did not find it necessary to practice his

profession for a livelihood, and so after a few months he retired
from the activities of the profession and devoted the remainder
of his life with "singleness of purpose and rare consecration"
to the preaching of the Gospel, being an honored minister in the
Baptist church. Dr. Baynham boarded for thirty-five years in
the home of John Henry Martin, father of the wife of Dr. A. L.
Martin, of Naulakla, Caroline county.

CHARLES A. LEWIS

The son of Charles A. and Catherine Lewis was born in Caroline
county about the close of the eighteenth century. He acquired
a splendid English and classical education, being for a
time a student in the University of Virginia. Upon the completion
of his education, he married the widow of his cousin Colonel
William Woodford, of Caroline and accepted the headmastership
of Rappahannock Academy, which position he filled with distinction
for three years. After he had been absent for four years
he was prevailed upon to again head the school, and during the
two years of his second term he raised it from a declining to a
prosperous condition and during his second term at the Academy
he united with the Liberty Baptist church and was baptized by the
pastor, Elder Lawrence Battaile. Not long afterward he decided to
preach and so gave himself to the study of the Scriptures and being
able to read the language in which they were originally written he
became remarkably proficient in the Sacred writings. It is said
that for a time after uniting with the Baptist church he used the
Prayer Book of the church in which he had been brought up and
that he was always remarkably charitable to all religious bodies
regardless of theological differences. He was a warm hearted
and generous natured man and had profound sympathy for the
unfortunate. His messages were marked by a great tenderness
and had a profound effect upon those who heard them.

He preached extensively in Eastern Virginia and served
Providence, County Line and Waller's churches as pastor. During
his last years he preached for Zoar and Flat Run churches in
Orange county and for Crooked Run church in Culpeper county.
He was in advance of his generation in many things, one of these
being his conviction that abstinence from intoxicating liquors as a
beverage should be made a test of fellowship in the church. His
wife died during his second term at Rappahannock Academy and
he placed his six year old daughter with her maternal grandmother

and aunt, and he remained a widower to the end of his
life. His last sermon was preached at Liberty church in Caroline.
He contracted a cold from over-exertion, hemorrhage followed
and he died early in the spring of 1847.

REV. JAMES D. COLEMAN

James D. Coleman, son of Thomas B. Coleman and Elizabeth
Coghill, was born at "Concord," Caroline county, Va., about
the year 1800. The foundations of his education were laid in
Concord Academy, a school founded by his grandfather, Daniel
Coleman, and made famous in after years by his distinguished
brother Frederick William Coleman, of whom see chapter on
Education and Educators. His later training was received in
the University of Virginia.

The plantation known as "Concord," upon which stood the
famous academy, was an estate of nearly two thousand acres
and here James D. Coleman lived for many years the life of
the old-time southern planter, owning many slaves and cultivating
an extensive acreage. From here he went to the churches
in Caroline, which he served as pastor.

His work as a minister was confined largely to his native county
and to Carmel, Bethel, Bethesda, Liberty and Round Oak
churches. He was pastor of Carmel as early as 1855. At this
early date Carmel was a strong church having over five hundred
members. He was pastor of Bethel for more than a quarter
of a century and of Bethesda, Liberty and Round Oak many
years.

The Rev. Mr. Coleman was born of the best English blood
in Virginia, from an ancestry noted for intellectuality, and is
described by the Rev. T. S. Dunaway, a friend and associate of
many years, as "a man of fine physique, tall and well-proportioned
and looked like one of nature's noblemen who was born for a
leader and ruler. His deportment was dignified and courteous,
impressing one as a gentleman of the highest culture. He was a
minister of the deepest consecration and during the last years of
his life neglected his plantation and all material interests to devote
himself wholly to his calling. His sermons were methodically
arranged and gave evidence of great thought and of familiarity
with the best literature of the time. He was a true pastor of the
churches he served and was devoted to every member of his

flock, visiting them in sickness and distress and encouraging them
in their Christian life."

The Rev. Mr. Coleman married Miss Hulda DeJarnette and
had issue: James Coleman, Jr., Alice Coleman and Lucy Coleman.
Among his descendants are the following grandchildren: Hampton
Coleman, Belle Coleman, James Coleman, James Daniel Coleman
DeJarnette, Elliott DeJarnette, Burbage DeJarnette. There is
one great grandchild, Edmund T. DeJarnette.

The Rev. Mr. Coleman was at the bedside of a sick parishioner
when stricken with the disease from which he never recovered. He
preached his last sermon on the day after he was stricken, the
fourth Sunday of December 1877 and died on November 21, 1878.

REV. ANDREW TRIBBLE

The Rev. Andrew Tribble, son of George Tribble and Betty
Clark, was born in Caroline county in March 1741. He removed
to Louisa county when a young man and united with Goldmine
Baptist church. In 1777 he was called to the pastorate of
Albemarle church and on receiving the call was ordained to the
ministry by a presbytery of which Lewis Craig was a member.
He removed to Kentucky whither some of his mother's people
had gone and became prominent in the Baptist denomination of
that State. He died in Clark county, Ky., December 22, 1822.

REV. ROBERT HUNTER BEAZLEY

Robert Hunter Beazley was born at Sparta, in Caroline county,
April 1, 1841. He was the son of John Beazley. At the outbreak
of the Civil War he enlisted in the Sparta Grays and saw service
under R. M. T. Hunter for whom he was named.

After the Civil War Mr. Beazley settled in Manchester, now
South Richmond and engaged in the mercantile business under
the firm name of Beazley, Ogden and Chiles. Upon the dissolution
of this firm he engaged in the shoe business in which he was
successful. He was Clerk of the Hustings Court of Manchester
during his business career in that city. He was also teacher of
the Men's Bible class in Bainbridge Baptist church and deacon
in the church until his removal to Halifax in 1876.

Upon removing to South Boston in Halifax county, Mr.
Beazley organized a Baptist Sunday school and superintended it
for several years. He was licensed to preach in the eighties by
the Dan River Association and served as pastor of several

churches, one of them being Musterfield, now Scottsburg church.
He was instrumental in organizing the church of South Boston,
now one of the strongest Baptist churches in that section of the
State.

Mr. Beazley became the editor of The News in 1890 and
remained editor until 1913. He died of apoplexy in 1914.
There are many interesting articles on Caroline, in the files of
The Free-Lance of Fredericksburg and The News of South Boston,
written by Mr. Beazley during his newspaper career. Mr.
R. C. Beazley, eldest son of Mr. R. H. Beazley, now publishes
The News.

REV. M. E. SHADDOCK

The subject of this sketch was born near Upper Zion in
Caroline county on November 23, 1840. He married Miss Sallie
Jennings, of Lynchburg, on August 12, 1871 and removed to
Tennessee where he taught and preached for eight years. In 1879 he
located in Avoyelles parish in Louisiana where he lived a number of
years, during which time he was Baptist State Sunday school
organizer. He removed to Lake Charles in 1890 and was principal
of Lake Charles College for some time. He was a member of
Company B., Ninth Virginia Cavalry and served throughout the
Civil War being wounded at Gettysburg. He died at Lake
Charles on December 27, 1920 and was survived by the following
sons and daughters: E. J. Shaddock, W. B. Shaddock and Mrs.
R. P. Howell, of Lake Charles; Mrs. F. W. Wilcox, Beaumont;
Mrs. Isaac Derouen, Bell City; Mrs. H. W..Evans, Alexandria;
Mrs. Archie Cameron, Lake Charles; C. B. Shaddock, Beaumont;
R. M. Shaddock, of Eola and a number of grand children and
great grandchildren. A more detailed biographical sketch of
Mr. Shaddock may be seen in the Lake Charles American Press
of December 27; 1920.

REV. RICHARD BAYNHAM GARRETT

Richard Baynham Garrett, son of Richard Henry Garrett
and Fanny Holloway, was born in 1854 near Port Royal in Caroline
county. He was the oldest of the five children of the second
marriage of his father. There were six children of his father's
first marriage. He united with old Enon church when nine years
old and grew up with the consciousness that he would be a
minister of the Gospel. In his young manhood he taught school

for a brief period and then entered the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1882. Upon graduation
he supplied the Fulton church, Richmond and later was called
to the Baptist churches of Flemingsburg and Carlisle Kentucky.
He subsequently served the Baptist church, Maysville, Ky.;
First church, Austin, Texas; First church, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Court-Street church, Portsmouth, Va.; and Tappahannock and
Ephesus churches in Essex county. The latter two churches he
served after failing health had caused him to retire to his plantation
on the Rappahannock. The Carson-Newman College conferred
the degree of Doctor of Divinity on him in recognition of
his work in Chattanooga.

Dr. Garrett was married in 1883 to Miss Annie Laurie Howe,
of Mount Stirling, Ky., and had issue four children. Two of
these died in childhood and two, R. H. Garrett, of the S. A. L.
Railway and Mrs. Felix Wilson, of Caret, Va., survived him.
He was also survived by one brother and one sister. A picture
of the house in which Dr. Garrett was born appears in chapter
on The Killing of Booth in Caroline. He was a lad of eleven
years when John Wilkes Booth was killed in his father's barn.
Dr. Garrett died in July 1922, after forty years in the ministry
of the Gospel.

REV. ROBERT WALKER COLE

The subject of this sketch, the son of John G. Cole and Nancy
Broaddus was born in Caroline county in September 1812. He
united with the Baptist church under the ministry of the Rev.
Andrew Broaddus, I, was baptized by him and in 1840 licensed
by Salem church to preach. The following year he was ordained
by a presbytery consisting of the Rev. Messrs. Andrew Broaddus,
Philip Montague and Lawrence Battaile. His first charge was
the Reedy Mill church in Caroline and he was subsequently
pastor of Upper Zion, Providence, Concord, Mt. Horeb and
Bethel churches in the same county. He was pastor of Upper
Essex, Bethlehem and Providence churches at the time of his
death on September 16, 1868. Mr. Cole is described as "a man
of commanding figure, black hair, blue eyes, jovial, good conversationalist,
splendid singer, beloved as a pastor and highly
esteemed as a preacher." He devoted much time to work among
the soldiers during the Civil War.

The Rev. Mr. Cole, married Lucy F. Broaddus, daughter of

William Temple Broaddus and Fannie Robinson, on April 12,
1849. William Temple Broaddus was a son of Dr. Andrew
Broaddus, I., of whom see elsewhere in this chapter. Of this
marriage there were the following children: Maria Louise, who
died in youth; Elton F., who married George Winfree, of Chesterfield
county; Robert W., who died in childhood; Nannie R., who
married Beaufort S. Ragland, of Richmond; Robert T., who m.
1st Claribel Terry and 2d Hattie Heckman, and John Harry,
who m. Lillian Haskins. Mrs. Ragland alone survives at this
time (1924).

REV. GEORGE M. DONAHOE

The subject of this sketch, the son of Reuben and Martha
Donahoe, was born near Bowling Green September 20, 1848.
His Sunday school teacher, Judge E. C. Moncure, taught him to
read and beyond this he was self-educated. At the age of seventeen
he united with Antioch church under the preaching of one
Rev. Mr. Arnold, of Kentucky and shortly thereafter decided to
enter the ministry. He then united with the Methodist church
and was licensed to preach by the Bowling Green Quarterly
Conference. After six or seven years service as an "exhorter"
he united with the Baptist church and was ordained to the
ministry by the Rev. Messrs. Broaddus, Cruikshank and Eubank.
Following this ordination he served Mt. Horeb, Mt. Hermon and
Providence churches for about three years. He also served
Providence and Traveler's Rest churches in Spotsylvania county.
There are several chapels standing in neglected communities as
monuments to his faithfulness.

Mr. Donahoe married Maria L. Weedon, of King George
county in 1872 and had issue four children: Lillian M., Mary L.,
Frederick T., and Rosie M. The daughters are all married.
The son died in his twenty-fourth year.

REV. JOHN HERNDON WRIGHT

The subject of this sketch, the son of Robert and Martha S.
Wright, was born near Upper Zion, in Caroline county, on April
17, 1852. The first building of Upper Zion Baptist church was
erected on the land of his ancestors. Ne was educated in the
schools of Caroline county, Va., Fulton, Ky., Jackson University,
Jackson, Tenn., and Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville,
Ky. Ne was ordained to the ministry in 1874 and has held

pastorates in Olivet, Fulton, Oak Woods and Adairsville, Ky.,
and at Union City, Milan, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., the
last named city being the present scene of his labours. In recent
years Jackson University conferred on him the degree of Doctor of
Divinity.

Doctor Wright was married in 1888 to Miss Laura Wilhelm
of Paducah, Ky., by the Rev. Lewis Hall Shuck, son of Dr. J.
Lewis Shuck and Henriette Hall Shuck, the latter being the
first American woman missionary to China. She was a daughter
of the Rev. Addison Hall, of Lancaster county, Va. Of this
marriage there were the following children: Irene, who married
Edward Hill, of Nashville, Tenn., and John Herndon, Jr., who
married a Miss Stephens, of Nashville and now lives in Birmingham.
Dr. Wright had one brother and one sister, Fuller Wright
and Miss Allie Wright and five half brothers, James, William,
Robert and Albert Wright and Rev. M. E. Shaddock, of whom
see elsewhere in this chapter.

REV. ANDREW V. BORKEY

Rev. Andrew V. Borkey, second son of B. F. Borkey and Sarah
Jane Selph, was born July 19, 1889. His maternal ancestors, the
Selphs and Pavys, were from England and France respectively.
His grandfather, John Anderson Selph, III, married Sarah Ann
Pavy (originally Pave') and had issue: Edgar William, Mary
Frances, Virginia Ann, George W., Emma Ellen, Sarah Jane,
(Dr. Borkey's mother) Eva Lillian, John Anderson, IV, Milton
Linwood, Carrie Floyd, Collins McRae and Arthur Byrum. His
great grandfather, John G. Pavy, was born in 1815 and was the
son of John G. Pave who served eleven years with Napoleon.
He crossed the Alps with the renowned warrior and was in the
shivering, starving, dying army in its disastrous retreat from
Moscow. He was finally captured by the English and with 180
others sent to America to fight the colonists. The ship was
wrecked coming into the American port and Pave, with 24 of
his companions, swam ashore. He then enlisted in the army of
the Revolution which he had been sent to fight, and so was once
more arrayed against the ancient enemy.

The Rev. Mr. Borkey was privately tutored in Bowling Green
after which he entered the College of William and Mary. Upon
graduation he became principal of the high school at Surry Courthouse

where he remained four years. He then entered Crozer
Theological Seminary from which he was graduated after four
years. During this time he also did some advanced work in the
University of Pennsylvania. He served as chaplain in the United
States Army during the latter days of the World War, and afterward
was Secretary of the Industrial Y. M. C. A. at Jewel Ridge,
Va. He married Miss Irene Hunter of Polk, Pa., and became
pastor of North Chester Baptist church in 1922. In 1924 he
became the associate of Dr. Russell Conwell at the Baptist Temple
of Philadelphia. Mr. Borkey has ten brothers and one sister:
Benjamin F., Malcolm R., Cecil E., John Earl, Floyd H., Harold
V., Edgar Clyde, Wm. Ervin, Guy Ollie, Richard L. and Sarah
Frances.

REV. WILLIAM OSWALD BEAZLEY

The subject of this sketch was the son of Wm. F. and Emma
J. Beazley and was born in Caroline January 27, 1882. He was
educated in the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (1903), Richmond
College (1906), Crozer Theological Seminary (1911) and
the University of Pennsylvania (1912). He held the degrees of
A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. He taught at Singer's Glen, Rockingham
county, Va., Newport News Academy and at Wakefield,
N. C. He was ordained at Salem church in Caroline county on
July 7, 1910. His first pastorate was at Wayne, Pa., during the
years 1910-13. He was professor of Philosophy and Biology
at Hampden-Sidney College 1913-15. and pastor of the Baptist
church in Lexington, Va., from 1915 until his death on October
22, 1918.

Dr. Beazley was a man of fine personality and endowed with
many gifts. When he died he was mourned by a great host of
friends and admirers. He was survived by his wife, who before
marriage was Miss Norma Beatrice Funk, of Singer's Glen, Va.,
one son Wm. O. Beazley, Jr., his parents, two brothers and two
sisters. His dust reposes at Singer's Glen, Va. A more detailed
biography may be found in the Virginia Baptist Annual for 1918.

REV. ROLAND J. BEAZLEY

Roland J. Beazley, son of O. Z. Beazley and Almyra Virginia
Jenkins, was born at Upper Zion on February 7, 1894. He was
educated in the Upper Zion grammar school, Sparta High school,

Richmond College, Crozer Theological Seminary and University
of Pennsylvania and holds degrees from the three last named.
For the past four years Dr. Beazley has been pastor of a community
church at Jobstown, N. J. Dr. Beazley has one brother,
Latimer, and one sister, Eva.

REV. JAMES H. MARSHALL

The subject of this sketch was the son of George Marshall
and Theresa Broaddus and was born near Upper Zion on January
28, 1829. He was for the most part self educated. He served
as lieutenant in Company H, Thirtieth Virginia Infantry, during
the Civil War. Mr. Marshall's ministerial labours were chiefly in
Upper Zion church, where, in the capacity of assistant and supply,
he rendered great service to the church and community. He
married Miss Mary E. Kay, of Caroline and had issue two sons
and two daughters, namely: Thomas Roper Marshall, of Neenah,
Va.; James Glassell Marshall, of Caroline; Mrs. Lucy Gravatt,
of Caroline and Mrs. Maria Theresa Vaughan, of Caroline.
Andrew Marshall, of Upper Zion, a prominent citizen and churchman,
is a nephew of Rev. J. H. Marshall and a son of George
Marshall, who was once sheriff of Caroline.