Daniel S. Bentley | |
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Born | 1850
Madison County, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | November 12, 1916 November 12, 1916
McKeesport,
Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 65–66)
Education |
Berea College, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Livingstone College |
Occupation(s) | Minister, writer, newspaper proprietor |
Rev. Daniel S. Bentley (1850–1916), was an American minister, writer, and newspaper proprietor. [1] [2] He was the founder of the Pittsburgh-based, Afro-American Spokesman newspaper.
Daniel S. Bentley was born in 1850 in Madison County, Kentucky. [1] As a teenager he attended Berea College. [2] He was baptized Christian by John Gregg Fee, the founder of Berea College; and by 1869, he started preaching in Danville, Kentucky. [2] He continued his education at Danville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. [2]
For 14 years he led churches in Louisville and Frankfort. [2] From 1884 to 1887, Bentley worked in Indiana; followed by a move to Pittsburgh to led the Bethel A.M.E. Church on Wylie Avenue. [2] He founded the Afro-American Spokesman newspaper in Pittsburgh, for which he also wrote articles. [1] [2] Rev. George W. Clinton (1859–1922) had served as the newspaper editor. [3] Bentley was also the president of the Spokesman Stock Company, which owned his newspaper. [1] He was profiled in the book, The Afro-American Press and Its Editors (1891).
He authored the short book, Brief Religious Reflections (1900). [1] He received a PhD in divinity studies at Livingstone College. [2]
Bentley died on November 12, 1916, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, while he was on the pulpit at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church. [4] [5]
Daniel S. Bentley | |
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Born | 1850
Madison County, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | November 12, 1916 November 12, 1916
McKeesport,
Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 65–66)
Education |
Berea College, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Livingstone College |
Occupation(s) | Minister, writer, newspaper proprietor |
Rev. Daniel S. Bentley (1850–1916), was an American minister, writer, and newspaper proprietor. [1] [2] He was the founder of the Pittsburgh-based, Afro-American Spokesman newspaper.
Daniel S. Bentley was born in 1850 in Madison County, Kentucky. [1] As a teenager he attended Berea College. [2] He was baptized Christian by John Gregg Fee, the founder of Berea College; and by 1869, he started preaching in Danville, Kentucky. [2] He continued his education at Danville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. [2]
For 14 years he led churches in Louisville and Frankfort. [2] From 1884 to 1887, Bentley worked in Indiana; followed by a move to Pittsburgh to led the Bethel A.M.E. Church on Wylie Avenue. [2] He founded the Afro-American Spokesman newspaper in Pittsburgh, for which he also wrote articles. [1] [2] Rev. George W. Clinton (1859–1922) had served as the newspaper editor. [3] Bentley was also the president of the Spokesman Stock Company, which owned his newspaper. [1] He was profiled in the book, The Afro-American Press and Its Editors (1891).
He authored the short book, Brief Religious Reflections (1900). [1] He received a PhD in divinity studies at Livingstone College. [2]
Bentley died on November 12, 1916, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, while he was on the pulpit at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church. [4] [5]