Leroy Jones Halsey | |
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Born |
Richmond, Virginia | January 28, 1812
Died | June 18, 1896
Chicago, Illinois | (aged 84)
Resting place | Rosehill Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Nashville |
Occupation(s) | Preacher Author |
Relatives | Henry F. Halsey (brother) |
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Leroy Jones Halsey (1812-1896) was an American Presbyterian scholar and author.
Leroy J. Halsey was born near Richmond, Virginia on January 28, 1812. He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1834. [1]
He worked as a professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology at the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. [2] [3]
Although he was living in Chicago during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he was directly affected by the war through his direct family. Indeed, in a letter addressed to Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who served as the 17th President of the United States from 1865 to 1869, sent on September 26, 1865, Presbyterian minister David Xavier Junkin (1808-1880) explained that Leroy's brother, Henry F. Halsey (1815-1887), had been ruined by Union troops, who took over his factory in Alabama. [3] As a result, Leroy was the only one left to support his brother's family in the vanquished South. [3] Junkin asked Johnson to have the factory returned to Henry Halsey, making it possible for him to earn his livelihood again. [3]
He is credited for first coining the sobriquet "Athens of the South" to refer to Nashville. [4] The phrase was later promoted by Reverend Philip Lindsley (1786–1855), a Presbyterian minister who founded the University of Nashville. [4] He went on to edit a volume of Lindsley's publications. Additionally, he wrote a memoir about Reverend Lewis W. Green (1806-1863), another Presbyterian minister who served as the President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1849 to 1856, of Transylvania University from 1856 to 1857, and of Centre College from 1857 to 1863. [5]
He died at his home in Chicago on June 18, 1896, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery. [1] [6]
Leroy Jones Halsey | |
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Born |
Richmond, Virginia | January 28, 1812
Died | June 18, 1896
Chicago, Illinois | (aged 84)
Resting place | Rosehill Cemetery |
Nationality | American |
Education | University of Nashville |
Occupation(s) | Preacher Author |
Relatives | Henry F. Halsey (brother) |
Signature | |
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Leroy Jones Halsey (1812-1896) was an American Presbyterian scholar and author.
Leroy J. Halsey was born near Richmond, Virginia on January 28, 1812. He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1834. [1]
He worked as a professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology at the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. [2] [3]
Although he was living in Chicago during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he was directly affected by the war through his direct family. Indeed, in a letter addressed to Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who served as the 17th President of the United States from 1865 to 1869, sent on September 26, 1865, Presbyterian minister David Xavier Junkin (1808-1880) explained that Leroy's brother, Henry F. Halsey (1815-1887), had been ruined by Union troops, who took over his factory in Alabama. [3] As a result, Leroy was the only one left to support his brother's family in the vanquished South. [3] Junkin asked Johnson to have the factory returned to Henry Halsey, making it possible for him to earn his livelihood again. [3]
He is credited for first coining the sobriquet "Athens of the South" to refer to Nashville. [4] The phrase was later promoted by Reverend Philip Lindsley (1786–1855), a Presbyterian minister who founded the University of Nashville. [4] He went on to edit a volume of Lindsley's publications. Additionally, he wrote a memoir about Reverend Lewis W. Green (1806-1863), another Presbyterian minister who served as the President of Hampden-Sydney College from 1849 to 1856, of Transylvania University from 1856 to 1857, and of Centre College from 1857 to 1863. [5]
He died at his home in Chicago on June 18, 1896, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery. [1] [6]