Biography:

Baptist minister; denominational executive.  Born– February 24, 1842, Camden. Parents– Henry Tally and Matilda Smith (Bryan) Crumpton. Married– Ellen Cochran, 1872; Florence Harris, 1910. Education– Georgetown College, Kentucky, for two years.  Served in Co. H., 37th Mississippi Infantry, CSA. Ordained into the Baptist ministry, 1870; Corresponding secretary; Baptist Mission Board of Alabama for twenty eight years; editor of the Alabama Baptist, 1895. President of the Alabama Baptist State Convention, 1917.  Trustee, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.  President, Anti-Saloon League of Alabama. Died March 9, 1926.

Source:

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Publication(s):

A Book of Memories, 1842-1920. Montgomery, Ala.; Baptist Mission Board, 1921.

A Story; How Alabama Became Dry. Birmingham, Ala.; Alabama Anti Saloon League, 1925.

Joint_Publication(s):

The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys. Montgomery, Ala.; Paragon Press, 1912.

A Book of Daily Devotions. Nashville; Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1923.