Samuel J. W. Spurgeon
Samuel J. W. Spurgeon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon October 25, 1861 Sullivan County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | Death date unknown, sometime after 1897 |
| Education | Knoxville College |
| Occupations | Minister, publisher, editor, blacksmith |
Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon (October 25, 1861 – death date unknown) was an American minister, a publisher, and editor. He founded and edited the Christian Worker; and was a contributing editor of The Messenger, a weekly published in Lexington, Kentucky.
Life and career
Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon was born on October 25, 1861, in Sullivan County, Tennessee.[1] After the Civil war ended his parents moved to Knoxville, Tennessee when he was a young child, where he worked at Knoxville Iron Works as a water boy.[1] He attended a district school where he learned to read and write, followed by studies at a public school.[1] Spurgeon attended Knoxville College.[1]
In 1883, Spurgeon was ordained as a minister in Knoxville, Tennessee.[1] He was of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) faith.[2] Spurgeon worked as a minister at the Constitution Street Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky (now East Second Street Christian Church of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)).[3] He also worked for many years as a minister at a Christian church in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.[1][3]
He founded and edited the Christian Worker; and was a contributing editor of The Messenger, a weekly published in Lexington, Kentucky.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Johnson, William Decker (1897). "XXIV. Samuel James Wheeler Spurgeon". Biographical Sketches of Prominent Negro Men and Women of Kentucky. pp. 44–45.
- ^ Burkett, Randall K.; Burkett, Nancy Hall; Gates Jr., Henry Louis (1991). Black Biography, 1790-1950: K-Z. Chadwyck-Healey. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-89887-085-5.
- ^ a b c "Spurgeon, Samuel J. W." Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA). University of Kentucky Libraries. Retrieved December 2, 2025.