James H. DeVotie
| James H. DeVotie | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 24, 1814 Oneida County, New York |
| Died | April 4, 1891 (aged 76) |
| Education | Furman Theological Seminary |
| Occupation | Pastor |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Noble DeVotie Georgia L. Amoss DeVotie |
| Children | 5, including Noble Leslie DeVotie |
James H. DeVotie (1814-1891) was an Baptist minister in the American South. Born in Oneida County, New York, he was a pastor in South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. He was a co-founder of Howard College in Marion, Alabama, later known as Samford University near Birmingham. He was a long-time trustee of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He served as a Confederate chaplain during the Civil War. After the war, he worked for the Southern Baptist Convention.
James Harvey DeVotie was born on September 24, 1814 in Oneida County, New York. His parents were Presbyterians. His father died when DeVotie was a child. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Savannah, Georgia, where one of his uncle lived. Because his uncle was a Baptist, DeVotie joined the Baptist Church in 1831, when he was baptized by Reverend Henry O. Wyer in Savannah.
DeVotie studied at the Furman Theological Seminary in South Carolina.
DeVotie was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1832. From 1833 to 1835, he served as the minister of the Baptist church in Camden, South Carolina. He then served as a Baptist minister in Montgomery, Alabama from 1835 to 1836. He served as the minister of the First Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa from 1836 to 1840. He then served as the pastor of Siloam Baptist Church in Marion, Alabama from 1840 to 1854. He also served as the minister of Hopewell Baptist Church near Marion from 1854 to 1855.
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