Leroy J. Halsey
| Leroy Jones Halsey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1812 |
| Died | 1896 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation |
Preacher Author |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Relatives | Henry F. Halsey (brother) |
Leroy Jones Halsey (1812-1896) was an American Presbyterian scholar and author.
Biography
Career
He worked as a Professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology at the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.[1][2]
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.[2] As a result, Leroy was the only one left to support his brother's family in the vanquished South.[2] Junkin asked Johnson to have the factory returned to Henry Halsey, making it possible for him to earn his livelihood again.[2]
He is credited for first coining the sobriquet "Athens of the South" to refer to Nashville.[3] The phrase was later promoted by Reverend Philip Lindsley (1786–1855), a Presbyterian minister who founded the University of Nashville.[3] 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.[4]
Death
He died in 1896.
Bibliography
As an author
- The Literary Attractions of the Bible (R. & R. Clark, 1858).[5]
- Memoir of the Life and Character of Reverend Lewis Warner Green, D.D., With a Selection From His Sermons (New York, 1871).
- Scotland's influence on civilization (1885)
- The Beauty of Immanuel
As an editor
- The Works of P. Lindsley. Edited by Le Roy J. Halsey. With Introductory Notices of His Life and Labours. (1866).[6]
References
- ↑ Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1873, p. 578
- 1 2 3 4 Paul H. Bergeron (ed.), The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1865-January 1866, Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press, 1991, p. 133
- 1 2 Christine M. Kreyling, Wesley Paine, Charles W. Warterfield, Susan Ford Wiltshire, Classical Nashville: Athens of the South, Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press, 1996, p. xiii
- ↑ John D. Wright, Jr., Transylvania: Tutor to the West, Louisville, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2006, p. 181
- ↑ Google Books
- ↑ Google Books