History of Jonesboro, (Franklin County) Alabama United States of America

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A Biography of Hosea Holcombe

Hosea Holcombe, clergyman, was born in Union district, S.C., July 20, 1780; son of Hosea H. and Phoebe (Smith) Holcombe, and grandson of John Holcombe, who was born in Prince Edward county, Va., in 1720. He was brought up a planter, was licensed as a Baptist in 1801, and preached in South Carolina, 1801-11, in North Carolina, 1811-19, and in Jonesboro, Ala., 1819-41. He was the first Baptist leader in the state and preached in every settled part of it. He established associations, presided over the state conventions, which he founded, and wrote a history of the Baptists in Alabama down to 1840. His son, William Hosea, a Baptist preacher in Mississippi, 1832-67, died in Ripley, Miss., in 1867. Hosea died at Jonesboro, Ala., July 20, 1841.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor