Lewis Capers Branscomb | |
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Born | August 27, 1865
Union Springs, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | October 30, 1930
Jasper, Alabama, U.S. |
Alma mater |
Birmingham–Southern College Emory University |
Children | 7, including Harvie Branscomb |
Relatives | Lewis M. Branscomb (grandson) |
Lewis C. Branscomb (August 27, 1865 [1]- October 30, 1930) was an American Methodist minister in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the president of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
Branscomb was born in 1865 in Union Springs, Alabama. [2] [3] He graduated from Southern University, later known as Birmingham–Southern College, and Emory University, and he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. [3] He was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1886. [3] [4]
Branscomb was a Methodist minister in Anniston, Bessemer, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Talladega. [2] [3] He was especially associated with the First Methodist Church of Birmingham, Alabama. [4] Branscomb was the editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate from 1916 to 1922. [2] [3] Additionally, he served on the boards of the Federated Churches of Christ and the Methodist Orphanage of Troy, Alabama. [4]
Branscomb served on the executive committee of the board of directors of the Anti-Saloon League; he was also the president of its Alabama chapter. [2] [3] [5] He served on the boards of trustees of the Woman's College of Alabama, now known as Huntingdon College, and Birmingham–Southern College. [3]
Branscomb died on October 30, 1930, in Jasper, Alabama. [2] [3] [5] He had suffered from injuries in a car accident on October 15, and failed to recover. [6] On Founders' Day in 1931, Branscomb was honored at Huntingdon College. [7]
One of Branscomb's sons, Harvie Branscomb, became a university administrator while his grandson Lewis M. Branscomb became a physicist.