Author: A. M. Poindexter

Poindexter, Abram Maer. (Bertie County, North Carolina, September 22, 1809--May 7, 1872, Orange County, Virginia). Baptist. Columbian College, honorary D.D., 1843. Various pastorates in Virginia. Agent for Columbian College, 1845-1848. Corresponding secretary for Southern Baptist Publication Society, 1848-1851. Agent for Richmond College, 1851-1854, 1866-1870. Assistant secretary for Foreign Missions Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1854-c.1861. Prominent advocate of missions and higher education. Editor, writer, and administrator. Assisted in publication of Manly and Manly's Baptist Psalmody, 1850, to which he contributed seven hymns. See: Wood, Rudolph Malcolm. (1964). An Investigation of the Life and Ministry of Abram M. Poindexte… Go to person page >