A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama by Benjamin Franklin Riley

A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama by Benjamin Franklin Riley

Benjamin Franklin Riley

1849-1925

Benjamin Franklin Riley was born in Pineville, Alabama. He earned a bachelor's degree from Erskine College in 1871 before attending the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Crozier Theological Seminary. Riley was ordained to the Baptist Church in 1872 and served churches in Carlowville, Snow Hill, Livingston, Opelika, Ala., and Albany, Ga. He became president of Howard College and served from 1888 until 1898. Riley taught at the University of Georgia from 1893 to 1900 and then pastored a church in Houston, Texas, from 1900 to 1906. From 1907 to 1909, he served as superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Texas. Riley passed away in 1925.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1923

A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama. Philadelphia, PA; Judson Press, 1923.

AL Book Collection

Riley, Benjamin Franklin, “A Memorial History of the Baptists of Alabama by Benjamin Franklin Riley,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24801.