Lewis, Josiah, Dd

Lewis, Josiah, D.D.

a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, graduated with honors from Emory College in 1859, began the study of law, entered the ministry in 1861, joined the Georgia Conference in 1866, served as professor in Emory College, in 1871 engaged in pastoral work, in 1876

was transferred to the Alabama Conference, and appointed president of the university at Greenasborough, in 1882 was transferred to pastoral work in the North Georgia Conference, and died at Sparta, February 13, 1885. See Minutes of Annual Conferences of the M.E. Church South, 1885, page 98.