Jme autobiography of benjamin hall

The collection contains an handwritten autobiographical manuscript by B. The work is titled The Proud Preacher. The manuscript is approximately pages, undated and unpublished.

Jme autobiography of benjamin hall: IN prq>armg this commemorative edition

A typewritten transcript by Newell Williams is included in the collection. Hall was ordained by Barton Warren Stone, Sr. He wrote numerous articles for Campbell's Millenial Harbinger which was published from to and before coming to Texas was coeditor with J. Johnson of the Gospel Advocate, begun in in Georgetown, Kentucky… Known as the "strolling dentist," Hall often took preaching journeys, principally in the South, where he established and nourished young frontier congregations.

He also worked briefly for a New Orleans firm locating land on the Texas frontier and may have also studied law at this time. He preached for churches in Kentucky and Tennessee before , when he moved to Texas. His subsequent ministry was chiefly in Grayson, Collin, and Dallas counties. With Nathan H. Polly he started congregations in many North Texas locations.