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 James Leonard Farmer, Sr. Posted by:  linkys
N 32° 32.196 W 094° 22.546
15S E 370808 N 3600750
Marker is located near the right front corner of the Thomas Winston Cole, Sr. Library on the Wiley College campus, at the intersection of Wiley and University in Marshall, Texas
Waymark Code: WMEQR7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2012
Views: 5
This Texas Historical Commission marker was erected in 1997 and is in excellent condition. The Atlas entry reads:
Index Entry: Farmer, James Leonard, Sr.
City: Marshall
Subject Codes: Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; African American topics; educational topics; religious leaders
Year Marker Erected: 1997
Marker Location: Wiley College Campus, near intersection of University Ave and Wiley Ave
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 11974
Marker Text:
(June 12, 1886 - May 14, 1961) James Leonard Farmer, Sr., was the son of Carolina and Lorena Wilson Farmer. James Farmer studied at Cookman Institute in Florida before attending Boston University, where he received a bachelors degree in 1913, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1916, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1918. He also attended graduate school at Harvard University in 1917. An elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Farmer served as pastor of churches in Marshall, Texarkana, and Galveston. He also taught philosophy and religion here at Wiley College, at Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, at Samuel Huston (now Huston-Tillotson) College in Austin, at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, at Gulfside Ministerial Training School in Waveland, Mississippi, and at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C. A popular speaker, Farmer also was the author of several books, as well as biblical commentary and articles for secular magazines. Farmer married Pearl Houston; they were the parents of three children. Their son, James Leonard Farmer, Jr., became a prominent civil rights leader in the 1960s and founder of the Congress of Racial Equality. Farmer, Sr., retired in 1956, died in 1961, and was buried in Washington, D.C. (1997)
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