Historical Bicentennial marker in memory of Henry McNeal Turner - Abbeville, SC
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N 34° 10.679 W 082° 22.478
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A well worn marker located at the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church, located at Turner and Secession Ave near downtown Abbeville, SC.
Waymark Code: WMMD37
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2014
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Historical Bicentennial marker In memory of
Henry McNeal Turner
1834-1915
Birthplace: Newberry, South Carolina - Boyhood home: Abbeville, South Carolina
Missionary Pioneer to South Africa, Liberation Theologian, Social and Political Activist, First Black United States Military Chaplain, Consecrated Twelfth Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Church
-- 1880 --
Senior Bishop
Henry Wendell Murph
Active Bishops
John Hurst Adams, Richard Allen Hildebrand, Samuel Solomon Morris, Jr., Frederick Hilborn Talbot, Manel Hartford Brooking, Vinton Randolph Anderson
Frederick Calhoun James, Frank Madison Reid, Jr., Frank Curtis Cummings, Philip Robert Cousin, Donald George Ring, Reuben Edwards Stokes
Cornelius Egbert Thomas, James Haskell Mayo, Harold Benjamin Senatll, Robert Lee Pruitt, Henry Allen Bestin, Jr., Vernon Randolph Byrd
Retired Bishops
Decatur ward Nichols, Howard Thomas Primm, Ernest Laerence Mc????, Harrison James Bryant, Harold Irvin Deakden, Robert Nelson Robinson
Marker Dedicated at
Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Abbeville, South Carolina
April 5, 1987