William Ramseur Minter

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William Ramseur Minter ~1930

Birth

• Date: 3 Jul 1873
• Location: Sedalia, Union County, SC, USA

Immediate Ancestors

• Father: John Russell Minter
• Mother: Fannie Dodson Ramseur

Immediate Descendants

With Harriet Maria Smith

• William Smith Minter (2 Jul 1902 in Shelby, NC - 1960 married Edna Clear)
• Catherine Christina Minter (9 Jun 1905 - ??? married James Tinsley Smith)
• John Perrin Minter (9 Feb 1909 - ???? married Elizabeth Manget)
• David Ramseur Minter

Places Lived

• Sedalia, SC
• Davidson, NC (College)
• Austin, TX
• Palestine, TX

Marriages

• Harriet Maria Smith (Married 21 Dec 1898, Glen Springs, SC)

Death

• Date: 30 Sep 1943
• Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, TX

Biographical Information

• Son of a Plantation owner in SC
• He was brunette.
• Davidson College Class of 1892
• Harriet Maria Smith used to accuse him of being the "upper crust" of Southern society in contrast to her more humble parents (Christian Eber Smith and Henrietta Alethia Anderson).
• He was a Presbyterian minister in North Carolina for 18 years.
• He was a pastor in the Southern Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX for 25 years.
• While serving the Austin church he was instrumental in planning and erecting the educational building.
• Retired to Palestine, TX to a smaller church for three years in his last years
• Baptized grandson William Maynard Minter in his last years
• Was the author of Travel Letters from Palestine and the East written in 1910 and chronicling a trip through the middle east.
• Graduated from Davidson College, NC in 1892.
• Studied at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
• Received his B.D. degree in 1897 from Columbia Theological Seminary
• Received his D.D. degree in 1913 from Davidson College.

References

• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 1
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 4b
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 14
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 15
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 16
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 20
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 21
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 22
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 34
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 38
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 40
• Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 45
• Davidson College 1890 Undergraduate Listing (pdf)
• Rootsweb "Smith\Terry" William R Minter Page
• Email from suewminter@webtv.net 2006-06-13 13:44:09 UTC
• Email from suewminter@webtv.net 2006-09-12 22:55:23 UTC
• Email from suewminter@webtv.net 2006-10-17 18:13:34 UTC
• Travel Letters from Palestine and the East, scan provided by William Maynard Minter
• Email from wminter@gmail.com 2022-05-30 11:10 UTC**including maria-harriet-smith-minter.pdf

Notes

• Baptized 8 Mar 1874
• Smith\Terry Rootsweb page gives 9 Jul as birthdate instead of 3 Jul, so does the page from the Anderson book shared by William Maynard Minter.
• This page posted on Abulsme.com on 11 Jun 2006