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Rev Hiram Mullens McAdams

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Rev Hiram Mullens McAdams

Birth
Walker County, Texas, USA
Death
24 May 1964 (aged 84)
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA
Burial
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Rev. Hiram Mullens McAdams was the son of James Roger McAdams and Rebecca Mullens McAdams, among siblings, Mary E., Edward E, Rufus Franklin, Hester R., Robert Lee, and James Roger McAdams...possible others.
He married Elizabeth Rachel Lawlis, daugh of George Johnson and Estell Register Lawlis, in 1911. They had a daughter, Naomi R., in 1913, bn in TX.
Rev. Hiram and his wife, Rev. "Lizzie" as she was affectionately called, were ordained as ministers in the 1920's in the Free Will Baptist Church. They were co-pastors, and evangelistic team holding large revivals in N. Car., TX, AL, OK, MO, and NE. They organized churches and promoted Tecumseh College in OK, and was active in church missions throughout. In 1918, they acquired passports and went to Barbados, West Indies, as missionaries for a short time, before they returned to become very involved in Mission work in the states. His wife wrote several books, some of which described their work. They were respected and held in esteem by those who knew them, and in memory by those who read and know of their labors.
It is noteworthy that Rev. "Lizzy" outlived her husband only three months and 8 days.

(Picture from files, courtesy of Dr. Alton Loveless).
Rev. Hiram Mullens McAdams was the son of James Roger McAdams and Rebecca Mullens McAdams, among siblings, Mary E., Edward E, Rufus Franklin, Hester R., Robert Lee, and James Roger McAdams...possible others.
He married Elizabeth Rachel Lawlis, daugh of George Johnson and Estell Register Lawlis, in 1911. They had a daughter, Naomi R., in 1913, bn in TX.
Rev. Hiram and his wife, Rev. "Lizzie" as she was affectionately called, were ordained as ministers in the 1920's in the Free Will Baptist Church. They were co-pastors, and evangelistic team holding large revivals in N. Car., TX, AL, OK, MO, and NE. They organized churches and promoted Tecumseh College in OK, and was active in church missions throughout. In 1918, they acquired passports and went to Barbados, West Indies, as missionaries for a short time, before they returned to become very involved in Mission work in the states. His wife wrote several books, some of which described their work. They were respected and held in esteem by those who knew them, and in memory by those who read and know of their labors.
It is noteworthy that Rev. "Lizzy" outlived her husband only three months and 8 days.

(Picture from files, courtesy of Dr. Alton Loveless).


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