William Wallace Bennett

Birth	24 FEB 1821
Religion	1846
Religion	1847
Education	1850
Religion	1850-1852
Org.	1852		University of Virginia, Chaplain
Religion	1860-1861
Religion	1865
Org.	1877-1887		Ashland, Randolph Macon College, President
Death	7 JUN 1887
Grave

The Reverend William Wallace Bennett, D.D. was born in Richmond, Virginia, February 24, 1821, and reared under the influence of Methodist teaching and preaching of the old school. He was converted in Portsmouth, Va., in 1839, was received on trial in the Virginia Conference in November 1842, and served in various circuits throughout Virginia, 1843-49. He studied at the University of Virginia and was graduated from several schools in 1850. That same year he was assigned as the first preacher in charge of the newly formed Southern Church in Washington City. In 1852 he was appointed Chaplain to the University of Virginia, but was forced to resign because of poor health. He soon regained his health, served one year in Virginia, and was appointed... Read More