19th Bishop
Abraham Grant
Grant pastored in San Antonio and Austin, TX. He served in the 9th, 1st, and 4th Districts.
He was Vice President of Paul Quinn College. He was president of the Trustee Board of Wilberforce and Western University. He was president of the Church Extension Bd., Publication Bd., Missionary Bd., and Financial Bd.
- Birth Date: August 25, 1848
- Consecrated: May 1888
- Death Date: January 22, 1911
- Spouse: Florida Grant (m. October 23, 1902)
Bishop Grant was born a slave in in Lake City, FL. He was the slave of Frank Rollison, a planter in Middle, Fl. His slave master sent him to Columbus, GA to be sold for $6000, confederate money.1Centennial Encyclopedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by John Russell Hawkins, p. 274. After the Civil War, Grant returned to FL and studied in one of the Missionary schools for a few hours daily. He attended night school at Cookman Institute, Jacksonville, FL. While attending a camp meeting he was converted on October 22, 1868, accepted Christ and joined the AME church in Jacksonville FL. Bishop Grant was licensed to preach by Rev. J.R. Scott on April 3, 1873; ordained a Deacon in December, 1873; ordained an Elder in March 4, 1876; and elected 19th Bishop in May 19, 18882Good Deeds, Ed.: Alfred Emanuel Smith, et. al.,1897 p.199. and ordained May 243https:www.floridamemory.com/items/show/143142. He pastored in San Antonio and Austin, TX. He served in the 9th, 1st, and 4th Districts.
He married L. R. Armstrong of Houston, TX on October 23, 1902.4http://findagrave.com/ He died in Kansas City, KS and is buried in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.
Achievements
- He was Vice President of Paul Quinn College.
- He was president of the Trustee Board of Wilberforce and Western University.
- He was president of the Church Extension Bd., Publication Bd., Missionary Bd., and Financial Bd.
