Benajah Harvey Carroll (1843-1914)

ID: 628 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Benajah Harvey Carroll (1843-1914)

B. H. Carroll pastored First Baptist Church from 1870 to 1899. An imposing figure, Carroll was also a prominent theologian and a leader in Texas' prohibition movement.

This file appears in: First Baptist Church

By George Graves & Amanda Sawyer
On May 31, 1851, four charter members established the First Baptist Church of Waco. These members reached out to prominent missionary and Texan Rev. Noah T. Byers, offering him a salary of seventy-five dollars per year to pastor the church. The…