Lewis C. Branscomb
American Methodist minister
Lewis C. Branscomb (August 27, 1865- October 30, 1930) was an American Methodist minister in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the president of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
Early life
Branscomb was born in 1865 in Union Springs, Alabama. He graduated from Southern University, later known as Birmingham–Southern College, and Emory University, and he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1886.
Career
Branscomb was a Methodist minister in Anniston, Bessemer, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Talladega. He was especially associated with the First Methodist Church of Birmingham, Alabama. Branscomb was the editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate from 1916 to 1922. Additionally, he served on the boards of the Federated Churches of Christ and the Methodist Orphanage of Troy, Alabama.
Branscomb served on the executive committee of the board of directors of the Anti-Saloon League; he was also the president of its Alabama chapter. He served on the boards of trustees of the Woman's College of Alabama, now known as Huntingdon College, and Birmingham–Southern College.
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