[Illustration: REV. C. O. BOOTHE, D. D. Author of “Plain Theology.”] THE CYCLOPEDIA OF THE COLORED BAPTISTS OF ALABAMA THEIR LEADERS AND THEIR WORK BY Charles Octavius Boothe, D. D. Author of “Plain Theology for Plain People.” BIRMINGHAM: Alabama Publishing Company. 1895 Copyright 1895 By Rev. C. O. Boothe, D. D. INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. Rev. C. O. Boothe Frontispiece Rev. J. Q. A. Wilhite 12 Hon. A. H. Curtis 19 Mrs. A. A. Bowie 26 Rev. L. S. Steinback in the act of Baptism 33 Mrs. D. S. Jordan 36 Shiloh Church, Birmingham Facing 45 Rev. F. R. Kennedy 56 Selma University Facing 61 Mrs. M. D. Duncan 66 Rev. J. P. Barton 75 Miss H. Martin 82 Rev. W. R. Pettiford 91 Rev. J. L. Frazier 99 Rev. P. S. L. Hutchins 106 Rev. W. T. Bibb 110 Sixteenth Street Church, Birmingham Facing 120 Rev. S. L. Belser 129 Dr. U. G. Mason 136 Rev. J. P. O’Riley 144 Miss Ella Knapp 151 Rev. J. H. Eason 158 Miss A. L. Bowman 165 Rev. M. Tyler 172 Mrs. Rebecca Pitts 179 Rev. W. C. Bradford 186 Rev. H. Woodsmall 194 Rev. J. E. Wilson 203 Rev. W. A. Shirley Facing 207 Rev. L. S. Steinback 212 St. Louis Street Church, Mobile Facing 221 Rev. T. W. Walker 228 Rev. J. W. Jackson 238 First Church, Selma 244 Miss Joanna P. Moore, Nashville Facing 249 Rev. C. J. Hardy 254 Rev. S. L. Ross 259 Dexter Avenue Church, Montgomery Facing 262 Rev. C. L. Purce 265 TABLE OF CONTENTS.