Henry McNeal Turner
(1833-1915)
Union Army chaplain and Methodist bishop
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Henry McNeal Turner (February 1, 1834 – May 8, 1915) was a minister, politician, and the 12th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). An African American, he was a pioneer in Georgia at organizing new congregations of African Americans after the American Civil War. Born free in South Carolina, Turner learned to read and write and became a Methodist preacher. He joined the AME Church in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1858, where he became a minister. Later he had pastorates in Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC.
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1 February 1833 Newberry Courthouse, South Carolina
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| Died |
9 May 1915 (aged 82) Windsor, Ontario
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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