William Lipscomb

(1829-1908)

William Lipscomb was born on July 20, 1829 in Franklin County, Tennessee. He was baptized into Christ in 1846. He graduated from Franklin College on July 4, 1848, and began teaching in that same college as professor of languages in the fall of that same year. It was his life-long work. He started the Gospel Advocate publication with Tolbert Fanning in 1855 and continued with it until the war caused it to be discontinued. Older brother to David Lipscomb by seventeen months, he was a scholar, writer, preacher, and worked diligently in the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Buried next to his brother in Section 14 - Lot #19.

Directions To Lipscomb's Grave: The William Lipscomb family plot is located in one of Nashville, Tennessee's oldest and most famous cemeteries, Mount Olivet. Many famous and wealthy Tennesseans such as, Thomas G. Ryman and others are buried there. To those in Churches of Christ, what makes this cemetery so famous are the numerous men and women of the Restoration Movement who are interred there. Lipscomb is buried in Section 14.

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GPS Coordinates
N36º 08' 48.7" x WO 86º 44' 03.5"
Accuracy To Within 22.5'

William Lipscomb's Early Home Life And Parents

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