Lyman Ward (clergyman)
| Lyman Ward | |
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Universalist Minister and Principal of the Southern Industrial Institute
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Lyman Ward April 17, 1868 Hounsfield, New York United States of America |
| Died | December 17, 1948 (aged 80) Camp Hill, Alabama United States of America |
| Resting place | Lyman Ward Military Academy |
| Alma mater | St. Lawrence University |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Educator |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Louise Smith |
| Children | Mary Celina Ward |
Lyman Ward (April 17, 1868 – December 17, 1948) was a Universalist minister who founded the Southern Industrial Institute and who was nominated by the Alabama Republican Party for Governor of Alabama in 1946.
Lyman Ward was born at Hounsfield, New York in Jefferson County. He was born on April 17, 1868 to Lyman Trumball Ward and Freelove Stowell Bates. He was raised in Watertown, New York. He graduated from Watertown High School (New York) in 1888. He graduated with a B.S. from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York in Divinity studies in 1892. St. Lawrence University conferred him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1926. He was ordained as a Universalist Minister in 1893, was a circuit rider minister from 1893-1894, served as pastor of Sawyer Memorial Universalist Church, N.Y. City, 1895-1897, and was the founder and principal of the Southern Industrial Institute, Camp Hill, Alabama. He served as the president of its board of trustees. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi and several scientific and philanthropic organizations, Mason, Knights of Pythias and a contributor on educational and economic problems of the south. In 1897, he was among the clergy with Rev. Charles H. Eaton, D.D. who dedicated the cornerstone for the Universalist Church of the Divine Paternity in Central Park, the only remaining Universalist church in Manhattan, New York. In 1898, Lyman Ward married Mary Louise Smith.
The Wards moved to rural Alabama to perform Universalist mission work at the First Universalist Church Of Camp Hill. The Southern Industrial Institute was opened in 1898 as a direct result of efforts by the members of The First Universalist Church. The church enticed Ward from New York for the express purpose of founding a school for children in rural Alabama. Lyman Ward served the school as headmaster and the Universalist church as pastor. The school was located in the village of Camp Hill, Alabama about 20 miles from Auburn, Alabama. The original purpose of the school was to provide a secondary education in agricultural and vocational arts. The Southern Industrial Institute was founded at Camp Hill, Alabama on September 21, 1898. The school was a non-profit, non-denominational, co-educational institution for rural white youth.
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