Lee County, Mississippi Genealogy and History Presented by Mississippi Genealogy Trails Lee County Biographies Stovall, Absalom T.   STOVALL, ABSALOM T., Baptist minister, was bom December 25, 1809, in Giles County, Tenn., and died July 4, 1872, near Tupelo, Miss. When quite young he moved with his parents to Lawrence County, joined the Baptist church in 1829, and began to preach, in 1841. He served the following churches near his home in Lawrence County; Town Creek, Moulton, Macedonia, and Courtland. The latter church he served from 1845-50. He was clerk of the Muscle Shoals association, 1840-50; was moderator from 1851-52; and in 1852, was employed by the trustees of the Baptist female institute at Moulton, as agent to raise funds for building purposes. In 1852, he removed to Tupelo, Miss., where he spent the remainder of his life, assisted in organizing the Judson association in Mississippi, and up to the time of his death was its moderator. He was pastor of three churches, Tupelo, Centerville, and Pilgrim's Rest, at the time of his death in 1872. Married: in 1830, to Miss M. K. Harris. Among their children is James Tatum Stovall, Texas. Last residence: Tupelo, Miss. [History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Veneta McKinney] This page last updated on -- 19 Jan 2012 HOME Copyright 2008 Genealogy Trails with all rights reserved for original submitters