Born: Tennessee, December 29, 1815.
Died: 1891.
CARROLL KENDRICK, now of Downey, California, is one of the pioneer preachers of the Lone Star State. He was born in Tennessee, Dec. 29th, 1815, but was raised in Alabama, where he was baptized when 18 years of age. He was educated at Bacon College in Kentucky, and received the degree of A. M. from Franklin College, Tennessee. After preaching successfully for years in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi, and baptizing many in those States, he came to Texas in 1851, where he labored 27 years. He has for the most part supported himself and family by practicing medicine, but has at times been very liberally sustained in the evangelistic field. He has witnessed about 10,000 additions in Texas, and near the same number in other States. If, in the crown of the Christian, there is a star for every convert, what a bright, dazzling crown will this old soldier of the cross have with many thousand glittering stars upon it!
He has edited several religious papers in Texas and elsewhere, and the files of all our Christian papers will attest his zeal. And he is now preparing a volume on "The Living Issues of the Day," which will be looked forward to with interest by his many friends. He has had several debates, the most noted of which was with Dr. N. L. Rice, in Kentucky. Bro. Kendrick has preached for over half a century. His name is known among the brethren everywhere, and is as familiar to Texans "as household words."