Born: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, May 24, 1850.Died: Marshall, Texas, December 3, 1913.
Born: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, May 24, 1850.
Died: Marshall, Texas, December 3, 1913.
JOHN J. LOCKHART was born in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, May 24th, 1850; but was reared and educated in Indiana, in which State he taught school for a number of years. He afterwards took special courses in Kentucky University and Bethany College, and finally graduated in the National School of Elocution and Oratory, at Philadelphia, Pa., in the year 1882.
Influenced by W. H. Krutzsinger, his father in the gospel, he entered the ministry in 1872. He served several churches in Indiana and Illinois, as a regular preacher, and held successful meetings with many more. He came to Texas in 1885, and located with the church at Ennis, where he labored two years during which time he held meetings at Palestine, Kaufman, Denton, Terrill, Waxahachie, Will's Point, Sulphur Springs, and other points, with marked success. At the beginning of the present year (1888) he accepted a call to Palestine, where he now resides. Bro. Lockhart is said to be like Apollos, "an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures." He is uncompromising in his advocacy of primitive Christianity, and speaks the Word of the Lord with all boldness.