Rev
Jordan
Winston
Early
Born in Franklin, Virginia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah Jane (Woodson) Early
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 89
in Memphis, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2020
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Biography
Jordan Early is Notable.
The Reverend Jordan Winston Early was an American Methodist African American preacher, considered to have been one of the pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South of the United States.
In 1868, he married Sarah Jane Woodson Early, and the couple were prominent in spreading Methodism and black nationalism, and his wife taught wherever he preached.
- Fact: Residence (1870) Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
- Fact: Residence (1880) Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
- Fact: Residence (1900) Nashville city Ward 13, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
- Fact: Burial (1903) Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America
Sources
- "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDJ3-6MT : 20 June 2020), Jordan W. Early, 1868.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQB-F9X : 29 December 2021), J. W. Early, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 43, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6RQ-CD9 : 27 January 2020), Jordon Winston Early, 1903.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 December 2020, 18:12), entry for Rev Jordan W Early (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LQRK-B8W ); contributed by various users.
- Early,Sarah J. W. "Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South." Nashville, TN. A.M.E. Church Sunday School Union, 1894.
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