Gwinnett-Hall County GaArchives Biographies.....Pirkle, J. M. 1856 - living in 1911 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com July 27, 2004, 5:56 pm Author: J. C. Flanigan Rev. J. M. Pirkle. Rev. J. M. Pirkle, of Carl, was born in Hall County, Georgia, in 1856. He joined the church in 1873. He attended the country schools in his boyhood days, and in 1877 was a student in the high school at Flowery Branch. He attended the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega during the years 1878 and 1879, and was a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., for eight months in the school year 1880-81. At Union church in Hall county, he was ordained to the gospel ministry in September, 1884. He has served Union, Chestnut Mountain, Poplar Springs, Oak Grove, Shoal Creek, Old Suwanee, Antioch and Auburn churches, and baptized some into all of them, with the possible exception of Suwanee. He served some of the above churches as long as ten years, and as many as twenty-seven young converts have been immersed by him at one time. He is an influential minister., a useful citizen and has an interesting family. Additional Comments: From: GWINNETT CHURCHES A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS MINISTERS BY J. C. FLANIGAN 1911 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/gwinnett/bios/gbs80pirkle.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb