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Evans Tyree

1854 – 1920

Doctor and Methodist Bishop in the A.M.E. Church

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About Evans Tyree

Lived 1854 – 1920 (aged 66).

Bishop Evans Tyree (August 19, 1854 - November 12, 1920) was a doctor and Bishop in the A.M.E. Church in Nashville Tennessee.

Early life and education Tyree was born enslaved in DeKalb County, Tennessee. In 1865 after emancipation he and his mother lived and worked on a farm in a DeKalb County. He learned to read in 1866 and shortly thereafter joined the Methodist Church. He was "licensed to preach at fourteen, joined the conference at eighteen, and was made elder at twenty-two." In 1900 he was elected bishop in Columbus, Ohio, the Senior Bishop of the five Bishops elected at that General Conference.

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Who was Evans Tyree?

doctor and Methodist Bishop in the A.M.E. Church

When was Evans Tyree born?

Evans Tyree was born on 19 August 1854.

When did Evans Tyree die?

Evans Tyree died on 12 November 1920.

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· Wikipedia: Evans Tyree

· Wikidata: Q111187352

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