Leroy J. Halsey

Leroy Jones Halsey (1812-1896) was an American Presbyterian scholar and author.

Biography

Early life Leroy J. Halsey was born near Richmond, Virginia on January 28, 1812. He graduated from the University of Nashville in 1834.

Career He worked as a professor of Historical and Pastoral Theology at the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.

Although he was living in Chicago during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he was directly affected by the war through his direct family. Indeed, in a letter addressed to Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who served as the 17th President of the United States from 1865 to 1869, sent on September 26, 1865, Presbyterian minister David Xavier Junkin (1808-1880) explained that Leroy's brother, Henry F. Halsey (1815-1887), had been ruined by Union troops, who took over his factory in Alabama. The phrase was later promoted by Reverend Philip Lindsley (1786–1855), a Presbyterian minister who founded the University of Nashville.

Death He died at his home in Chicago on June 18, 1896, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.