William Baxter Godbey
American evangelist
About William Baxter Godbey
Lived 1833 – 1920 (aged 87).
William Baxter Godbey (June 3, 1833 - September 12, 1920) was a Wesleyan Methodist evangelist.
Biography He was born June 3, 1833, in Pulaski County, Kentucky. He converted Alma White in a Kentucky schoolhouse revival in 1878. She wrote that "some were so convicted that they left the room and threw up their suppers, and staggered back into the house as pale as death."
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Who was William Baxter Godbey?
American evangelist (1833-1920)
When was William Baxter Godbey born?
William Baxter Godbey was born on 3 June 1833.
When did William Baxter Godbey die?
William Baxter Godbey died on 12 September 1920.
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