Bishop Abraham S. Grant (1848-1911) Grant was born on August 25, 1848, the slave of Frank Rollison. He ran away with his brother Alex, and Johns and James Gray but was captured and sold by his owner in Columbus, Georgia. He ran away again and joined the Union army.
He was educated after the Civil War and joined the AME Church in Jacksonville, Florida in 1868. He received a license to preach in 1873, and in 1878 he moved to Texas where he was pastor to churches in San Antonio and Austin. He became a Bishop in 1888, serving the AME Church for 23 years. A friend of Booker T. Washington, Bishop Grant lobbied for the segregation of schools, and an African-American school formerly on Leona Street in San Antonio was renamed the Abraham Grant Colored School in his honor at the turn of the century.
He was educated after the Civil War and joined the AME Church in Jacksonville, Florida in 1868. He received a license to preach in 1873, and in 1878 he moved to Texas where he was pastor to churches in San Antonio and Austin. He became a Bishop in 1888, serving the AME Church for 23 years. A friend of Booker T. Washington, Bishop Grant lobbied for the segregation of schools, and an African-American school formerly on Leona Street in San Antonio was renamed the Abraham Grant Colored School in his honor at the turn of the century.
Bishop Abraham S. Grant (1848-1911) Grant was born on August 25, 1848, the slave of Frank Rollison. He ran away with his brother Alex, and Johns and James Gray but was captured and sold by his owner in Columbus, Georgia. He ran away again and joined the Union army.
He was educated after the Civil War and joined the AME Church in Jacksonville, Florida in 1868. He received a license to preach in 1873, and in 1878 he moved to Texas where he was pastor to churches in San Antonio and Austin. He became a Bishop in 1888, serving the AME Church for 23 years. A friend of Booker T. Washington, Bishop Grant lobbied for the segregation of schools, and an African-American school formerly on Leona Street in San Antonio was renamed the Abraham Grant Colored School in his honor at the turn of the century.
He was educated after the Civil War and joined the AME Church in Jacksonville, Florida in 1868. He received a license to preach in 1873, and in 1878 he moved to Texas where he was pastor to churches in San Antonio and Austin. He became a Bishop in 1888, serving the AME Church for 23 years. A friend of Booker T. Washington, Bishop Grant lobbied for the segregation of schools, and an African-American school formerly on Leona Street in San Antonio was renamed the Abraham Grant Colored School in his honor at the turn of the century.
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In Memoriam of
Bishop Grant, D.D.
The Texas Conference
Central, North E., West, S. West
Tenth Episcopal Dist.
Bishop J. H. Jones, President
Sept 26, 1918
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