“M” is for McTyeire, Holland Nimmons (1824-1889). Clergyman. Born near Barnwell, McTyeire graduated from Randolph-Macon College. He taught at the college and was later became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He served churches in Virginia, Alabama, and Mississippi. In 1858 he became editor of the Christina Advocate, the denomination’s foremost publication. After the Civil War, Mctyeire was elected a bishop, and he increasingly became the chief spokesman for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was a leader in establishing Central University, later Vanderbilt in Nashville in 1873, and in securing a $1 million gift from Cornelius Vanderbilt. McTyeire became the chief authority on the denomination’s government. Holland Nimmons McTyeire was the author of a number of books including A Manual of Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and A History of Methodism.
“M” is for McTyeire, Holland Nimmons (1824-1889)
