Beverly Francis Carradine (April 4, 1848 – April 22, 1931) was an American

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minister and a leading

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for the

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. He was a productive author, writing primarily on the subject of

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. The patriarch of the

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, he was the grandfather of actor

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and great-grandfather of actors

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, and

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Early life

Beverly Carradine was born on April 4, 1848 on Altamont Plantation in

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. Carradine was the sixth of nine children, and fourth son of Mary Caroline Hewitt Carradine (born June 5, 1819 in Washington, D.C.; died 1881 in

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) and Henry Francis Carradine (born June 7, 1808 in Yazoo City, Mississippi; died March 8, 1854), a planter. The Carradine family moved to Yazoo City in 1852. In 1865, Carradine, aged 16, enlisted in Wood's Regiment in the

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in Mississippi, and served until the end of the

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. In May 1865, he was mustered out with the 6th Cavalry Regiment Mississippi. Carradine graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1867. Later he studied pharmacy and worked as a clerk and bookkeeper in a store.

Career

Carradine "prayed through" on July 12, 1874, and then he told his wife, "Laura, I’m not going to go to Hell after all." He was licensed to preach in October 1874 and became a pastor in Mississippi and New Orleans.Lloyd, James B. ''Lives of Mississippi Authors'' 1817–1967. (1981)University of Mississippi Press, pg. 74 He was ordained a Methodist elder in 1878. On June 1, 1889, Carradine received the "blessing of sanctification" in his study in the parsonage at 35 Polyminca Street, New Orleans. His third book, ''Sanctification'', was published the next year. Many of his subsequent books were centered on the concept of sanctification. He published at least 26 books. He also wrote about his opposition to the Louisiana lottery, making an analogy between it and slavery. ''

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'' reported that his early opposition as a prominent

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pastor helped to end the lottery in that state.

Death

Carradine died on April 22, 1931 in Western Springs, Illinois, aged 83.Source Information: Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916–1947 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. FHL Film Number: 1653756. He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Personal

Although a prolific author, Carradine wrote little about himself and his family, not even in his autobiographical ''Pastoral Sketches''.''Time and Location Line of the Life of Rev. Beverly Carradine'', Gene A. Long, Holiness Data Ministry (2475) http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/2401-2500/HDM2475.PDF Carradine was married twice, and had at least nine children. On July 3, 1869, Carradine married Laura Green Reid (born 1851 in Washington, D.C.; died in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1882), in Yazoo, Mississippi. They had five children: Ernest Carradine (died 1880); William Reed Carradine (1872–1909), a correspondent for the

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, and the father of actor

, and the grandfather of actors

and

; Maude Virginia Carradine (born 1874); Guy Carradine (1879–1885); and Lula (1880–1946). Laura died in 1882 at the age of 30. On August 1, 1883, Carradine married Modesta A.M. Burke (born March 16, 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana; died April 6, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois) in New Orleans, Louisiana.Source Information: Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831–1920 atabase on-line Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Source Citation: Vol. 10, pg. 85. Their four children were: Burke Carradine (1887–1932); Victoria Carradine (born 1889); Glendy Carradine (born 1890); and Josephine (born 1891).

Bibliography

*Sanctification (1891) *A Journey To Palestine (1892) *The Second Blessing in Symbol (1893) *The Old Man (1896) *Sanctified life (1897) *The Better Way (1899) *Soul Help (1900) *Bible Characters (1907) *People I Have Met (1910) *Graphic Scenes (1911) *Yazoo Stories (1911) *Revival Incidents (1913)

References

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