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<p> a [[Baptist]] minister, son of [[Reverend]] Dr. W.T. Brantly, was born at Beaufort, S.C., in 1816. At the age of nine he removed with his father, who had been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Under careful training he was fitted for college, and graduated from [[Brown]] University in 1840. He became a [[Christian]] when young, was baptized in 1834, and at the age of twenty-two was licensed to preach. Soon after he graduated he was invited to take the pastorate of the First Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. Here he remained eight years, his ministry being attended with great success. From 1848 to 1856 he was professor of. belles-lettres and evidences of [[Christianity]] and history in the University of Georgia. In 1853 he was called to the pastorate of the First Church in Philadelphia, of which his father had been pastor. This call he declined, but when, three years later, he was invited to take charge of the [[Tabernacle]] Church in Philadelphia, he accepted the call. He was pastor of this Church from 1856-61, and then removed to Atlanta, Georgia, and was pastor from 1861-71, with the exception of a short period during the war. From [[Atlanta]] he went to Baltimore, as the successor of Reverend Dr. R. Fuller, in the Seventh Baptist Church. Here he remained till his death, March 6, 1882. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclopedia, page 128. (J.C.S.) </p>
<p> a distinguished [[Baptist]] minister, was born in [[Chatham]] Co., N. C., Jan. 23, 1787, and graduated with honor at South Carolina College in 1808. After some time spent in teaching at Augusta, Ga. he became in 1811 pastor of the Baptist Church at Beaufort, S. C. In 1819 he returned to Augusta, and established a Baptist Church there. In 1826 he was called to the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, where he labored till his health compelled him to remove to the South in 1838, when he settled as pastor at Charleston, S. C., also accepting the presidency of the college at that place. In 1844 he was attacked by paralysis, but lingered till March 28, 1845, when he died, after having been removed to Augusta. Mr. Brantly received the degree of D.D. from [[Brown]] University in 1831. He was the author of a volume of sermons published in 1837.-Sprague, Annals, 6:497; [[Funeral]] [[Sermon]] by Dr. Fuller, [[Christian]] Review, 10:591. </p>


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William Theophilus Brantly [1]

a distinguished Baptist minister, was born in Chatham Co., N. C., Jan. 23, 1787, and graduated with honor at South Carolina College in 1808. After some time spent in teaching at Augusta, Ga. he became in 1811 pastor of the Baptist Church at Beaufort, S. C. In 1819 he returned to Augusta, and established a Baptist Church there. In 1826 he was called to the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, where he labored till his health compelled him to remove to the South in 1838, when he settled as pastor at Charleston, S. C., also accepting the presidency of the college at that place. In 1844 he was attacked by paralysis, but lingered till March 28, 1845, when he died, after having been removed to Augusta. Mr. Brantly received the degree of D.D. from Brown University in 1831. He was the author of a volume of sermons published in 1837.-Sprague, Annals, 6:497; Funeral Sermon by Dr. Fuller, Christian Review, 10:591.

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  1. ↑ William Theophilus Brantly from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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