2 Quotes & Sayings By Ballou Hosea
Ballou Hosea was born in 1799 in Surry County, Virginia. He married Nelly Stokes (1810) and together they had 11 children. Joseph Stokes died in 1857. Hosea Stokes became the first black person to preach in the Episcopal Church. He served as rector for St
James Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. Hosea Stokes was a Baptist minister who converted to Christianity during a revival meeting at Bethel Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1876. He later became a member of Christ Church in Richmond, Virginia. Hosea Stokes is buried at the Old Bethel Cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia.