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Hart County Biographies
Courtesy Barren’s Black Roots Volume 3, Michelle Gorin Burris, Gorin Genealogical Publishing, (c) May 1993 and shown originally in The Jubilee History and Biographical Sketches of Liberty Association, G. R. Ford, Times Publishing Company of Smiths Grove, KY, 1916.
“Mrs.
Lucy Beard, of Horse Cave,
Ky., was born in A.D. 1844. She
“Rev. E. W. Strange, of
Horse Cave, Ky., was born April 20, 1870.
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professed a hope in Christ in A.D. 1868 and was baptized by Rev.
Spot Underwood. There was no church organized then at Horse Cave and
a few members from different places met and held a revival at bro.
Ned Massey’s residence and it was there that Sister Beard made peace
with God. After the meeting they organized the first Baptist church
of Horse Cave with Sister Beard in the organization. Sisters Lucy
Beard and Lizzie Nunnily are the only two members living, who were
in that organization. She is the widow of deacon J. F. Beard and has
been a servant of the church for 50 years, always living a
consistent member. She is 74 years of age.”
He
was reared in Warren county, Ky. and professed a hope in Christ when
in his teens. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Strange, his
father being a deacon in the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Bro. Strange
graduated from the common school in Warren county, then went to
Nashville, Tenn., where he finished High School at Roger Williams
University. He began preaching in 1892 and thought by all who heard
him a great preacher. He was elected secretary of the Liberty
Association in 1900 and made a faithful servant in that office until
his death in 1909. Rev. Strange went into wedlock with Miss Lula of
Nashville and to this union five children were born. Sister Lizzie
Cook, the sister of Rev. Strange paid for the work inserted in this
book. She is the wife of the Rev. W. C. Cook. Rev. Strange was a
member of the Mt. Olive Baptist church and was pastor at Icy Sink
and Reeds at his death.”
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