Lipscomb, David

1831 – He was born this year in Louisa County, Virginia.

1845 – He was baptized by Tolbert Fanning this year.

1846 – He entered Fanning’s Franklin College.

1849 – He graduated this year.

1891 – He and James A. Harding founded the Nashville Bible School, the precursor to the current Lipscomb University, which was not named for him until after his death.

1906 – He had formalized the division between itself as the Church of Christ and the more liberal faction, which is now generally known as the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

1917 – He died this year.