Daniel S. Bentley

Daniel S. Bentley
Born1850
Madison County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedNovember 12, 1916 November 12, 1916(1916-11-12) (aged 65–66)
McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationBerea College,
Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Livingstone College
Occupation(s)Minister, writer, newspaper proprietor

Rev. Daniel S. Bentley (1850–1916), was an American minister, writer, and newspaper proprietor.[1][2] He was the founder of the Pittsburgh-based, Afro-American Spokesman newspaper.

Biography

Daniel S. Bentley was born in 1850 in Madison County, Kentucky.[1] As a teenager he attended Berea College.[2] He was baptized Christian by John Gregg Fee, the founder of Berea College; and by 1869, he started preaching in Danville, Kentucky.[2] He continued his education at Danville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.[2]

For 14 years he led churches in Louisville and Frankfort.[2] From 1884 to 1887, Bentley worked in Indiana; followed by a move to Pittsburgh to led the Bethel A.M.E. Church on Wylie Avenue.[2] He founded the Afro-American Spokesman newspaper in Pittsburgh, for which he also wrote articles.[1][2] Rev. George W. Clinton (1859–1922) had served as the newspaper editor.[3] Bentley was also the president of the Spokesman Stock Company, which owned his newspaper.[1] He was profiled in the book, The Afro-American Press and Its Editors (1891).

He authored the short book, Brief Religious Reflections (1900).[1] He received a PhD in divinity studies at Livingstone College.[2]

Bentley died on November 12, 1916, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, while he was on the pulpit at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Bentley, Daniel S." Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, University of Kentucky. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Smith, Gerald L.; McDaniel, Karen Cotton; Hardin, John A. (2015-08-28). The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8131-6066-5.
  3. ^ Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). Era of Progress and Promise, 1863–1910: the Religious, Moral, and Educational Development of the American Negro Since his Emancipation. Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 393. OCLC 5343815.
  4. ^ "Dr. Bentley Dead". Cleveland Gazette. December 9, 1916. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Afro–American Notes". The Pittsburgh Press. 1916-11-19. p. 55. Retrieved 2023-02-05.