Beverly Carradine

Beverly Carradine was born on April 4, 1848, on Altamont Plantation in Yazoo County, Mississippi.^[3] Carradine was the sixth of nine children, and fourth son of Mary Caroline Hewitt Carradine (born June 5, 1819, in Washington, D.C.; died 1881 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) and Henry Francis Carradine (born June 7, 1808, in Yazoo City, Mississippi; died March 8, 1854),^[4] a planter.^[5] The Carradine family moved to Yazoo City in 1852.^{[citation needed]}

In 1865, Carradine, aged 16, enlisted in Wood's Regiment in the Confederate Cavalry in Mississippi, and served until the end of the American Civil War.^[6] In May 1865, he was mustered out with the 6th Cavalry Regiment Mississippi.^[7]

Carradine graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1867. Later he studied pharmacy and worked as a clerk and bookkeeper in a store.^[8]

Carradine "prayed through" on July 12, 1874, and then he told his wife, "Laura, I’m not going to go to Hell after all."^[8] He was licensed to preach in October 1874 and became a pastor in Mississippi and New Orleans.^[9] He was ordained a Methodist elder in 1878.^{[citation needed]}

On June 1, 1889, Carradine received the "blessing of sanctification" in his study in the parsonage at 35 Polyminca Street, New Orleans. His third book, Sanctification, was published the next year.^[8] Many of his subsequent books were centered on the concept of sanctification. He published at least 26 books.^[10]

He also wrote about his opposition to the Louisiana lottery, making an analogy between it and slavery. The New York Times reported that his early opposition as a prominent New Orleans pastor helped end the lottery in that state.^[11][12]

Carradine died on April 22, 1931, in Western Springs, Illinois, aged 83.^[13] He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi.^[13]

Although a prolific author, Carradine wrote little about himself and his family, not even in his autobiographical Pastoral Sketches.^[8]

Carradine was married twice, and had at least nine children. On July 3, 1869,^[14] Carradine married Laura Green Reid (born 1851 in Washington, D.C.; died in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1882), in Yazoo, Mississippi. They had five children: Ernest Carradine (b. ? - died 1880); William Reed Carradine (1872–1909), a correspondent for the Associated Press, and the father of actor John Carradine,^[15] and the grandfather of actors David, Keith and Robert Carradine;^[16]: 5 Maude Virginia Carradine Westbrook (born 1874 - died 1956); Guy Carradine (1879–1885); and Lula (1880–1946). Laura died in 1882 at the age of 30.^{[citation needed]}

On August 1, 1883, Carradine married Modesta A.M. Burke (born March 16, 1861, in New Orleans, Louisiana; died April 6, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois) in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[8][17] Their four children were: Burke Carradine (1887–1932); Victoria Carradine (born 1889); Glendy Carradine (born 1890); and Josephine (born 1891).

• Sanctification (1891) ISBN 978-0-88019-379-5
• A Journey to Palestine (1892) ISBN 978-1-4367-3505-6
• The Second Blessing in Symbol (1893)
• The Old Man (1896)
• Sanctified Life (1897) ISBN 978-0-88019-339-9
• The Better Way (1899)
• Soul Help (1900) ISBN 978-0-938037-05-7
• Bible Characters (1907)
• People I Have Met (1910)
• Graphic Scenes (1911) ISBN 978-0-88019-270-5
• Yazoo Stories (1911) ISBN 0-548-46432-4
• Revival Incidents (1913)
• "Mississippi Stories"