Excerpt from Historical Sketch of First Baptist Church Morganton, North Carolina and Personal Reminiscences 1879-1956 Maud Elizabeth Patton was born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, at The Globe on April 25, 1884. She was the third of six children born to the Rev. Robert Logan and Mar garet Spainhour Patton. Religion and education were always foremost in her life. Devo tion to these fundamental values was instilled during her formative years, particularly by her father, who was both teacher and Baptist minister. Between 1888 and 1901, he served four periods as pastor of Morganton First Baptist Church. From her earliest memories, a living Christian faith and the church were a dominant force in her personal life and remained so throughout her days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.