| Lewis Capers Branscomb | |
| Birth Date: | August 27, 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Union Springs, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Date: | October 30, 1930 |
| Death Place: | Jasper, Alabama, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Birmingham–Southern College Emory University |
| Children: | 7, including Harvie Branscomb |
| Relatives: | Lewis M. Branscomb (grandson) |
Lewis C. Branscomb (August 27, 1865[1] - October 30, 1930) was an American Methodist minister in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the president of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.
Branscomb was born in 1865 in Union Springs, Alabama.[2] [3] He graduated from Southern University, later known as Birmingham–Southern College, and Emory University, and he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.[3] He was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1886.[3] [4]
Branscomb was a Methodist minister in Anniston, Bessemer, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Talladega.[2] [3] He was especially associated with the First Methodist Church of Birmingham, Alabama.[4] Branscomb was the editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate from 1916 to 1922.[2] [3] Additionally, he served on the boards of the Federated Churches of Christ and the Methodist Orphanage of Troy, Alabama.[4] Branscomb served on the executive committee of the board of directors of the Anti-Saloon League; he was also the president of its Alabama chapter.[2] [3] [5] He served on the boards of trustees of the Woman's College of Alabama, now known as Huntingdon College, and Birmingham–Southern College.[3]
Branscomb died on October 30, 1930, in Jasper, Alabama.[2] [3] [5] He had suffered from injuries in a car accident on October 15, and failed to recover.[6] On Founders' Day in 1931, Branscomb was honored at Huntingdon College.[7]
One of Branscomb's sons, Harvie Branscomb, became a university administrator while his grandson Lewis M. Branscomb became a physicist.