Biographies   Cherokee County - South Carolina Genealogy Trails LODGE, LEE DAVIS, president of Limestone college, Gaffney, South Carolina, was born in Montgomery county, in the state of Maryland,  on the 24th day of November, 1865. His father was James L. Lodge, D. D., a leading minister of the Baptist denomination; the name of his mother was Alice  Virginia Lodge. His father was a man of great intensity of character, a finished writer and an eloquent speaker. The Lodge family in America derives its descent from the English poet, Thomas Lodge. Doctor Lodge's mother was a Warfield, related to many prominent families in Maryland. He was a healthy child, although his life was passed chiefly in cities. His tastes in childhood were literary, with a special turn towards history; his mother's character exerted a profound influence upon every phase of his life. He attended high schools in Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey, and obtained the degree of A. M. from Columbian university, Washington, District of Columbia, in 1885. After his graduation he pursued elaborate studies in French, political science and philosophy at the Columbian university and received from that institution the degree of Ph. D., for work done, in 1892. Doctor Lodge has been married twice; first, to Lelia Ella White, daughter of the Rev. S. R. White, of Rockville, Maryland; and after her death he married, on August 25, 1897, Mary Louise McClammy, daughter of the Hon. Charles W. McClammy, United States representative from North Carolina. He has had five children, of whom three are now (1907) living. He began the active work of his life as tutor in Greek at Columbian university, in September, 1884, a position offering an excellent opening in the line of his chosen profession. From earliest childhood his father and mother spared no pains to stir his ambition. Home and school influence and the influence of private study were very strong upon his intellectual development. The writings of the idealistic philosophers, Greek, French and German, greatly influenced his mind in the formative period of its development, a development which was wisely directed by the companionship of President Welling and Professor O. T. Mason, of the Columbian university. For fifteen years he held professorships in Columbian university, at Washington, District of Columbia, resigning in 1899 to accept the presidency of Limestone college, Gaffney, South Carolina, which position he now holds. Doctor Lodge has written "A Study in Corneille," published in 1891, which has been highly commended by competent critics, both French, English and American. He has also written a number of occasional essays and reviews, and is now employed upon a "History of French Philosophy," which he hopes soon to publish. As a public speaker he has won considerable distinction. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi fraternity and the Cosmos club of Washington, District of Columbia. In religion he is a Baptist, and in politics a Democrat. Biographical notices of Doctor Lodge have appeared in White's "Encyclopedia of American Biography," volume II; in Herringshaw's "Nineteenth Century Biography," and in the various editions of "Who's Who in America." His address is Gaffney, Cherokee county, South Carolina.   Men of Mark in South Carolina By James Calvin Hemphill Published 1907 – transcribed and contributed by Barb Ziegenmeyer BACK to Cherokee County South Carolina Genealogy Trails © all rights reserved to the original submitter