John Roach Straton

John Roach Straton
Straton circa 1919
Born(1875-04-06)April 6, 1875
DiedOctober 29, 1929(1929-10-29) (aged 54)
Known forAntievolutionism

John Roach Straton (surname rhymes with "Dayton"; April 6, 1875 – October 29, 1929) was an American Fundamentalist Baptist pastor. Straton was the son of the Reverend Henry Dundas Douglas Straton and the former Julia Rebecca Carter of Virginia. He became a Christian when he was a teenager and heard the revival preaching of James Hawthorne.