John Roach Straton
John Roach Straton  | |
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Straton circa 1919  | |
| Born | April 6, 1875 | 
| Died | October 29, 1929 (aged 54) | 
| Known for | Antievolutionism | 
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.