Charles Allen McConnell

Born in 1860 and remembered as “Uncle Charlie,” Charles Allen McConnell was an American writer closely connected with the Church of the Nazarene. Records for his books and memorial listings identify him as Charles Allen McConnell (1860–1955), and a funeral notice preserved on his memorial page describes him as dean emeritus of Bethany Nazarene College.

McConnell wrote across several genres. His books include Boys of the Old Sea Bed: Tales of Nature and Adventure, Caleb of the Hill Country, The Lost Frontier, The Book's Own Story, and the memoir The Potter's Vessel: My Life Story as Told to My Children at Their Request. The surviving descriptions of these works show a writer interested in frontier life, nature, Christian teaching, and stories that could speak to younger readers as well as families.

He also appeared often in Nazarene periodicals and religious publishing collections, which suggests that writing was a central part of his ministry as well as his literary life. A clear portrait image was not readily available from the sources I could confirm, so I have left the profile image blank.