African American Schools
The information above was copied from the Web site named Lawrence County Genealogical Society. The site was maintained by Kathy Niedergeses, but she has retired. We are unsure of the site’s future. Original Lawrence County TNGenWeb Coordinator Reita Jones Burress posted shared content with the LCGS site over the course of 27 years. Therefore, we decided to incorporate the content here. No copyright infringement is intended by providing this information for the benefit of researchers. Source URL: http://home.lorettotel.net/~lcarchives/colschool.htm LAWRENCE COUNTY,…
James D. Vaughan Publishing Company and School of Music
Compiled and contributed by Reita Jones Burress Founder of Southern Gospel Music In 1902 James D. Vaughan moved his family to Lawrenceburg, Tn. from Giles County Co., Tn. where he was a teacher. A short while later he opened his publishing house on the Public Square in Lawrenceburg to furnish a complete gospel music service. The Vaughan Music Company published his first song book, Gospel Chimes, in 1900. Business grew steadily, and in 1909 he sold 30,000 songbooks. James D….
Goodspeed’s Biography of Matthew Franklin Carrell
Source: Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Matthew F. Carrell is the sixth of twelve children born to the marriage of Stephen A. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Carrell, and is of Irish descent. He was born at Lawrenceburg October 3, 1853, and there acquired his education in Jackson Academy. In early life he was a school-teacher, but has followed farming as his chief occupation. He was married, March 4, 1879, to Julia A….
Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence County
Transcribed by Reita Jones Burress from the original publication. Note: some contemporary spellings were retained. Source: Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886 Lawrence County belongs to the natural division known as the Highland Rim, the higher lands lying from the northeast to the southwest. From the general level there rises occasional bluffs 300 feet in height. The elevation above the sea level is about 70 0 or 800 feet. The general surface, however,…