Category Archives: Schools & Educations
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →