City: Jefferson City
JEFFRIES, Millard Dudley, educator; born Culpepper Co. Va., Nov. 18, 1855; English and Welsh descent; son of Thomas and Mary Mildred (Lewis) JEFFRIES; father’s occupation, carpenter, lumberman and farmer; paternal grandfather, Richard JEFFRIES; paternal grandmother was a Miss POLLARD prior to her marriage; maternal grandparents, John and Nancy (Wallis) LEWIS; educated Culpepper High School, University of Va., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; graduated from University of Va., with degree of M. D. in 1875; Southern Baptist Theo. Seminary May 1881; in early life he was a physician; married Anna B. NEWCOMER, Nov. 30, 1881; pastor Blackburg, Va., 1881; East Church Louisville, Ky., 1885-1893; Broadway Baptist, Knoxville, Tenn., 1893-1903; Chapel Hill, N. C., 1882-1885 has been president of Carson and Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., since 1903; Democrat (Prohibition); member of the Baptist church; member F. & A. M.
