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A history of the Male and Female High School By Mike Watson First published in "An Adair County History", 2001 The cornerstone of Male & Female High was laid on 15 May 1854 by the stockholders of the Columbia College Joint Stock Company and supporters of education in the town of Columbia. The company was organized 12 February 1853 to establish what was then called the Columbia Institute. The stockholders were: Robert T. Coffey, president, Junius Caldwell, secretary, Nathan Montgomery, treasurer, Zachariah Wheat, Timoleon Cravens, Thomas E. Bramlette, Josiah Harris, Thomas P. Akers, Edgar B. Gaither, Elijah Creel Field, Hector Owen, Clayton Miller, H.G. Atkins, Eli Wheat, S.D. Johnson, John W. Moss, William T. Price, C.J. Taylor, G.W. McBeath, Nathan Montgomery, M.B. Wheat, Samuel Brents Field, William E. Frazer, Joseph Z. Wheat, Sinclair Wheat, Willis Wheat, William E. Baker, William N. Robinson, William H. Walker, Samuel G. Suddarth, C.M. Wheat, H.W. Wilson, J.G. Taylor, C.T. Langhorne, James L. Johnston, Samuel H. Murrell, G.A. Wheat, Samuel M. Baker, Thomas Rhodes Dohoney, William Trabue, N.S. Wheeler, R.T. Coffey, Jonathan Jones, Edward T. Halsall, George Dohoney and William R. Dohoney. Persons making contributions toward the new school included: Hugh Kelso, H.C. White, William Todd, Lysander Walker, James Murrell, Josiah Hatcher, L.K. Caldwell, Hugh K. Walker, Archibald Woods of Grayson County, Milton Dohoney, Jonathan Johnston, George B. Moss, N.B. Stone, John W. Johnston, Joseph Coffey, William C. Turk, Jesse Stone, Creel C. Yates, James R. Murrell, William O. Murrell, Willis Murrell, William D. Murrell, Thomas W. Montgomery, Mrs. Susan Dohoney, R.L. Jones, Minor Anderson, Marion McElroy, John R. Stone, Robert Eubank, William Garnett, Oscar Pile, Thomas C. Baker, Robert Lyon, Samuel Young, Melvin Smith, James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Henry Holladay, Milton Harris, Miss Ellen Field, William H. Alexander, Thomas E. Moss, Mrs. Elizabeth Emma Wheat, Ben B. White, John C. White, E.L. Dohoney, Miss Alice Morgan, Thomas J. Cownover, Isaac Cravens and Thomas Cravens. The first class at M & F, in 1854, included the following students in the Female Department: Margaret W. Atkins, Bettie W. Russell, Nannie E. Moss, Mary E. Montgomery, Ella Montgomery, Lucilis Montgomery, Mollie Atkins, Sophia Wheat, Laura Wheat, Anna Wheat, Mary Stewart, Josephine Stewart, Sallie Stewart, Louisea Robinson, Bettie Robinson, Alice Trabue, Lucy Trabue, Mary F. Jones, Rebecca Erskine, Nannie Bridgewater, Mary Bridgewater, Mary Williams, Fanny Coffey, S.A. Wilson, Bettie Walker, Mary I. Conover, Phebe S. Conover, Eliza Conover, Ann Field, Sarah E. Miller, Elizabeth Coates, Fannie Coates, Mary L. Coates, Betty Smith, Mary Smith, Phebe Smith, Mary Jane Murrell, Lucy Miller, Sarah Garnett, Margaret Owen, Eliza McBeath, Amanda C. Jones, Corinna Peebles, Eliza Todd, Mary Walker, Nannie Lyon, Sarah Feese, L. Carter, Dollie Walker, Stapp Coffey, Mary Cabell, Bettie Cabell, Sarah Williams, Sabina Gough, Sarah Gilmer, Fanny Hatcher and Sallie A. Johnston. The female department was under the charge of Miss Alice Morgan, principal, and Miss Peebles, assistant. The Male Department students were: F.O. Anderson, J.T. Bramlette, W.L. Bramlette, C.A. McBeath, King McBeath, J.R. Wheat, Jos. Harris, M.E. Harris, J.V. Harris, Alfred Harris, Ed Harris, Robert Peebles, Z. Holladay, M. Smith, Th. D. Montgom-ery, Ed Butler, W.H. Alexander, James M. Coates, Knox Russell, T.J. Godby, Ebenezer Dohoney, Th. Moss, Jno. R. Price, W.P. Hardin, W.W. Coffey, Adair Waggoner, Luther Jones, George Field, W.G. Field, B.L. Hardin, J.D. Thomas, Rufus Murrell, Joseph Atkins, Eugene Triplett, J.B. McBeath, Joel Smith, John Suddarth, Joseph Coffey, Scott Walker, and Th. Wilson. The male department was under the charge of B.T. Taylor and S.K. Caldwell, principals. The school was conveyed by the joint stock company to Trustees appointed by Transylvania Presbytery. The first school under their management was opened in 1855. The trustees were: Thomas E. Bramlette, T.T. Alexander, Timoleon Cravens, Dr. Samuel B. Field, Col. Robert Miller and Josiah Harris. Rev. John L. McKee, graduate of Centre College and Princeton Seminary, was chosen as principal. He was very popular and the school prospered under his management. He left Columbia in 1859 and later served as vice president at Centre in Danville. M & F High would continue to operate until 1908 when the new Graded School was established. The property was deeded to the Graded School district. The original cornerstone of the old M & F building was unearthed in the 1950s when work was being completed in preparation for the construction of a new gymnasium for the Columbia and Adair County High School. An iron box containing articles of incorporation for the Joint Stock Company, copies of the Bible, Webster's Elementary Spelling Book, Smith's Elementary Arithmetic, Morton and Griswold's Western Farmer's Almanac of 1854, and the above lists of names were continued therein. This story was posted on 2023-03-15 15:23:49
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