CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN

SECOND CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Source of Table:

Evans, Henry Bascom. History of the Organization and Administration of Cumberland Presbyterian Colleges. Ph.D. Dissertation. Nashville, Tennessee: George Peabody College for Teachers, August 1938.
 

   
INSTITUTION LOCATION DATE OF FOUNDING OR FIRST MENTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Cumberland College 
 Faculty and Students 
 History 
Princeton, Kentucky 1826 Charter
 Cumberland University  
 History 
Lebanon, Tennessee
[Wilson County]
1842 Charter
 Waynesburg College 
 History 
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 1850 Charter
Bethel Seminary  McLemoresville, Tennessee 1842 Charter
 Bethel College 
 
McKenzie, Tennessee 1847 Charter
Cane Hill College 
 History  
 History 
Boonsboro, Arkansas 1852 Shinn's History of Education in Arkansas
Cane Hill Female Seminary Boonsboro, Arkansas 1852 Shinn's History of Education in Arkansas
McGee College 
 History 

College Mound, Missouri 

[Macon County]

1853 McGee Presbytery Minutes
Larissa College 
 History 
Larissa, Texas 1855 Templeton's C.P. History in Texas
Cumberland Female College 

 History 
McMinnville, Tennessee 1850 Merriam's Higher Education in Tennessee
Chapel Hill College 
 History 
Lafayette County, Missouri 1851 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Ewing and Jefferson College Blount County, Tennessee 1855 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Missouri Female College Boonville, Missouri 1862 CPC General Assembly Minutes 
INSTITUTION LOCATION DATE OF FOUNDING OR FIRST MENTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Lincoln University 
 History 
Lincoln, Illinois 1865 Charter
Chapel Hill College 
 History 
Daingerfield, Texas 1850  McDonnold's History of CPC 
Southern Female College West Point, Mississippi 1896 Mayes' History of Education in Mississippi
Southern Illinois College Enfield, Illinois 1885 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Arkansas Cumberland College 
 
Clarksville, Arkansas 1891 Shinn's History of Education in Arkansas
Round Rock College Texas 1882 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Decatur College and Industrial School Decatur, Illinois 1902 CPC General Assembly Minutes
The University Annex Lebanon, Tennessee 1894 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Bacon College Texas 1862 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Loudon High School Loudon, Tennessee 1870 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Beverly College 
 History 
Beverly, Ohio 1842 CPC General Assembly Minutes

 Trinity University 

Bibliography

Tehuacana, Texas 1869 Charter
Union College Virginia, Illinois 1851 Logan's History of CPC in Illinois
Stewartsville College Stewartsville, Missouri 1863  McDonnold's History of CPC 
Ozark College Greenfield, Missouri 1882 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Columbia College Eugene City, Oregon 1859 CPC General Assembly Minutes
INSTITUTION LOCATION DATE OF FOUNDING OR FIRST MENTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION

 Missouri Valley College 

History

Marshall, Missouri 1888 Charter
 James Millikin University  Decatur, Illinois 1903 Charter
Texas Female College Weatherford, Texas 1890 Texas Synod Minutes
Dick White College Fayetteville, Tennessee 1890 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Buffalo Gap College Texas 1885 Texas Synod Minutes
Cumberland College Sonoma, California 1859 CPC General Assembly Minutes
La Grange Collegiate Institute 
 History 
LaGrange, Texas 1862 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Parsons College Veal's Station, Texas 1892 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Cherry Grove Seminary 
 History  
 
near Abingdon, Illinois 
[Knox County]
1842 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Robert Donnell Female Institute 
Winchester, Tennessee 
[Franklin County]
1871 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Bransford Female Institute Kentucky 1869 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Boonville Female College Boonville, Missouri 1864 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Ward's Seminary Nashville, Tennessee 1865 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Greenville Seminary for Young Ladies 
 History 
Greenville, Kentucky 1856 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Greenwood Seminary 
 History 
near Lebanon, Kentucky 1867 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Perryville Seminary Kentucky 1851 CPC General Assembly Minutes
INSTITUTION LOCATION DATE OF FOUNDING OR FIRST MENTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Auburn Seminary Auburn, Kentucky 1894 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Maddox Seminary Little Rock, Arkansas 1901 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Winchester Female Academy 
 
Winchester, Tennessee 
[Franklin County]
1853 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Charity Hall near Aberdeen, Mississippi 1819 Cumberland Synod Minutes
Spring River Academy 
Southwest Missouri 1844 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Pulaski Collegiate Institute Pulaski, Tennessee 1853 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Mt. Slyvan Academy Lafayette Co., Mississippi 1846 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Chalybeate Springs Academy Sparta Presbytery 1846 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Pleasant Hope Seminary Pleasant Hope, Missouri 1890 CPC General Assembly Minutes
McAdow Seminary Waverly, Tennessee 
[Humphreys County]
1890 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Burney Academy among Chickasaw Indians 1860 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Union Academy California 1868 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Halsell's Female Seminary Bowling Green, Kentucky 
[Warren County]
1877 Advertisement in Ladies Pearl, June 1878
Ocoee Seminary Hamilton County, Tennessee 1851 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Holston Institute Blount County, Tennessee 1852 CPC General Assembly Minutes
INSTITUTION LOCATION DATE OF FOUNDING OR FIRST MENTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Armstrong Academy 1858 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Mount Zion Academy Mt. Zion, Illinois 1865 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Steelville Academy Steelville, Missouri 1851 CPC General Assembly Minutes
San Joaquin Academy San Joaquin, California 1868 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Cumberland Academy Missouri 1862 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Monteville Male and Female Institute Monteville, Alabama 1862 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Delany Academy 
 History 
Newburg, Indiana 1851 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Bainbridge Male and Female Academy Bainbridge, Indiana 1859 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Newburg Academy Indiana 1859 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Robert Donnell High School Gurley, Alabama 1896 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Cumberland Presbyterian Seminary Piedmont, Alabama 1894 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Hogan Institute Indian Territory 1886 CPC General Assembly Minutes
School for Colored Bowling Green, Kentucky 
[Warren County]
1886 CPC General Assembly Minutes
German Mission School St. Louis, Missouri 1847 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Ewing Seminary Illinois 1843 Logan's History of CPC in Illinois
Enfield High School Enfield, Illinois 1873 Logan's History of CPC in Illinois
INSTITUTION LOCATION DATE OF FOUNDING OR FIRST MENTION SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Stout's Grove Seminary Stout's Grove, Illinois 1849 Logan's History of CPC in Illinois
LeRoy Seminary LeRoy, Illinois 1852 Logan's History of CPC in Illinois
Sullivan Academy Sullivan, Illinois 1851 Logan's History of CPC in Illinois
Jefferson Academy Elkton, Kentucky 
[Todd County]
1855 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Milton College Fayetteville, Tennessee 1856 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Union Female College 
 History 
  
Oxford, Mississippi 
[Lafayette County]
1856 CPC General Assembly Minutes
Spring Hill Institute 
 History 
Lauderdale Co., Mississippi 1865 CPC General Assembly Minutes

 


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