Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence, 1861-1865, 1861-1862

Eppes, Francis

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Francis Eppes was the grandson of Thomas Jefferson and a long-time resident of Tallahassee, FL; he came to Florida in the 1820's and served as mayor of the city and head of the Seminary West of the Suwannee, which eventually became Florida State College for Women and later Florida State University. From the description of Francis Eppes Letter, 1838. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40098509 ...

Cross, James Lucius, 1834-1893

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Collection created by Major James Lucius Cross.

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James Lucius Cross, was born October 27, 1834 in Frederick County, VA. In 1859, he married Betty Miller. Cross entered Virginia Military Institute on August 7, 1852 and graduated ninth in his class on July 4, 1856. According to William George Dodd, in his History of West Florida Seminary, Major Cross was hired by the Seminary's Principal Philip H. Montague in the 1860-1861 academic year as a teacher of mathematics and tactics at the Seminary's boys' school. Major Cross replaced Prof...