William Kennedy Blake Recollections, . 1893-1895

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William Kennedy Blake Recollections, . 1893-1895

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William Kennedy Blake was a teacher in Texas, 1848-1850, and in North Carolina, 1850-1859. He was president of a Methodist women's college in Spartanburg, S.C., from 1859 until shortly after the Civil War. He was a merchant in Spartanburg, S.C., after the Civil War. The collection includes recollections of Blake's family and boyhood in Fayetteville, N.C.; education at the University of North Carolina; teaching and frontier life in Leon County, Tex., 1848-1850; teaching at schools in Fayetteville, N.C., Greensboro, N.C., and Ansonville, N.C., in the 1850s; and serving as president of a Methodist women's college in Spartanburg, S.C., from 1859 until shortly after the Civil War. He described life in Spartanburg during the Civil War and briefly mentioned his mercantile business in Spartanburg after the war.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Blake, William Kennedy, 1824-1897.

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Teacher in Texas, 1848-1850, and in North Carolina, 1850-1859. President of a Methodist women's college in Spartanburg, S.C., from 1859 until shortly after the Civil War. Merchant in Spartanburg, S.C., after the Civil War. From the description of William Kennedy Blake recollections, 1893-1895 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23045568 William Kennedy Blake (1824-1897) was born in Fayetteville, N.C., where he spent most of his childhood. He attended Randolph Macon College in ...