John O. Willson papers, 1873-1950.

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John O. Willson papers, 1873-1950.

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Papers related to Willson's career in education and the Methodist church; license to preach, 19 May 1873, issued by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; letter, 18 June 1889 (Gaffney, S.C.), R.O. Sams to Dr. S. Lander (Williamston, S.C.), expressing his pleasure at having his daughter, Kathleen Lander, in his home and his school, the Gaffney City Male and Female Seminary; poem, 25 Dec. 1905, written by Kathleen Lander at Lander College [which in 1904 had moved to Greenwood, S.C., and changed its name from Williamston Female College].

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Lander College

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Gaffney City Male and Female Seminary (S.C.)

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Willson, John O. (John Owens), 1845-1923

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President of Lander College and Methodist minister of Greenwood, S.C.; during Civil War, left The Citadel in June 1862, for military service in the Confederate Army; in 1872, Lander a opened private school for young women in Williamston (Anderson County, S.C.), an institution later known as Lander College; husband of Kathleen Lander Willson, the daughter of Samuel Lander (1833-1904); J.O. Willson died, 1923, in Greenwood, S.C.; son of physician John Willson (1805-1856) and Sara Owens Wilson (182...

Willson, Kathleen Lander.

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