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Harperville, Mississippi

Harperville College was in Mississippi.[1] Established as Stonewall Jackson Institute in 1875, it was incorporated as Harpersville College in 1881. In 1884 the Hunt and Huddleston College Faculty was established to oversee and college as well as an auxiliary preparatory high school and primary school.[2] Separate school in Daleville?[3]

It was organized as Stonewall Jackson Institute.[4]

Paul B. Johnson attended.[5] Jr. or Sr.? Presumably Paul B. Johnson Sr.? per dates???

In 1945 the town acquired Harpersville School buildings and converted them to a town hall and municipal complex.[6]


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  1. ^ Knight, Lucian Lamar (February 18, 1917). "A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians". Lewis publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Volume II, Part II. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4556-0119-6 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The College Year-Book and Athletic Record". February 18, 1897 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals". Goodspeed. February 18, 1891 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Asch, Chris Myers (February 1, 2011). The Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-7202-4 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Harpersville | Shelby County, AL - Official Website". www.shelbyal.com.