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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia

Schools

   Lucy Cobb Institute, for the education of young ladies, was founded through the efforts of Thomas R. R. Cobb and was first opened to the public in 1858.  Just about this time Lucy Cobb, eldest daughter of the founder, died, and the trustees by unanimous vote, gave her name to the new college.  The main building is an elegant home for the boarding pupils of the school.  When the necessity arose for a new college chapel, many contributions were made by friends in Georgia and elsewhere of amounts ranging from five to five hundred dollars, Gen. Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah, being one of the most liberal contributors. As more money was needed in 1882, one of the young lady pupils wrote a modest letter to George I. Seney, of New York, who, the year before had made a liberal gift to the Wesleyan College for young ladies at Macon, telling him of the needs of the institute.  He responded with a liberal gift and Seney-Stovall Chapel stands as a monument to Mr. Seney and the fair daughter of Georgia.

(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)