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KENDEL, JULIA LESTINE
Julia Lestine Kendel is the daughter of Alfred Hunter and Julia Guinn Kendal, of Oxford, Mississippi. Her father is a druggist of that town. She was born April 27, 1892, in Vicksburg, Miss. When she was an infant her parents removed to Oxford, Bliss. She attended the Oxford Graded School from which she graduated in 1906. She then entered the University of Mississippi , taking the B. S. degree in 1911. She was teacher of History in the Water Valley High School 1911-12, and in the Columbia High School, 1912-13.
Miss Kendel is of English descent, her great grandparents having been born at Kendel Hall, England. Her grandmother on her father's side was a Miss Roddey and belonged to an old South Carolina Quaker family. Her grandmother on her mother's side was a Boyd and belonged to a prominent family of Tennessee. Her grandfather on her father's side was one of the oldest citizens of Lafayette County and served as Confederate postmaster at Oxford during the war.
Source: "Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society", 1913
Submitted by Cathy Danielson
WITHERSPOON, THOMAS DWIGHT
Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, Presbyterian minister, was born January 17, 1836, at Greensboro, and died November 3, 1898, in Louisville, Ky.; son of Robert Franklin and Sarah Agnes (Fulton) Witherspoon, the former a native of Williamsburg County, S. C., who removed to Alabama and lived at Greensboro and Blount Springs; grandson of Paul and Martha Fulton, of Alabama, and of Thomas and Janet (Witherspoon) Witherspoon, first cousins, who removed from Williamsburg County, S. C., to Greene County, in 1825, where he became an extensive planter; great-grandson of Gavin and Esther Jane (Witherspoon) Witherspoon, the former a corporal in Marion's brigade, and of Robert and Elizabeth (Heathly) Witherspoon, the former a native of County Down, Ireland, who came to America with his father and grandfather in 1734, who was a planter, weaver and reed maker, residing near Kingstree, S. C., and died in Williamsburg, S. C.; great-great-grandson of William Heathly and wife, who was Mrs. Mary (Hamilton) Brady, the former a native of England and an early settler of Williamsburg County, S. C., of James and Elizabeth (McQuoid) Witherspoon, the former a native of County Down, Ireland, who came to America in 1734, on the "Good Intent," landing at Charleston, S. C., and settling in Williamsburg County, S. C., and of Robert and Hester Jane (Scott) Witherspoon, the former a native of Ireland, who came to America on the "Newbuilt," and located in South Carolina; great-great-greatgrandson of Robert and Sarah (Campbell) McQuoid, of County Down, Ireland, and of John and Janet (Witherspoon) Witherspoon, first cousins, the former a native of Begardle, near Glasgow, Scotland, who moved to Knockbracken, County Down, Ireland, in 1695, emigrated to America on the "Good Intent" in 1734, settling in Williamsburg County, S. C., where he was a weaver, the latter dying aboard the vessel while bound to America; great-great-great-great-grandson of Rev. and Lucy (Welch) Witherspoon, of Scotland, and of Rev. James and Helen Witherspoon, also of Scotland. Rev. Dr. Witherspoon entered the University of Alabama in 1853, leaving after his second year: received the degrees of A. B., 1856, A. M., 1866, D. D., 1868, and LL. D., 1884, from the University of Mississippi; and graduated from the Theological seminary, Columbia, S. C., in 1859. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Chickasaw, May 13, 1860, and served at Oxford, Miss., 1859-65. During the War of Secession, he enlisted as a private in the Lamar rifles, Mississippi volunteer regiment, C. S. Army, and served as chaplain of this company throughout the war. He became pastor at Memphis, Tenn., in 1865, remaining until 1870; pastor, Christiansburg, Va., 1870-71; chaplain.
University of Virginia, 1872-73: pastor, Petersburg. Va., 1873-82; Louisville, Ky., 1882-91; Richmond, Ky., 1891-97; professor, Central University, Kentucky, 1891-93; and at the Louisville Presbyterian theological seminary, 1893-98. He was the author of various writings.
Married: January 18, 1866, to Charlotte Vernon, daughter of Dr. Thomas and Eliza (Pegues) Ingram, the former a noted surgeon of Lenoir, S. C., who moved to Marshall County, Tenn.: granddaughter of Malachi Pegues, who removed from South Carolina to near Holly Springs, Miss.; great-granddaughter of Claudius Pegues, a soldier of the Revolution; great-great-granddaughter of Claudius Pegues, an early settler in Marlborough County, S. C. Children: 1. Lottie Ingram, m. Rev. Eugene Bell, and went with him as a missionary to Korea, where she died suddenly; 2. Florence Pegues; 3. Eva Fulton, m. Rev. Dr. James O. Reavis; 4. Thomas Dwight, jr.; 5. Lillian, d. young; 6. Vernon Ingram; 7. Pauline Fulton, and 8. Mabel Armstrong, twins. Last residence: Louisville.
[Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 4 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921 - Transcribed by AFOFG]