Near Albany in Clinton County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Bible Mission School
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Bible Mission School and Orphanage
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 6, 2024
1. Bible Mission School / Bible Mission School and Orphanage Marker
Residents and students alike held the traditions of the school in high esteem. Two became college presidents: Drs. A. B. Mackey and T. W. Willingham. Others who gave years of service to the community well beyond the school era were Dr. R. E. Gibson, physician and life-long resident, and Rev. I. T. Stovall, minister and educator.
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John S. Keen, Methodist minister, began school near here, 1891, for ministers and teachers. After some 10 years as pres., Keen sold school to W. H. Evans, who managed orphans home with school for a short time. Closed by 1905, school had served hundreds of youth, including Robert Johnson. His son Gov. Keen Johnson was named after school's founder.
Erected 1993 by Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1927.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
Location. 36° 44.296′ N, 85° 12.579′ W. Marker is near Albany, Kentucky, in Clinton County. It is at the intersection
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Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland Region and specifically in the Pennyroyal Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civil War Terrorist (approx. 5.3 miles away); Courthouse Burned (approx. 5.3 miles away); County Named, 1835 (approx. 5.3 miles away); Pioneer Settler (approx. 5.3 miles away); Sen. Ed P. Warinner / Seventy-Six Falls (approx. 5.4 miles away); Clear Fork Baptist Church (approx. 6.4 miles away); Confederate Crossings at Neeley's Ferry (approx. 9 miles away); Burkesville Ferry (approx.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 6, 2024
2. Bible Mission School / Bible Mission School and Orphanage Marker
Another marker is no longer nearby. Governor's Birthplace (was approx. 8.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 6, 2024
3. Bible Mission School / Bible Mission School and Orphanage Marker (marker to the right of church)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 240 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 22, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
