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By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 13, 2021
Athenaeum Rectory Marker
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1 ► Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Athenaeum Rectory — School and Headquarters —
After the Rev. Franklin Gillette Smith took charge of the Columbia Female Institute in 1837, he moved his wife and family into the rectory (completed in 1835) to your left. In 1852, he started his own school here, the Columbia Athenaeum. When the . . . — — Map (db m168638) HM
2 ► Tennessee, Maury County, Columbia — Rev. Franklin Gillette Smith — B. December 13, 1797 – D. August 4, 1866 —
Born in Vermont, Franklin G. Smith moved to the South once he had completed his formal education at Middlebury College and the Princeton Theological Seminary. He worked as a teacher in Georgia before settling in Lynchburg, Virginia. There, he was . . . — — Map (db m196631) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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