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Subject/Title:
| Jones, Dr. William Palmer |
| Artist: | Cooper, Washington |
| Date Created: | ca. 1854 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 34 X 49 (original) |
| Image Dimensions: | 30 X 25 |
| Materials/Media: | oil on fabric |
| Date Documented: | 2007 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | Well-dressed gentleman with beard, in oval frame |
| History of Work: | Descended through Caldwell, Wheeler, Gant families |
| Notes: | Born Oct. 17, 1819 in Adair County, KY; Moved to Nashville in 1849; Johnson, while Military Governor, appointed him Head of Tennessee Hospital for the Insane in 1862. He was a Baptist Whig, President of City Council in 1862; State Senate 1873. Pioneered free public schools in Nashville. Championed Roger Williams School for Negroes (where Peabody is). Postmaster 1877-89. President of Tennessee Baptist Convention (only layman to so serve).
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