Physicians, Societies, Churches of Wartrace
The
physicians who have practiced their profession in Wartrace from
its establishment to the present have been as follows, in the
order given:
Drs. Walter H. Sims
W. T. Griswold
John M. Murry
T. H. Manier |
A. S. Brown
R. F. Fletcher
H. K. Whitson
D. W. Duke |
Societies
The secret
societies are as follows:
I. O. O. F.,
established in 1850, and reorganized in 1885;
K. of H., established in 1878;
K. of L. established in 1878;
R. A., established in 1861.
A Masonic lodge was organized in
1874, but was abandoned after a period of about six years.
Education
Wartrace has splendid educational
advantages. The Wartrace Academy was established in 1860, and
has been continued every year since. In 1885 the present school
building was erected. It is a large brick, two stories in
height, and cost $5,000. There are five grades in the school,
and the school term amounts to an average of ten months each
year.
Churches
The houses of
worship of Wartrace are:
Missionary Baptist, the congregation of which was organized
in 1860, and the building was erected in 1870. It is a
substantial frame, and cost about $1,500.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
was organized and house erected in 1876, at a cost of $1,500.
The colored denominations are
Baptists and African Methodist Episcopal, both of which have
meeting-houses.
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Merchants
AHGP Tennessee
Source: History of Tennessee, Goodspeed
Publishing Company, 1886.
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