Cumberland College - 1837 - Williamsburg, KY - Kentucky Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Cumberland College
Founded as Williamsburg Institute in 1889 under the leadership of General Green Clay Smith and R. C. Medaris to provide affordable Christian education for mountain people. Early supporters were James P. and Thomas B. Mahan, Ancil Gatliff, Edwin S. Moss, John W. Siler, and John D. Rockefeller. Name changed to Cumberland College, 1913. Over. Presented by Centennial Com. of Cumberland College.
Alumni include U.S. congressman, Kentucky governors, military officers, medical doctors, missionaries, and university presidents. Among them: Cong. Eugene Siler, Governors Bert Combs and Edwin Morrow, Vice Adm. Charles Blakely, Maj. Generals Ben Baker, Charles Calloway, and Floyd Parks, Brig. Gen. Roy Easley, folk artist Jean Ritchie, and educators William McCall and Cratis Williams.

Now known as University of the Cumberlands. Marker is by the security building.

Marker Name: Cumberland College Marker Location: City Type of Marker: Other Marker Number (for official markers): 1837 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Centennial Committee of Cumberland College Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Department of Highways

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