Oak Bowery - LaFayette, AL
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N 32° 45.119 W 085° 26.281
16S E 646329 N 3624871
Located in front of the Oak Bowery United Methodist Church in LaFayette on US-431, it describes the noted attendees of the Oak Bowery schools run by the Methodist Church.
Waymark Code: WM12N5H
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2020
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Near this site stood the Oak Bowery Female Institute,
opened in 1849 under auspices of the Methodist church. Masons
established the East Alabama Masonic Institute for Young Men
Among Oak Bowery's noteworthy citizens:
William J. Samford. Alabama governor
James F. Dowdell, U. S. Congressman
James Render Dowdell, Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
William H. Thomas, Alabama Supreme Court Justice
General Robert Lee Bullard, U. S. A.
Capt. Leckinski Ware Spratling, Surgeon, U. S. N.
Dr. William Philip Spratling, founded Craig Colony for Epileptics
The Reverend Sam P. Jones renowned Methodist evangelist
Marker Name: Oak Bowery
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1979
Marker Number: N/A
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