Samuel Watkins, 1794-1880 Tennessee

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Samuel Watkins, 1794-1880

Wall of building on 6th Ave. near Church St., TN , USA

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Brick manufacturer and builder, who at the age of 15 fought under Gen. Jackson in the Creek campaigns and at the Battle of New Orleans, left at his death in 1880 this site and $100,000 as an endowment for a school later called Watkins Institute. A pioneer school for adult education, it has been in continuous operation since 1885.

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