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History of Rogersville, (Hawkins County) TennesseeOur database does not include an historic photo for Rogersville, (Hawkins County) Tennessee, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Thomas Huston Macbride Biography Thomas Huston Macbride, educator, was born in Rogersville. Tenn., July 31, 1848; son of James Bovard and Sarah (Huston) Macbride. He was graduated from Monmouth college, Ill., A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872. He was appointed professor of botany at the State university of Iowa in 1884 and spent a part of the year 1891 in study in Germany. He was married, Dec. 31, 1874, to Harriet Diffenderfer of Hopkinton, Iowa. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Monmouth college. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Society of Geologists. He made a special study of fungi and contributed botanical articles to various scientific magazines. He is the author of text books on Botany and The North American Slime Moulds, and became editor of the Iowa Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History. |
Tennessee Facts: Hawkins County Facts: Seat: RogersvilleEstablished: 1786 Formed from: Sullivan Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: ROGERSVILLE, a thriving post-village, capital of Hawkins county, Tennessee, is situated near the Holston river, 255 miles E. from Nashville. Steamboat navigation has lately been opened on the Holston from Knoxville to Kingsport, which is above Rogersville. The village contains a bank, and a collegiate institute under the control of the Odd Fellows, having about 200 pupils. The building is 200 feet long, and 3 stories high. A newspaper is published here. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: ROGERSVILLE, a thriving post-village, capital of Hawkins county, Tennessee, is situated near the Holston river, 255 miles E. from Nashville. Steamboat navigation has lately been opened on the Holston from Knoxville to Kingsport, which is above Rogersville. The village contains a bank, and a collegiate institute under the control of the Odd Fellows, having about 200 pupils. The building is 200 feet long, and 3 stories high. A newspaper is published here. Rogersville is situated 392 meters above sea level. |