Creation Date
1865
Decade
1860
Subject
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, College presidents -- Alabama, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Presidents, William Henry Forney (1823-1894)
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Description
Brigadier General William Henry Forney attended the Jacksonville Male Academy before graduating from the University of Alabama in 1844 (with an A.B. degree) and again in 1853 (with an M.A. degree). He was a stockholder in the Calhoun College and served as their President. He also served in the Alabama Senate 1865 to 1867. After the war he was elected to the Alabama State Senate followed by nine successive terms in the U.S. Congress, 1874 to 1892. The original was courtesy of the Forney family. (circa 1865)
Date Digitized
August 2017
Names of Persons Pictured
William Henry Forney
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Rights
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Location
The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 1, Item 5.
Identifier
http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1860/PSP1860collegepresidents_00005.tif
Technical Metadata
Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 800 dpi. The file name is PSP1860collegepresidents_00005.tif; file size is 10.8 MB. Original image is 3.5 by 5 on glossy photographic paper
Keywords
Jacksonville State University -- History, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- History, College presidents -- Alabama, State Normal School (Jacksonville Ala.) -- Presidents, William Henry Forney (1823-1894)