Andrew Armstrong KINCANNON

BIRTH: Abt 1859, Noxubee County,Mississippi
DEATH: 12 DEC 1939
BURIAL: Columbus,Mississippi

Father - Père: James KINCANNON
Mother - Mère: Araminta Minerva CONNOR

Family - Famille1:

                                                                              _Andrew KINCANNON ____
                                                       _James KINCANNON _____|_Catherine MC DONALD _
                            _Francis Locke KINCANNON _|
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                           |                          |_Elizabeth ARMSTRONG _|______________________
 _James KINCANNON _________|
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|                          |_Mary Ann GARNER _________|
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|--Andrew Armstrong KINCANNON 
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|_Araminta Minerva CONNOR _|
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BIOGRAPHY: Born in Noxubee County, Mississippi, where he began his studies in the county schools. At 10, his family moved to Verona and he completed high school there before entering Ole Miss in 1877. After three years, he left Ole Miss for Normal University in Lebanon., Ohio, and came away with both his AB and MS degrees. Later he received his LL.D. from the University of Arkansas.
The young educator organized a high school for boys at Verona, and served as headmaster for three years. He then served as instructor at Mississippi A. and M. College (now Mississippi State University) for three years. He then moved to Meridian to serve ten years as superintendent of schools before serving three years as state superindependent of education. President of MSCW from 1898 until 1907. He then became chancellor of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). He moved from there to the ... (à suivre)
Special tribute was paid to Dr. Kincannon by the dedication in his honor of a modern, 225-student dormitory at MSCW on Saturday, November 10, 19xx. Kincannon Hall, erected at a cost of $625,000, opened its dorrs in September as a senior dorm on the back campus of MSCW.

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