Bethel Military Academy
Bethel Military Academy was a school near Warrenton, Virginia in Fauquier County.[1][2] It operated from 1867 until 1911[3] and had several prominent alumni. The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill in 1901 incorporating the school. The bill included a requirement that one student chosen from each district of Virginia was granted tuition free admission to the school.[2]
The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team played against Bethel Academy. Kappa Sigma Kappa fraternity had a branch at the school for a few years.
Buttons worn on a uniform from the school include the Virginia state seal of Virtus slaying the giant.[4]
Alumni
[edit]- John L. McLaurin, U.S. Representative
- Theodore G. Croft, U.S. Representative
- Charles W. Field, Maryland state delegate[5]
- Leon Lydecker Freeman, local mayor and former owner of the Freeman House Store
- Grenville Gaines, mayor of Warrenton, Virginia[6]
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. (1879–1973), American judge and mayor of Houston[7]
- Frank Owens Smith, U.S. Representative
- David D. Terry, U.S. Representative
- Howard W. Smith, U.S. Representative
- Lucien D. Starke Jr., president and publisher of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot[8]
Further reading
[edit]- The History of Bethel Military Academy, Warrenton, Virginia by Peter Bartow Smith University of Virginia M.A. dissertation 1945.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia". Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Purchases and Supply. January 25, 1901 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brenner, Kate (January 25, 2014). Warrenton. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467121675 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ridgeway Civil War Archive Buttons from Virginia, schools and academies....DRAFT..." www.relicman.com. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ Distinguished Men of Baltimore and of Maryland. Baltimore American. 1914. p. 119. Retrieved 2022-12-08 – via Archive.org.
- ^ University of Virginia; its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. 1904. pp. 147–148. Retrieved 2023-04-27 – via Archive.org.
- ^ University of Virginia; its history, influence, equipment and characteristics, with biographical sketches and portraits of founders, benefactors, officers and alumni. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing Company. 1904. pp. 30–31. Retrieved 2023-04-24 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Col. Lucien Douglas Starke, Publisher of Virginian-Pilot, Dies After Brief Illness". Newspapers.com. Norfolk, Virginia: The Virginian-Pilot. 1931-08-01. p. 1,4. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ^ Smith, Peter Bartow (1945). The History of Bethel Military Academy, Warrenton, Virginia. University of Virginia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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