Tree planted in memory of William A. Forbes
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Tree planted in memory of William A. Forbes
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The William A. Forbes Oak was dedicated to its namesake on the campus of Rhodes College in 1925. It stood alongside other oak trees grown from seeds brought from Clarksville, Tennessee to Memphis when the college relocated there.
William A Forbes was Professor at the Masonic University of Tennessee and Stewart College (later Southwestern Presbyterian University, later Southwestern at Memphis, later Rhodes College) from 1848 until 1861. He was professor of Pure and Mixed Mathematics and also served as the college president from 1850 to 1853.
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Forbes enlisted in the Confederate Army, rising to the rank of Colonel in the 14th Tennessee Infantry before being killed in the Second Battle of Manassas (aka the Second Battle of Bull Run) in August 1862.
Oaks commemorating Forbes and other college leaders were planted in the shape of an "S" on the southern edge of the Rhodes College campus to designate "Southwestern." These trees were removed in 1991 when Buckman Hall was built, although one oak remains from the original “S.”
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The tree was one of a series of oaks on the southern edge of the Rhodes College campus, planted in the shape of an "S" to represent "Southwestern."
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Rhodes College
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Nicholassen, G.F
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Taylor, Walker M.
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27 November 1925
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1991
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Rhodes College
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