Daughter of John and Sarah (Ballentine) McCahon. Jennie was a missionary for the Freedmans. She never married.
Miss McCahon was connected with Knoxville college for many years, and had seen it grow from a small institution to one with hundreds of students and to a point where its influence was felt throughout a large section of country. The college was under the control of the Freedmen's bureau of the United Presbyterian church.
"In the year 1871 six teachers were employed three who had not been in the work before Mr S Bailey Misses Senie P Wylie and FE Findley This year the schools closed and were not resumed until October 13 1873 Teachers employed this year were Misses Aggie Wallace and Jennie McCahon the former having endured the hardships of the work in the earliest years of the Mission and aided largely in making it what it was."
Historical sketch of the freedman's missions of the United Presbyterian ...
By Ralph W. McGranahan
Miss McCahon was connected with Knoxville college for many years, and had seen it grow from a small institution to one with hundreds of students and to a point where its influence was felt throughout a large section of country. The college was under the control of the Freedmen's bureau of the United Presbyterian church.
"In the year 1871 six teachers were employed three who had not been in the work before Mr S Bailey Misses Senie P Wylie and FE Findley This year the schools closed and were not resumed until October 13 1873 Teachers employed this year were Misses Aggie Wallace and Jennie McCahon the former having endured the hardships of the work in the earliest years of the Mission and aided largely in making it what it was."
Historical sketch of the freedman's missions of the United Presbyterian ...
By Ralph W. McGranahan
Daughter of John and Sarah (Ballentine) McCahon. Jennie was a missionary for the Freedmans. She never married.
Miss McCahon was connected with Knoxville college for many years, and had seen it grow from a small institution to one with hundreds of students and to a point where its influence was felt throughout a large section of country. The college was under the control of the Freedmen's bureau of the United Presbyterian church.
"In the year 1871 six teachers were employed three who had not been in the work before Mr S Bailey Misses Senie P Wylie and FE Findley This year the schools closed and were not resumed until October 13 1873 Teachers employed this year were Misses Aggie Wallace and Jennie McCahon the former having endured the hardships of the work in the earliest years of the Mission and aided largely in making it what it was."
Historical sketch of the freedman's missions of the United Presbyterian ...
By Ralph W. McGranahan
Miss McCahon was connected with Knoxville college for many years, and had seen it grow from a small institution to one with hundreds of students and to a point where its influence was felt throughout a large section of country. The college was under the control of the Freedmen's bureau of the United Presbyterian church.
"In the year 1871 six teachers were employed three who had not been in the work before Mr S Bailey Misses Senie P Wylie and FE Findley This year the schools closed and were not resumed until October 13 1873 Teachers employed this year were Misses Aggie Wallace and Jennie McCahon the former having endured the hardships of the work in the earliest years of the Mission and aided largely in making it what it was."
Historical sketch of the freedman's missions of the United Presbyterian ...
By Ralph W. McGranahan
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