James Monroe McKenzie 1818-1873

James Monroe McKenzie 1818-1873 is a Tennessee historical marker in McKenzie, Carroll County.

Carroll Co., In the Northwest Corner of the McKenzie City Park, Broadway and Cedar Street, Hwy. 22, McKenzie,Tennessee

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James Monroe McKenzie, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in February 12, 1818. In 1860 he donated land for the depot and freight office where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad crossed the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, resulting in the town being named McKenzie. He gave land for Bethel College in 1872 and for the Masonic Lodge. McKenzie died on October 9, 1873.

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1814 · Kentucky (Mathew Carey, 1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Kentucky (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Illinois & Missouri (H. S. Tanner, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Kentucky (Finley, 1824) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Kentucky And Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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James Monroe McKenzie 1818-1873

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