Reminiscences, Giving Sketches of Scenes Through Which the Author Has Passed and Pen Portraits of People Who Have Modified His Life by John Massey

Reminiscences, Giving Sketches of Scenes Through Which the Author Has Passed and Pen Portraits of People Who Have Modified His Life by John Massey

John Massey

1834-1918

John Massey was born in Choctaw County, Alabama. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Alabama in 1862 and 1875, respectively. He also earned an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Alabama in 1879. Massey served as adjutant in the 1st Battalion of Hilliard's Legion for the Confederate States of America. After briefly teaching at the University of Alabama, Massey became president of the Centenary Institute from 1864 to 1875. He then became president of the Alabama Conference Female College (now Huntingdon College) in Tuskegee from 1876 to 1909. Massey also served on various boards of education and wrote an autobiographical book before his death in 1918.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1916

Reminiscences, Giving Sketches of Scenes Through Which the Author Has Passed and Pen Portraits of People Who Have Modified His Life. Nashville, TN; Publishing House of the ME Church, South, Smith & Lamar, Agents, 1916.

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Massey, John, “Reminiscences, Giving Sketches of Scenes Through Which the Author Has Passed and Pen Portraits of People Who Have Modified His Life by John Massey,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24641.