Title
Colonel William Drakeford Fonville, 1849-1920
Subject
College presidents
School superintendents
Description
Col. W. D. Fonville, left, with his son, Marion Yancy Fonville, and Marion's friend, thought to be Hermione Charlotte Bliss. Col. Fonville had an active career in academics. In 1916, Fonville, formerly president of the Missouri Military Academy at Mexico, Missouri, accepted the presidency at the Alabama Central Female College in Tuscaloosa, Visible in the background is the south entrance of the Old State Capitol in Tuscaloosa which housed the college. He started one of Tuscaloosa's first preparatory schools for men prior to their matriculating into the University of Alabama.
Fonville was born on October 14, 1849 and died on February 18, 1920.
Fonville was born on October 14, 1849 and died on February 18, 1920.
Source
Tuscaloosa News Archive
Date
circa 1916
Contributor
Jennifer Spraggins (Description)
Identifier
184
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 5 inches