Henry Tutwiler was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1807. He entered the first class of the University of Virginia, and following graduation with a master's degree in 1831 became a professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
In 1835 he married Julia Ashe (1820-1883). They had eleven children including Julia.
In 1847 he founded a private school for boys, the Green Springs School for Boys near Havana Alabama in what was then Greene County. The school gained a high reputation for the quality of its instruction and because of Tutwiler's decision, unusual for the time, to admit a few young women—including his daughters.
He died in Greensboro, Alabama, in 1884.
Julia Tutwiler was an Alabama advocate for education and prison reform and a poet. Graduating in the first class of Vassar College, she served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and in 1891 became the first woman president of Livingston Normal College (later the University of West Alabama). She supported the first female student to the college.Henry Tutwiler was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1807. He entered the first class of the University of Virginia, and following graduation with a master's degree in 1831 became a professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
In 1835 he married Julia Ashe (1820-1883). They had eleven children including Julia.
In 1847 he founded a private school for boys, the Green Springs School for Boys near Havana Alabama in what was then Greene County. The school gained a high reputation for the quality of its instruction and because of Tutwiler's decision, unusual for the time, to admit a few young women—including his daughters.
He died in Greensboro, Alabama, in 1884.
Julia Tutwiler was an Alabama advocate for education and prison reform and a poet. Graduating in the first class of Vassar College, she served as co-principal of the Livingston Female Academy, and in 1891 became the first woman president of Livingston Normal College (later the University of West Alabama). She supported the first female student to the college.Established in the 1830s, this cemetery is the final resting place of generations of residents of the former town of Vienna. Among those buried here are Revolutionary soldier James McCrory, a body guard of Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge, PA; several Confederate soldiers and the drowning victims of the “Eliza Battle” riverboat accident on the Tombigbee River in 1856. The Peebles plot contains three large ornate monuments that were made in Louisville, KY and shipped to New Orleans, LA in May 1885 where they were purchased by family members and shipped to Vienna.
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W.B. Peebles and other descendants of other persons buried here maintained the cemetery for many years. In the mid-1980s, Vienna native Mary Emory Pebbles Hildreth established a perpetual care fund, which since has been enhanced by persons interested in the cemetery’s maintenance and preservation.
Established in the 1830s, this cemetery is the final resting place of generations of residents of the former town of Vienna. Among those buried here are Revolutionary soldier James McCrory, a body guard of Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge, PA; several Confederate soldiers and the drowning victims of the “Eliza Battle” riverboat accident on the Tombigbee River in 1856. The Peebles plot contains three large ornate monuments that were made in Louisville, KY and shipped to New Orleans, LA in May 1885 where they were purchased by family members and shipped to Vienna.
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W.B. Peebles and other descendants of other persons buried here maintained the cemetery for many years. In the mid-1980s, Vienna native Mary Emory Pebbles Hildreth established a perpetual care fund, which since has been enhanced by persons interested in the cemetery’s maintenance and preservation.