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Lewis J. Smith

Lewis J. Smith

 


Lewis J. Smith of Haywood County served in the Confederate Army. In Jackson County he became a prosperous farmer and community leader. He married Clara Coward, sister of J. David Coward. He served as a state senator for Jackson County 1889-1891 and was a member of the board of trustees of the Cullowhee school for many years.

Lewis J. Smith Face Jug

 


Face jug created by Kirby Phillips

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The Noble Nine supported from the start Robert Lee Madison's dream of training teachers to spread educational opportunities throughout western North Carolina. Madison was about to leave in 1889 to take a job in Raleigh, but they pledged to devote their time and money to realization of his "Cullowhee Idea." They were named trustees of the newly chartered Cullowhee High School in 1891. The rest is history – the development of Madison's and the Noble Nine's one hundred twenty-five year old idea into Western Carolina University.

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