Eliza Jane McKissack

[5] McKissack, from Nashville, was highly recommended for the college position – as pianist and vocalist – by Bishop Charles Quintard of Tennessee, U.S.

This includes 175private lessons, full chorus drills, elocution, theory, class recitationsand two extra branches in the college.

[citation needed] Six music students were awarded medals at the college's first commencement exercises on June 18, 1991:[10] Eliza Jane McKissack was born in New York to James P. (1810–1835[11]) and Elizabeth Aykroyd, née Bettner (d. Mar.

In 1823 James Aykroyd, then of New Bern, "respectfully informed the citizens of Hillsboro and its vicinity that he intended giving lessons in music there during the summer months."

He died near Memphis at the home of his sister (during a visit), Jessie McKissack Peters of Van Dorn and Spring Hill repute.

[21][22][23] Alexander McKissack, a native of Pulaski, Tennessee, moved to Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1856 with his wife, Eliza.

Except for his tenure in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he resided on his plantation, 4 miles north of Holly Springs, until his death.