Tipton Female Seminary

Tipton Female Seminary was founded in 1854, and led from 1857 to 1868 by Rev.

[1][3][4] James Holmes had founded Mountain Academy in 1832 in Tipton County and led it for about 15 years.

[5] From 1849 until 1857, he served as president of West Tennessee College at Jackson.

[7] On April 23, 1861, the "Southern Confederates" group met at the school, for an organizational meeting.

[1][7][8] In 1891, the school presented awards during commencement for scholarship, music, dictation, penmanship, and punctuality.