Person:John Stamps (1)

[Stamps-Sites_TFS.FTW]

Died at 2:00pm, Friday, March 18, 1910, 2200 Highland Avenue, Knoxville, TN (home).

REFN: 786

A. John Judson Stamps was born June 29, 1847 in Pittsylvania Co., V A. At the age of 16, he graduated from the University of Virginia (Richmond, VA). In September, 1874, he was called to be the first Pastor of Pewee Valley Baptist Church in Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky. His father, also a Baptist minister, Timothy H. Stamps, continued to move and live with him until his death in 1895. Then in 1877 they moved to Louisville where J. J. was a student in the first class of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (immediately after it had moved from Greenville, SC); within weeks of the start of classes, he married Dollie, daughter of the Rev. William Paddox Barnett, renowned pastor of several Baptist churches in the area. Between 1878 and 1880, J.J. was Pastor at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Louisville. The family moved to Missouri and then on to Swisher and Jack Counties in Texas by 1893. Between 1893 and 1897, he taught Greek and Hebrew at the North Texas Baptist College in Jacksboro, Jack Co., TX . He spoke seven languages, two of which were Oriental. After the school closed, he moved the family to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the family attended Deadrick Avenue Baptist Church; he worked part as a U. S. Pension Agency clerk.

While in Louisville, he resided at (1st) 140 Story Avenue near Cabel, then 184 Cabel near Washington. In Knoxville, he and his family resided at 410 Chamberlain, 934 Asylum, Fountain City R D 4, 955 7th, and died at home at 2200 Highland.

According to Roy K. (II) and Aileen , he had 13 children. [There were severarl infants who died young.]

The North Texas Baptist College at Jacksboro (Jacks County), Texas, was started by the Jack County Educational Institute (organized in 1883) and the North Texas Baptist College Convention, as part of a school system established to attract prospective Jack County residents. The college leased the institute's building and began classes in September, 1891. A faculty of six taught 113 students. In 1892 enrollment increased to 291. Like many institutions of higher edication at that time, the college combined primary, preparatory, and collegiate courses. The school's promising future never materialized, however. Unable to compete with the large number of colleges established in North Texas during the 1890s, North Texas Baptist College, the only college ever established in Jack County, closed in 1897. ["Ninety-Four Years in Jack County", Ida Lasater Huckabay (Austin: Steck, 1949, centennial ed., Waco: Texian Press, 1974) and William Franklin Ledlow, History of Protestant Education in Texas (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1926)] As summarised by David Minor on: www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/kbn3.html

From: "Erin Bledsoe" <ebledsoe@@knoxlib.org> McClung Historical Collection-Knoxville, TN Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:09:15 -0400

I did a quick search for John Judson Stamps in our collection and found the following pieces of information:

City Directory 1901 John J Stamps, clk Pension Agency, residence 410 Chamberlain 1902 John J Stamps, clk US Pension Agency, r. 934 Asylum 1903 same 1904 same 1905 same 1906 r. Fountain City R D 4 1907 same 1908 r. 955 7th 1909 not in City Directory, son Judson at 2200 Highland 1910 son Judson at 2200 Highland

Obituary: Knoxville Daily Journal March 21, 1910 Stamps- Funeral Services were conducted from the home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock over the remains of John J Stamps, aged sixty years, who died at his home No. 2200 Highland Avenue, Friday Afternoon at three o'clock. Following the services at the residence, Rev, G.B. Waller, pastor of the Deaderick Avenue Baptist Church, officiating, interment was in the Woodlawn Cemetery. The friends and relatives tendered a number of beautiful floral designs. The deceased is survived by a widow and six children.

1910 Census Knox County, Civil Dist 12, Knoxville City, ED 98 Page 12B Stamps Dollie B F W 53 widowed 7children 6 living

       Ivey S     F  W  26
       Judson     M  W  18
       Frank H    M  W  16             

Any of these materials are available upon receipt of a $15 research fee, or if you do visit our collection we can help you locate these items. If you have any further questions feel free to contact me at (865) 215-8801 or ebledsoe@@knoxlib.org. Thank you.

Sincerely, Erin Bledsoe Reference Assistant Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Knox County Public Library System

There is an index for the Jacksboro newspapers, but its unavailable for public use.

 Jacksboro Gazette
 20 April 1893
 Rev. J.J Stamps has been chosen by the trustees to fill the chair of ancient and modern   languages in the North Texas Baptsit College at Jacksboro for the remainder of the season.  He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and seminary. 

 Jacksboro Gazette
 11 May 1893
 Jacksboro Locals 
 Professor Stamps and Lacy went to Bowie to meet with the family of Professor Stamps. 

 Jacksboro Gazette
 17 August 1893
 Jacksboro Personals 
 Professors Stamps and Keathley were in town.

 The Jacksboro Gazette
 5 October 1893
 ollege Notes 
 Last Monday opened the second month of our school. 
 Those enrolled in the College last Monday morning nine new pupils:Miss Ivy Stamps

 These were the only times that a Stamps surname was mentioned in the Jacksboro newspapers that I transcribed.

 Dorman Holub
 Chairman, Young County Historical Commission [4.12..2005]

1. ↑ Stamps-Sites TFS.FTW.

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2. ↑ Stamps-Sites TFS.FTW.

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3. ↑ Stamps-Sites TFS.FTW.

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4. ↑ Stamps-Sites TFS.FTW.

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