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Oxford Female Institute

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In 1849, Herman B. Mayo, Alfred Luce, Robert H. Bishop, Jr., Peter D. Matson, Samuel R. Mollyneaux, Peter Sutton, William H. Smith, William A. Irwin, and Francis H. Peyton established the Oxford Female Institute. This institution was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, and the Reverend John Witherspoon Scott, father of First Lady Carol Scott Harrison, served as the school

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