Centre College, located in Danville, Boyle, Kentucky was founded by Kentucky legislature January 21, 1819. The first main building was completed in 1820. Lewis W. Greene, from the first graduating class in 1824 became it's president and served from 1857 until his death in 1863. William L. Breckinridge was president from 1863-1868. During the Civil War, the student body decreased with only seven graduating in 1863. Confederate soldiers occupied the Old Centre and later Union soldiers. During the next series of posts, graduates of Centre College will be shown in year order. If a student didn't graduate, there is no record. These are taken from the Centre College Directory of Alumni, 1890. *indicates a biography which will be posted on KYBIOGRAPHIES. (write me privately for subscribing information). If no * is shown, no other information is available. 1824: Lewis Warner Green - Boyle Co* Samuel R. Alexander John W. Cocke John Curd Andrew Dodd Preston W. Farrow Elias, Jr. Fisher William Forsythe James Garrard Theophilus Garrard Crawford W. Hall Benjamin H. Hallack Joseph Holt William Hudson Stephen J. Jones William Jones Andrew Kerr Samuel L. King John Miller Thomas B. Munford William B. Munford Joshua Nichols James V. Prather James H. Philips Duff G. Reed Richard H. Reed Thomas Shelton John G. Simpson Buford Spurr Michael L. Sullivant Joseph A. Thompson William Todd James A. Thomas Joseph A. Thomas Samuel Venable Samuel Williams Thomas Williams Creed Wilson J. L. Wilson Joshua H. Wilson 1825: James Pendleton Bryant - Boyle Co * Charles Pinckney McDowell - Boyle Co * William S. Burch G. H. Burrus Franklin Cochran William D. Carter Chapin George C. Davenport Garnett F. Forsythe Peter Fullenwider Joseph Fullenwider Alfred Hall John Hardin Heyden Henson Hocker Samuel Hodge Robert McAfee McCaleb James G. McCoun H. Miller John H. Miller McRoberts Samuel Maner Humphrey Marshall Robert Marshall Nourse Thomas Reid Nathaniel L. Rice Roland Andrew Rowland Alexander Sanders Benjamin Shaw Benjamin Shouse Joseph Sullivant Henry Wilson 1826: John Todd Stuart - Fayette * H. Beadles Broughton Thomas Bullitt Harrison Carter H. Farris W. Farris Thomas H. Forsythe I. Adair Hardin George R. Kenner B. F. Knox J. M. McArthur John Miles McMillan Henry Pope Alfred Robertson Samuel Smith 1827: William Daniel Jones - Unknown * George Greathouse McAfee - Mercer * Sidney Smith McRoberts - Lincoln * Jacob Fishback Price - Clark * 1828: Joshua Fry Bell - Boyle * James Mills Bush - Franklin * Thomas Coggeshall Nichols - Boyle * James Ford William B. Henderson Henry M. Linney 1829: John Newton Allen - Shelby * Robert Caldwell Grundy - Washington * George Robertson McKee - Garrard * Joshua Kemper Rout - Garrard* Robert Todd Stuart - Boyle Co * 1830: Philip Sidney Cleland - Mercer * William Whitty Hall - Bourbon * John Gaines Miller - Boyle * William Branham Rice - Jessamine * Henry Isaac Venable - Shelby * William Bray Charles Bedford Jesse H. Darden C. P. Jones 1831: William H. Dickey - Woodford * Caleb McDowell - Boyle * Deadrick John M. Sharp John Worthington 1832: William Youel Allen - Shelby * Joseph James Bullock - Fayette * David Irvine Caldwell - Madison * Henry G. Comingo - Mercer * 1833: George Taylor Fishback - Clark * John Boyd Huston - Nelson * John Lyle - Scott * Lewis L. Mason - Clark * George Whitfield McElroy - Nelson * John Moore Price - Jessamine * John Darnaby Stonestreet - Clark * Charles Francis Taylor - Clark * 1834: James Morris Bemiss - Nelson * Beriah Magoffin - Mercer * Joseph Platt - Clark * Charles Hannah Rochester - Boyle * Warrick Tunstall - Jefferson * 1835: Ormond Beatty - Mason * Thomas Walker Fry - Boyle * William Wallace Hill- Bath * John Montgomery - Boyle * William North Todd - Fayette * Samuel Hughes Woodson - Jessamine * 1836: John Clark Bayless - Jefferson * Daniel Boone Railey - Woodford * Thomas Todd - Fayette * 1837: William Wilson Alexander - Bourbon* James Baldwin - Mason * James Barbour - Boyle * Ezekiel Forman - Mason * James Spilman Graham - Boyle * Aaron Alexander Hogue - Mercer * Robert McCown - Boyle * William Robards - Jessamine * Lewis Thompson - Mercer * Jack Downing Thomas C. McCreary 1838: Ambrose Barbour - Boyle * John Cabell Breckinridge - Fayette * Samuel Redd Bullock - Fayette * Thomas Horace Cleland - Mercer * David McMurtry Irwin - Woodford * James Samuel Irwin - Woodford * Robert Alexander Johnstone - Boyle* Thomas Dobyn Lea - Montgomery * William Joseph Morton - Shelby * John Conley Richardson - Fayette * Eugene Underwood - Barren * Carey Allen Wylie - Garrard * John Grant Williamson - Boyle * John R. Alexander Thomas Allen James Alston W. G. Armstrong William F. Barret Walter C. Brashear Cardwell Breathitt T. R. Bridges Thomas Berry William Berry David Bird George I. Brown Preston Brown Scott Brown William Brown Richard A. Buckner Alexander S. Bullitt Benjamin Bowen Jeremiah T. Boyle Thomas Bullock Richard B. Burgess Thomas H. Burgess Timothy Burgess James Cambren William B. Crawford Marion A. Dailey Robert J. Dunbar James Depauw Theodore Dunlap James B. Fleece James R. Fleming James Gaines William Gamble Thomas Graves G. Gray William Green Asa P. Grover James T. Haggin Samuel W. Hall Thomas J. Hall John Hewey William Harrow William Henderson William Henry George Hewey Thomas Hood Samuel K. Hughes William T. Hunt William Jacobs Sylvester P. Jones Alexander Julian John T. Lilly Robert M. Linney Joel A. Levi Henry Lyne John McCaleb James McCall John McCall Decius McCreary Isaac Miller John Magoffin Thomas Moore Adolphus K. Martin Augustus E. Morris William Nock Charles C. Parkhill George W. Parkhill George W. Parkhill Robert Parkhill William M. Paxton Anderson J. Pool David Randolph Frederick G. Randolph John F. Randolph Robart P. Richardson A. H. Roberts Smith C. Reed Ambrose Reid Douglass Rowe Richard H. Richardson Michael G. Russell John T. Savage T. M. Seiver George G. Snedicor John Sneed Evan Shelby Blount Springfield Jacob F. Stonestreet Edward H. Taylor Junius Taylor J. L. Taylor Norborne Taylor Thomas B. Taylor Zachariah Thompson Cyrus Turner Edwin Tyson C. B. Wallace John L. Wallace Thomas H. 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