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Joyner, Sarah Baker Austin, 1876-1968

 Person

Biography

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner (1876-1968) lived in Jackson, Louisiana, from her birth until 1897. She is the granddaughter of Centenary College of Louisiana professor A. R. Holcombe (d. 1879). In 1897, she married Rev. Nicolas E. Joyner (1871-1959).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 28
Scope and Contents

Letter corrects errors published in William Hamilton Nelson’s A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire: The Story of Centenary College of Louisiana (Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1931). Corrections relate to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and concern the Keener and Holcombe families as well as the college’s library book collection.

Dates: circa 1960

Sarah Baker Austin Joyner letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 291
Scope and Contents

Letter corrects errors published in William Hamilton Nelson’s A Burning Torch and a Flaming Fire: The Story of Centenary College of Louisiana (Nashville: Methodist Publishing House, 1931). Corrections relate to Centenary College of Louisiana (Jackson, La.) and concern the Keener and Holcombe families.

Dates: 1959