Robert Hunter McGimsey family
Family
Biography
Robert Hunter McGimsey (1860-1920) was the son of Robert Vance McGimsey (1829-1861) and Eliza Louisa Hunter (1836-1918). He enrolled at Centenary College of Louisiana in 1877 and graduated in 1882. From approximately 1883 to 1884, McGimsey worked as a pharmacist in Pineville, Louisiana. In 1885, he became a public school teacher in Cheneyville, Louisiana. Then, from approximately 1886 to 1892, he served as Centenary’s professor of mathematics. In subsequent years, McGimsey worked as a teacher and attorney in Alexandria, Louisiana. He also served on Centenary’s board of trustees from 1900 to approximately 1905. McGimsey married Alice Matthews (1861-1955) in 1887, and they had six children.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Cent. Misc. Mss. 6
Scope and Contents
The Robert Hunter McGimsey family papers primarily consist of material documenting his time as a
student and faculty member at Centenary College of Louisiana. This includes his Franklin Literary
Society certificate (1882), diploma (1882), and a typescript English translation of the Latin text on the
diploma. A letter dated 1886 from Thomas Albert Smith Adams, the president of Centenary College of
Louisiana, offers McGimsey a job to serve as the college’s professor of mathematics. A...
Dates:
1854 - 1919