William Knox Tate was the son of Mary Rebecca Lowe (1842) and William Crampton Tate (1840).
William married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harris on October 7, 1896 in Smith County, Texas. To this union eight children were born, Wm Knox, Jr. (1898), Mary Alice (1901), Lillian Jacintha (1903), Helen (1906), Ruth Woods (1908), James Harris (1911), Elizabeth Lowe (1914), and Edward Mason Tate (1917).
Professor William K. Tate was head of the department of rural education of the George Peabody College for Teachers, the college treasurer and one of the most beloved members of the faculty.
In 1873 his parents and family emigrated to Benton county, Arkansas and settled on a farm near the present location of Siloam Springs, on the boarder of the old Indian Territory. The home was sixty miles from a railroad, and here young William K. Tate experienced some real frontier life.
Professor Tate had served as secretary of the department of superintendent of the Southern Educational Association, president of the Southern Educational Association, president of the South Carolina Teachers Association and secretary of the Southern Education Association. His greatest honor was to be especially appointed by the U.S. Government to study the school systems of Switzerland. The results of his studies are contained in a book called "Some Suggestive Features of the Swiss School Systems."
Professor Tate's funeral was held at West End Methodist Church with Dr. George H. Morgan and Dr. H.J. Mikell officiating.
Professor Tate obituary published on 10 Feb 1917 in "The Watchman and Southron", Sumter, SC (accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress):
W. K. TATE DEAD
Prominent Educator Who Was Well Known in South Carolina Passes Away in Nashville.
Columbia, Feb. 7.--W. K. Tate, former State Supervisor of Rural Schools in South Carolina and Superintendent of Memminger Normal School, Charleston, died today at Nashville. He was a professor in George Peabody College for Teachers at the time of his death. He was considered one of the foremost educators in the South.
William married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harris on October 7, 1896 in Smith County, Texas. To this union eight children were born, Wm Knox, Jr. (1898), Mary Alice (1901), Lillian Jacintha (1903), Helen (1906), Ruth Woods (1908), James Harris (1911), Elizabeth Lowe (1914), and Edward Mason Tate (1917).
Professor William K. Tate was head of the department of rural education of the George Peabody College for Teachers, the college treasurer and one of the most beloved members of the faculty.
In 1873 his parents and family emigrated to Benton county, Arkansas and settled on a farm near the present location of Siloam Springs, on the boarder of the old Indian Territory. The home was sixty miles from a railroad, and here young William K. Tate experienced some real frontier life.
Professor Tate had served as secretary of the department of superintendent of the Southern Educational Association, president of the Southern Educational Association, president of the South Carolina Teachers Association and secretary of the Southern Education Association. His greatest honor was to be especially appointed by the U.S. Government to study the school systems of Switzerland. The results of his studies are contained in a book called "Some Suggestive Features of the Swiss School Systems."
Professor Tate's funeral was held at West End Methodist Church with Dr. George H. Morgan and Dr. H.J. Mikell officiating.
Professor Tate obituary published on 10 Feb 1917 in "The Watchman and Southron", Sumter, SC (accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress):
W. K. TATE DEAD
Prominent Educator Who Was Well Known in South Carolina Passes Away in Nashville.
Columbia, Feb. 7.--W. K. Tate, former State Supervisor of Rural Schools in South Carolina and Superintendent of Memminger Normal School, Charleston, died today at Nashville. He was a professor in George Peabody College for Teachers at the time of his death. He was considered one of the foremost educators in the South.
William Knox Tate was the son of Mary Rebecca Lowe (1842) and William Crampton Tate (1840).
William married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harris on October 7, 1896 in Smith County, Texas. To this union eight children were born, Wm Knox, Jr. (1898), Mary Alice (1901), Lillian Jacintha (1903), Helen (1906), Ruth Woods (1908), James Harris (1911), Elizabeth Lowe (1914), and Edward Mason Tate (1917).
Professor William K. Tate was head of the department of rural education of the George Peabody College for Teachers, the college treasurer and one of the most beloved members of the faculty.
In 1873 his parents and family emigrated to Benton county, Arkansas and settled on a farm near the present location of Siloam Springs, on the boarder of the old Indian Territory. The home was sixty miles from a railroad, and here young William K. Tate experienced some real frontier life.
Professor Tate had served as secretary of the department of superintendent of the Southern Educational Association, president of the Southern Educational Association, president of the South Carolina Teachers Association and secretary of the Southern Education Association. His greatest honor was to be especially appointed by the U.S. Government to study the school systems of Switzerland. The results of his studies are contained in a book called "Some Suggestive Features of the Swiss School Systems."
Professor Tate's funeral was held at West End Methodist Church with Dr. George H. Morgan and Dr. H.J. Mikell officiating.
Professor Tate obituary published on 10 Feb 1917 in "The Watchman and Southron", Sumter, SC (accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress):
W. K. TATE DEAD
Prominent Educator Who Was Well Known in South Carolina Passes Away in Nashville.
Columbia, Feb. 7.--W. K. Tate, former State Supervisor of Rural Schools in South Carolina and Superintendent of Memminger Normal School, Charleston, died today at Nashville. He was a professor in George Peabody College for Teachers at the time of his death. He was considered one of the foremost educators in the South.
William married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harris on October 7, 1896 in Smith County, Texas. To this union eight children were born, Wm Knox, Jr. (1898), Mary Alice (1901), Lillian Jacintha (1903), Helen (1906), Ruth Woods (1908), James Harris (1911), Elizabeth Lowe (1914), and Edward Mason Tate (1917).
Professor William K. Tate was head of the department of rural education of the George Peabody College for Teachers, the college treasurer and one of the most beloved members of the faculty.
In 1873 his parents and family emigrated to Benton county, Arkansas and settled on a farm near the present location of Siloam Springs, on the boarder of the old Indian Territory. The home was sixty miles from a railroad, and here young William K. Tate experienced some real frontier life.
Professor Tate had served as secretary of the department of superintendent of the Southern Educational Association, president of the Southern Educational Association, president of the South Carolina Teachers Association and secretary of the Southern Education Association. His greatest honor was to be especially appointed by the U.S. Government to study the school systems of Switzerland. The results of his studies are contained in a book called "Some Suggestive Features of the Swiss School Systems."
Professor Tate's funeral was held at West End Methodist Church with Dr. George H. Morgan and Dr. H.J. Mikell officiating.
Professor Tate obituary published on 10 Feb 1917 in "The Watchman and Southron", Sumter, SC (accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress):
W. K. TATE DEAD
Prominent Educator Who Was Well Known in South Carolina Passes Away in Nashville.
Columbia, Feb. 7.--W. K. Tate, former State Supervisor of Rural Schools in South Carolina and Superintendent of Memminger Normal School, Charleston, died today at Nashville. He was a professor in George Peabody College for Teachers at the time of his death. He was considered one of the foremost educators in the South.
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