St. Mary's College (Kentucky)

St. Mary's College was an Catholic institution established by William Byrne and George Elder in Elder's hometown of Hardin's Creek near Lebanon in Marion County, Kentucky. The community was later renamed "St. Mary" after the college.

St. Mary's is now closed. It operated between 1821 and 1976.

Notable alumni

• Clement S. Hill, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• Ben Johnson, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• Elisha Standiford, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• William Thomas Ward, Union Army General and U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American Cardinal of the Catholic Church, served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1982-1996
• Martin John Spalding, Bishop of Louisville (1850-1864) and Archbishop of Baltimore (1864-1872)
• John Lancaster Spalding, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria from 1877- 1908
• Augustus Hill Garland, 11th Governor of Arkansas and Attorney General of the United States
• Thomas James Churchill, Confederate major general during the American Civil War and the 13th Governor of the state of Arkansas
• Stanislaus P. La Lumiere, President of Marquette University

References

• The Catholic Encyclopedia. "William Byrne".
• Lewis, Alvin Fayette. History of Higher Education in Kentucky. G.P.O., 1899.
• Lmunet.edu "St. Mary's College".
• Johnson, E. Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities, pp. 627 ff. Lewis Publishing Company, 1912. Accessed 10 November 2008.

External links

• Fordham University