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The Reverend George Junkin (November 1, 1790 – May 20, 1868) was an American educator and Presbyterian minister who served as the first and third president of Lafayette College and later as president of Miami University and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University).
4 de nov. de 2019 · With his Scots-Irish roots and staunch Calvinist beliefs, the Reverend George Junkin must have seemed a good fit for the presidency of Washington College in Lexington, Va., in 1848. An Old School Presbyterian, Junkin was no stranger to academics or to ideological controversy.
George McJunkin (c. 1856–1922) was an African American cowboy, amateur archaeologist and historian. McJunkin discovered the Folsom site in New Mexico in 1908.
George Garnett Junkin (November 19, 1839 – February 22, 1895) was a teacher, member of the Confederate Army, lawyer, county superintendent of schools, judge of the County Court, and Commonswealth's attorney.
21 de feb. de 2022 · George McJunkin was a remarkable man: champion cowboy, an outstanding ranch manager, a self-taught reader and naturalist. But what exactly did George McJunkin discover?
23 de feb. de 2015 · One resident of the Folsom area on that night was African American cowboy George McJunkin. McJunkin’s life story is remarkable. He was born a slave near Midway, Texas—a small village about halfway between Houston and Dallas—in 1851. George’s father was a blacksmith, and George grew up around horses. Eventually, he learned to ...
2 de mar. de 2017 · George Junkin, 1790-1868. bwaugh. March 2, 2017. 13 min read. George was born November 1, 1790, to Joseph and Eleanor Cochran Junkin on the family farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The spiritual ancestors of the Junkins were Covenanters who had entered the American colonies among the Scots-Irish.
