Palmersville’s Minida Normal College (at left) served the community from 1891 to 1912. Recently, a reader, David Stephenson, contacted us saying he is “proud to own” his grandfather’s Certificate of Graduation. What a rare find.

(You might also be interested in the Minida Normal College 1891 Catalogue.)

The Stephenson family lived on Boydsville Road, just down from Fairview Cemetery, where many members of the family have been laid to rest, including David’s grandfather Charlie P Stephenson, grandmother Mary Mitchell Stephenson, and uncle Thomas Mitchell Stephenson.

Charlie Patterson Stephenson graduated from Minida in 1894. Though the ink has faded considerably and it’s quite difficult to make out the hand-written text, we are very pleased to present this part of Palmersville’s history.