![]() Willis Baxter Boyd was the first president of Dixie College, from 1912-1914. A graduate from Burrit College in Van Buren County, he attended the University of Chicago for graduate study. Boyd taught English literature and moral sciences at Dixie College. |
![]() Dr. W. B. Boyd at the Happy Valley Stock Farm near Cookeville, TN. Source: Tennessee State Library and Archives Photograph Collection Image ID: 5246, File Location: Box 1, File 96 |
b. 1 February 1876, Pikeville, Bledsoe Co., TN
d. 14 August 1945,Humboldt, Gibson Co., TN
Wife: Nan Denton (Ford) Ranchfuss, md 29 April 1911.
Father: Benjamin Franklin Boyd
Mother: Margaret Howard
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN
See Willis Baxter Boyd Story
Build in 1911-1912, this was the only building of Dixie College, although architect
William B Stetner had drawn a complete campus sketch. All of the functions of the school
occurred in this main building. Dixie College opened in 1912 and closed in 1915.