William J. Sneed
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William J. Sneed | |
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| Born | 1835 Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 1907 (aged 71–72) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Education | University of Nashville |
| Occupations | Surgeon, educator |
| Spouse | Fannie Sneed |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
| Branch | Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1861–1865 |
| Rank | Surgeon |
William J. Sneed (1835 - March 17, 1907) was an American Confederate veteran, surgeon and educator. He was the co-founder of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee; it was the first medical school in the South for African Americans.
William J. Sneed was born in 1835 in Brentwood, Tennessee.[1][2] He graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Nashville.[2]
Career
Sneed started his career as a surgeon in Kentucky.[2] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he served as a surgeon in the Confederate States Army.[2]
By 1870, Sneed served as Professor of Surgery at his alma mater, the University of Nashville.[3] He was appointed as Professor of Anatomy in 1873.[2][4] He continued after this university department was renamed as the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.[1]
With George W. Hubbard and Reverend John Braden, Sneed co-founded Meharry Medical College in 1876, a medical school for freedmen.[2] It became the first medical school in the South for African Americans, most of whom had been slaves before the war.
Marriage and family
Sneed married Hannie Sugars (4 January 1836 – 8 March 1900) of Nashville. They were living on Ash Street at the time of her death at the age of 64.[5]
After his first wife's death, the widower Sneed married Fannie Sullivan in 1903.[1] He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Master Mason in Freemasonry.[1][2]
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