Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, who had arrived in the tiny town of Clinton in 1864, served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church, and founded the Thornwell Orphanage.
Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the Rev. William Plumer Jacobs. The Rev. William Plumer Jacobs had arrived in the tiny town of Clinton in 1864. The Rev. William Plumer Jacobs had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. William Plumer Jacobs had founded the Thornwell Orphanage.