Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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Samuel Martin Inman THE names of two great and good men arc inseparably connected with the foundation, growth and success of Agnes Scotl College, viz.: Geokgk W. Scott and Samuel M. Ixmax. Founded by Col. Scott, and loved and supported by him until his death, ii found immediately thereafter in Mr. Inman a friend, counsellor and supporter no less generous, wise and devoted. Under God ' s blessing, to these two more than all else, it owes its existence, its development and its present recognized standing among educational insti- tutions. Mr. Inman was horn of Presbyterian parentage, in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, on February 19, 1843. His tirsi school attendance was ai the old log-cabin schoolhouse in his native town, which, now known as Maury Academy, only recently celebrated its 100th birth year. Siibsequently gradu- ating at Maryville College, he later entered Princeton University. During his Sophomore year there, the War between the States having begun, in response to his country ' s call he left the University, returned home, ai d at is years of age enlisted in the Confederate service, in which he remained to the end of the war, first as a member of the 1st Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry, and later, on the Staff of General W. Y. C. Hume, with the rank of Lieutenant. Immediately after the war — conditions in eastern Tennessee being pecul- iarly chaotic — upon leaving home he decided to try his fortune in Georgia, going first to Augusta, and after a short residence there, removing early in lS6 i to Atlanta, where he has since continuously resided. During his residence here of nearly a half century, he has consistently exemplified in public and private life those high civic and Christian virtues, which have won from his fellow citizens the title of Atlanta ' s first citizen. Soon after settling in Atlanta he engaged in the cotton business, establish- ing the firm of S. AI. Inman Co., which, with the Branch office in Houston, Texas, prior to its dissolution and Mr. Iuman ' s retirement from active busi- ness, became probably the largest dealers in the United States in spot cotton. During all of his active business life, Mr. Inman was one of the most important factors in the material upbuilding of Atlanta and the South, and his name was prominent in nearly every public and industrial undertaking in At- lanta. After a wonderfully successfufbusiness career and the accumulation of a comfortable fortune, be retired from active business several years ago and has