My Genealogy Hound

Miss Ida Flynn, principal of “Miss Flynn’s Select School,” at Kenton, Tenn., is a native of Atlanta, Ga., born August 11, 1863, daughter of Matthew J. Flynn, who was born in the “Emerald Isle,” and who married Margaret J. Berry, of Atlanta, Ga., who was born in England. In early life they came to America and settled in Atlanta, Ga., where they met and married, and subsequently removed to Nashville, where they both died when our subject was only a few years of age. The father was an architect of considerable note. Miss Flynn was reared and educated by Mrs. Thomas D. Craighead a prominent lady of Nashville. At the age of twelve years she entered the fourth grade of the Nashville public schools, and in 1880 graduated with first honors, receiving the Peabody medal and delivering the valedictory address. She was later placed in the middle class of the State Normal College, and completed the middle and senior years in one year, graduating in 1881 with the degree of L. I. In 1882 she graduated as valedictorian in the Baccalaureate class with the degree of A. B., and received the Peabody medal for distinguished excellence. She came to Kenton the same year and for some time was connected with the Kenton public schools. Her select school was organized February 4, 1885, and the people of Kenton are devoted to her and her work. She is one of the first teachers of the State, and is possessed of untiring energy and undomitable will. She is a woman of rare culture, and her many virtues and graces fit her for any position in life.