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James Monroe McKenzie, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born on February 12, 1818. In 1860 he donated land for the depot and freight office where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad crossed the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, resulting in the town being named McKenzie. He gave land for Bethel College in 1872 and for the Masonic Lodge. McKenzie died on October 9, 1873.
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McKenzie, Tennessee · United States
