Beeson was Trinity's first president (1869-1883). A veteran of the Confederate Army, Beeson had previously served as President of Chapel Hill College in Texas.
Samuel Hornbeak first attended Trinity as a student in 1873 when he was eight years old. (Trinity then had a primary department.) He received a B.A. degree in 1885 and joined the TU faculty in 1891 as professor of science. He later served as dean...
Luther Apelles Johnson served as Trinity's third president from 1885-1889 and later as president of the faculty. He was responsible for developing Trinity's curriculum and for initiating faculty study leaves. His untimely death in 1900 was a great...
Music groups were popular with Trinity students during the last decade of the nineteenth century. Along with students are Professors Riggs, Johnson, and Mrs. Kate Gillespie.
The Timothean Society originally functioned as a theology class for preministerial students and reorganized in 1891 as a pre-ministerial literary society. Pictured with students in photograph is President Benjamin McLeskey.
Prendergast was one of the founding trustees of the university and Board President for many years. A resident of Mexia, he also taught in Trinity's Law Department. He served as a trustee from 1869-1900.