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Meet Lillie Shull Dougherty, App State’s third founder

Summary by The Appalachian
App State was founded in 1899 as Watauga Academy by brothers Dauphin Disco “D.D.” Dougherty and Blanford Barnard “B.B.” Dougherty. But App State had a third founding member that some might describe as overlooked. Lillie Shull Dougherty, born Ida Lillie Belle Shull, was born on Jan. 6, 1874, to father David Shull and mother Martha Lewis Shull in Butler, Tennessee, and was one of seven children. At age 16, even before receiving her high school dip…
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The Appalachian broke the news in on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
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