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Dec 18, 2022 Biographies

Frances Simpson was born in 1849. Her parents were Prudence Watts Simpson and John Eugene, also known as John Simpson. Her mother was born in the state of Maryland and her father in Virginia. Mrs. Leg...

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John Eugene Simpson

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Dec 18, 2022 Biographies

John, also known as Eugene, was born into slavery but obtained his freedom in 1837. It is said that he was involved in the great gold rush of 1849. He was a barber. He settled in Buffalo, New York wit...

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Mildred Irene Seals Wiggins

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Dec 3, 2022 Biographies

Mildred Seals Wiggins is a native of Alexandria, Louisiana. She is the oldest daughter of W.B. Seals and Nettie Mae Seals Jones. Mildred moved to Buffalo in 1947 with her father, step-mother, brothers...

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Edward Herndon Sr.

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Oct 19, 2022 Biographies

Edward Herndon, Sr. was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina on November 10, 1930. His father, Hubert Herndon, and his mother, Anna B. Herndon, later moved their family to Washington, DC before even...

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Sheila J. Nickson

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Sep 18, 2022 Biographies

Sheila J. Nickson is a native Buffalonian. Her family has lived in Buffalo since 1834. She attends St. Philip's Episcopal Church where over six generations of her family have been members since the fo...

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William Gillison

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Aug 6, 2022 Biographies

Reverend William Gillison is a native of Beaufort, South Carolina. He was educated in the Lackawanna, New York School System. In 1967, Rev. Gillison married Antonia Davis and through this union was bo...

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H. McCarthy Gipson

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Aug 6, 2022 Biographies

Until 2010 H. McCarthy Gipson was Commissioner of the Buffalo Police Department, consisting of 757 sworn members, serving a population of approximately 280,000. He is a graduate of the State Universit...

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Derrick McShane Byrd Jr

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Jul 18, 2022 Biographies

Derrick M. Byrd, Jr. was born in Ithaca, New York, July 17, 1934 to Pauline Huff Byrd and Rev. Derrick M. Byrd, Sr. He is one of two sons, and his brother is Rev. Dr. Cameron W. Byrd of Silver Spring,...

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James Alexander Ross

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Jun 13, 2022 Biographies

Contemporary newspaper accounts of the Phyllis Wheatley Club's protest meeting, to advocate for inclusion of the Negro Exhibit at the Pan American Exposition, named only four individuals of note: Club...

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Anthony Lawrence Gloster

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Jun 4, 2022 Biographies

Anthony "Tony" Lawrence Gloster was born January 12, 1947, to the late Mrs. Audrey M. Gloster Lucas and the late Mr. Albert Jerome Dupree in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Anthony, known affectionately as ...

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Edward William Crosby Jr.

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May 18, 2022 Biographies

Edward was the son of Edward William Crosby, Sr. and Julia Brown Crosby. He was 62 years old at the time of his death. He was born on May 10,1850. According to the 1855 New York State Census, Edward i...

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Charlotte Lewis

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Apr 20, 2022 Biographies

Charlotte Lewis was born the middle of eleven children in Americus, Georgia, on October 10, 1902. She celebrated her 102nd birthday in October 2004. She has been an active member of Bethel African Met...

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