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Apr 22, 2018 Biographies

Dr. Evans was a native of Rushville, Indiana. He held a BA in Chemistry, an MA in Chemistry from Indiana University and also an MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Evans was a veter...

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Bettie Spencer Anderson

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Apr 13, 2018 Biographies

A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Mrs. Anderson was a graduate of Hampton Institute (now Hampton University). She taught at an elementary school near Lynchburg until her marriage to Mack G. Anderson in...

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Leeland Newton Jones Sr.

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Apr 13, 2018 Biographies

Leeland Newton Jones, Sr. was a native of Powell, Pennsylvania although he spent his formative years in Waverly, New York. He was born on October 24, 1892. His parents were Henry Jones and Elizabeth A...

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Ethel Mae Lacey Pye

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Apr 10, 2018 Biographies

Ethel Lacey Pye was born in Leeds, Alabama. According to her family she was a member of an enterprising family and at 12 years old started selling peanuts at her mother's barbershop. She also helped t...

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Helen Wheatland Burrell

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Apr 10, 2018 Biographies

Dr. Helen Wheatland Burrell was born on April 9, 1902 in Newport, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland, a noted specialist in "electro-therapeutics". Dr. Burrell was a graduat...

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Ora Lewis Anderson

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Apr 7, 2018 Biographies

Ora Louisa Lewis was born January 8, 1890, in Albia, Iowa to Sallie and Benjamin Lewis. She came to Buffalo in 1914 with her husband, James T. Anderson, whose family had lived in Buffalo since 1832. A...

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Edith May Hamilton

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Apr 6, 2018 Biographies

As she got older Edith May Hamilton often dropped her first name and was known as May Hamilton. She was the daughter of Henry and Jennie A. Washington Hamilton. May was born in Niagara Falls, New York...

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Henry F. Hamilton

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Apr 6, 2018 Biographies

Henry Hamilton was born in April 1832 in Niagara Falls, New York. His parents were Louis and Clarissa Condol Hamilton. Hamilton married on August 6, 1878 to Jennie A. Washington, a native of Ohio. The...

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George Leggett

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Apr 6, 2018 Biographies

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Benjamin C. Taylor MD

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Apr 6, 2018 Biographies

Dr. Benjamin Taylor was among one of the earliest Blacks to settle in Buffalo, New York. His home state is not exactly known, but in one census Missouri was named. Virginia has also been identified as...

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Donald Dade

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Apr 6, 2018 Biographies

Mr. Donald Dade was the current Executive Director of CRUCIAL: Human Services, a community center located on the East Side of Buffalo. This was only the latest position he had held while serving the r...

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Alberta F. O'Leary Nelson

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Apr 3, 2018 Biographies

Alberta F. O'Leary Nelson was a native of Jacksonville, Illinois. Little is known about Alberta's early life or her family. The 1910 census has her listed as a servant in the household of brothers, Ju...

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