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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Jessica (Judy) Grimm was born on June 19,1909. She was the only daughter of Marcellus and Mary Burbridge Grimm. She was an infant when her parents moved to Clifton, Oh...

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Andrew Brown

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

A native Buffalonian, Brown was the son of Elijah and Sarah Watts Brown. He began his musical career at the age of 7 at his church, St. John Baptist Church. Andrew Brown was a tenor soloist, who becam...

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James Howe

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

James Howe was a native of Wilmington, North Carolina where he finished his early formal education. He was a World War I veteran, who moved to Buffalo in 1919. Howe attended Talladega College in Alaba...

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Essie X McQuiller

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

A native of Mississippi, Mrs. McQuiller and her husband William were married 52 years and the parents of 9 children. Mr. McQuiller was born on September 26, 1888. Mrs. McQuiller was born circa 1893. T...

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Samuel McTyeire

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

Samuel McTyeire was born in Carbondale, Illinois. His parents were London M. and Sarah Green McTyeire. McTyeire had the distinction of being the first Black fireman in Buffalo. He was appointed to the...

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William Lee Perry

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

African Americans, especially those from the South but also Northern Blacks, understood the importance of the vote. Once he moved to Buffalo William L. Perry, a native of Kenton, Tennessee, marshalled...

Kenton Politics TN United States

Hannah Dee Elizabeth Barnes Johnson

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Mar 4, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Johnson was a native of Montgomery, Alabama. Her parents were Charles and Caroline Johnson Barnes. Mrs. Johnson was a graduate of Alabama State Teachers School. She met her future husband, Rev. S...

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Horace Cornelius Johnson

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Mar 3, 2018 Biographies

Horace C. "Billy" Johnson, a native of Meridian, Mississippi, was born on December 6, 1921. He moved to Buffalo with his parents and siblings when he was a two year old child. His father was the legen...

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Cornelius Evarts Ford

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Mar 2, 2018 Biographies

Cornelius Evarts Ford, a native of Jonesboro, Tennessee, was born on September 5, 1870. His parents were Mark and (first name unknown)Angeline Ford. Cornelius attended Warner Institute, an American Mi...

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Raymond Ellis Jackson

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Mar 2, 2018 Biographies

Raymond Ellis Jackson was born in Buffalo, New York on August 3, 1900. He was the son of Samuel and Harriet Anderson Jackson. Mrs. Jackson remarried to Milton Hardon. He and his older sister, Frances ...

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Leonardo Andrew Scruggs

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Mar 2, 2018 Biographies

Leonard Scruggs was the son of Lawson A. Scruggs and Clara Burwell....

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Geneva Ellen Byrd Scruggs

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Mar 2, 2018 Biographies

Geneva Ellen Byrd Scruggs was born in Winfall, Virginia on June 11, 1906. She was the second of three daughters of William Lee Faulkner Byrd, a Baptist Minister and Wilhelmina Scott Byrd, a public sch...

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