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Feb 12, 2018 Biographies

Mrs. Dixon was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lett. J. Benjamin Lett and Minerva Webber were married in Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory on June 2, 1897. The couple subsequently moved to Nowata, Oklah...

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Roy U. Dixon

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Feb 10, 2018 Biographies

Roy U. Dixon was born April 27, 1918 in Buffalo, New York. His parents were Edward and Christina Dixon and Roy had three siblings, Ira, Genevieve and Dorothy. Roy was baptized as an infant in St. Phil...

Buffalo Business NY United States

Ira Dixon

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Feb 10, 2018 Biographies

Mr. Dixon was a prominent photographer and for many years, was one of the Challenger newspaper staff photographers. Mr. Dixon was affectionately known as "Soap" to his close friends who had known him ...

Buffalo Business NY United States

Claude D. Clapp

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Feb 10, 2018 Biographies

Claude D. Clapp, the son of Marguerite Mason Clapp Shannon and Claude D. Clapp, was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended Buffalo Public Schools and, for one year, Central High School in Louisville, ...

Buffalo Education NY United States

James Emmet Bell

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Feb 7, 2018 Biographies

James Emmet Bell was a native of Farmville, Virginia. His parents were George and Rosalie Brown Bell. He and the former Thelma Lewis married on February 17, 1920. The Bells were the parents of six son...

Business Farmville United States VA

Osmond Henry Brown

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Feb 7, 2018 Biographies

Dr. Osmond H. Brown was a recognized leader in Buffalo, a worker for the improvement of race relations and an adviser to persons of many races and faiths. In 1956 upon his retirement as rector of St. ...

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Joseph Robert Love

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Feb 7, 2018 Biographies

Joseph Robert Love's life exemplifies the lives of many African descendants who far exceeded expectations for the breadth of accomplishments they achieved during their lifetimes. Love was born in Nass...

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Ouida Eleanor Harrison Clapp

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Feb 6, 2018 Biographies

Ouida Harrison Clapp, a native of Detroit, MI, was the daughter of Celia Juliette Howard Harrison and William L. Harrison, Sr. She had one brother. A graduate of Talladega College, Alabama, and Wayne ...

Detroit Education MI United States

Franklin Cecil Brown

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Feb 6, 2018 Biographies

Mr. Brown, better known as F. Cecil Brown was the son of Charles and Alice Brown. His parents were natives of Jamaica and immigrated in 1913. Cecil was born circa 1918. He attended Buffalo Schools and...

Buffalo NY Politics United States

Ruth E. Tappe Scruggs

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Feb 6, 2018 Biographies

Ruth E. Tappe was born on August 4, 1893 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Her parents were James and Mary Tappe. At this time, not much is known about her family or her early life. However, she was a graduate ...

Education Lynchburg United States VA

Russell N. Service

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Feb 6, 2018 Biographies

Russell N. Service was a longtime Buffalo resident who became known as the dean of Long Island's black politicians. He moved to Buffalo with his family from his birthplace, Boston, Massachusetts in 19...

Boston MA Politics United States

Alexander Newton Service

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Feb 6, 2018 Biographies

While his first name was Alexander, he preferred to use his first initial only. A. Newton Service was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, British West Indies. He immigrated to the United States in 1910 and...

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