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Jul 16, 2018 Biographies

The son of Robert and Anna Maria Harris Talbert and the oldest of several Talbert children, William was born in Red Bluff, California on January 27, 1866. Robert Talbert is said to have gone to Califo...

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Robert Talbert

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Jul 16, 2018 Biographies

"A Wealthy Resident" of Buffalo Dies at the Nation's Capital -His History" Dec. 22, 1892 "By the death of Robert Talbert, at Washington, D.C., last Tuesday morning, Buffalo loses one of its oldest and...

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James T. Anderson

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Jul 16, 2018 Biographies

James T. Anderson, a member of one of the oldest Black families in Buffalo, could trace his family back to 1832. His grandfather was Dr. Benjamin C. Taylor. His mother was Estelle Taylor Anderson and ...

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Sherman Lewis Walker

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Jul 13, 2018 Biographies

Like so many of his contemporaries, it's difficult to confine Sherman Lewis Walker's contributions and achievements to one field. He was a funeral director (business pioneer), engaged in politics and ...

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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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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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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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Cleon Osborne Service

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Feb 26, 2018 Biographies

Cleon Osborne Service was a real estate agent whose family started the first African American real estate company in Buffalo. A native of Springfield, Massachusetts, Service came to Buffalo with his f...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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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