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Aug 20, 2017 Biographies

Ms. Pauline Battle was lauded in the August 16, 1940 edition of the Buffalo (NY) Star Newspaper as Buffalo's first Black graduate nurse. She completed a nurse training course at the Harlem Hospital an...

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Eugene Strazola Richards Sr.

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Jan 20, 2017 Biographies

Eugene S. Richards, Sr. Civil Engineer, Land Surveyor, Businessman If you have ever passed through a long underground tunnel, or ever wondered how skyscrapers and lengthy bridges were built, then you ...

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Joan L. Simmons

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Dec 29, 2014 Biographies

Joan L. Simmons was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now retired from private industry, she began her professional career working for major corporations in the telecommunications and airli...

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Catherine Dickes Harris

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Dec 29, 2012 Biographies

Catherine Dickes was born June 10, 1809 on a farm near Meadville, Pa. At age 19, she married her husband, an Erie, Pa. man. They came to Jamestown in 1831. They built a small house at what later becam...

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Peter Williams Barnes

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Mar 25, 2012 Biographies

Peter W. Barnes was born on October 26, 1851 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of five children of Henry, a former slave from Hagerstown, Maryland and Jane Williams Barnes of Little York...

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Julia A. Hurt Johnson

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Jan 30, 2012 Biographies

Julia A. Johnson was a concert pianist and organist who taught and performed music in Buffalo for 72 years. The former Julia A. Hurt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was brought to Buffalo,...

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Delilah Louise Jackson King

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Dec 5, 2011 Biographies

Delilah Louise (Jackie) Jackson was born on June 15, 1908 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of Jessie and Dora Jackson. Delilah remained in Homestead most of her young life until leav...

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Mary Molson Hughes

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Nov 3, 2011 Biographies

Mary D. Molson Hughes was born on September 24, 1846 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were John and Louisa Clark Molson. She had six siblings, James, Ellen, John, Samuel, Jo...

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James Molson

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Oct 20, 2011 Biographies

James S. Molson was born on August 26, 1842 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. His parents were John Molson and Louisa Clark Molson. The couple had seven children, including James. His siblings were Ellen R....

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Earl W. Littlejohn

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Aug 21, 2011 Biographies

Earl W. Littlejohn was a jazz musician who played with some of the top bands, including those of Louis Armstrong, George Clark and Elvin Shepherd. He was born in Pittsburgh and attended school there b...

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Hannibal Molson Esq

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Jul 23, 2011 Biographies

Hannibal C. Molson was the eldest son of Samuel D. and Maria Couper Molson. He was a barber by trade. He had two children by his wife Jemina, Melissa Molson Rhodes (1859-1884) and Alonzo Molson (1860 ...

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Mary Elizabeth Lee Kennedy

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Jul 22, 2011 Biographies

Mary Elizabeth Lee Kennedy was born August 14, 1926, in Newcastle, Pennsylvania. Mother Kennedy (respectfully called by those who know her), was raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Strong...

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