Nettie DeElla Napier

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Nettie DeElla Napier (Langston)

Also Known As: "Henrietta"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: OH, United States
Death: September 27, 1938 (77)
TN, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rep. John Mercer Langston (R-VA) and Caroline Matilda Langston
Wife of James Carroll Napier
Mother of Carrie Langston Napier
Sister of Arthur Dessalines Langston; Ralph Langston and Frank Mercer Langston

Managed by: H Gordon Fleming
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About Nettie DeElla Napier

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7708548/nettie-deella-napier

Activist & Clubwoman. Pioneer in day care for poor black children, founded the Day Home Club in Nashville, TN.

Nettie and her husband had no children of their own, but they adopted and raised Carrye Cornelia Langston , daughter of Nettie's brother Frank Mercer Langston.

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Nettie DeElla Napier's Timeline

1861
June 17, 1861
OH, United States
1894
1894
OH, United States
1938
September 27, 1938
Age 77
TN, United States