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BGen (USA) Charles Young MP (1864 - 1922)

Portrait photograph taken of Colonel Charles Young in 1919. He was the third African American graduate of West Point, the first black U.S. National Park Service superintendent, the first African Amer...

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BGen (USA) Charles Young MP (1864 - 1922)

Portrait photograph taken of Colonel Charles Young in 1919. He was the third African American graduate of West Point, the first black U.S. National Park Service superintendent, the first African Amer...

10/29/2020

Lucy Eldine Parsons MP (c.1853 - 1942)

"Lucia Ella Gonzolez"

Lucy (or Lucia) Eldine Gonzalez was born around 1853 in Texas, likely as a slave, to parents of Native American, Black American and Mexican ancestry. Died: March 7, 1942 in a house fire; she couldn't e...

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Lucy Eldine Parsons MP (c.1853 - 1942)

"Lucia Ella Gonzolez"

Lucy (or Lucia) Eldine Gonzalez was born around 1853 in Texas, likely as a slave, to parents of Native American, Black American and Mexican ancestry. Died: March 7, 1942 in a house fire; she couldn't e...

12/1/2015

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable MP (c.1750 - 1818)

"Black Chief", "The Founder of Chicago"

Feb. 27, 2016_Additional comment by William Arthur Allen: Versions of Wikipedia in three diferent languages provide slightly different information about Point du Sable and his marriage to Kitahawa, a P...

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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable MP (c.1750 - 1818)

"Black Chief", "The Founder of Chicago"

Feb. 27, 2016_Additional comment by William Arthur Allen: Versions of Wikipedia in three diferent languages provide slightly different information about Point du Sable and his marriage to Kitahawa, a P...

7/27/2015

Bass Reeves MP (1838 - 1910)

Wife Winnie Reeves, Los Angeles, California Daughter Sallie Sanders, Ft. Smith, Arkansas Daughter Alice M. Spahn, Muskogee, Oklahoma Son Bennie Reeves, Leavenworth, Kansas Son Ed Reeves, Independence, ...

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Bass Reeves MP (1838 - 1910)

Wife Winnie Reeves, Los Angeles, California Daughter Sallie Sanders, Ft. Smith, Arkansas Daughter Alice M. Spahn, Muskogee, Oklahoma Son Bennie Reeves, Leavenworth, Kansas Son Ed Reeves, Independence, ...

3/26/2015

George Washington Bush MP (1779 - 1863)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Washington Bush (1779 –April 5, 1863) was an American pioneer and one of the first multiracial (Irish and African-American[1]) non-Amerindian settlers in wh...

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George Washington Bush MP (1779 - 1863)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Washington Bush (1779 –April 5, 1863) was an American pioneer and one of the first multiracial (Irish and African-American[1]) non-Amerindian settlers in wh...

9/11/2014

George Washington MP (1817 - 1905)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Washington (August 15, 1817 – August 26, 1905) was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He is remembered as a leading African American pioneer ...

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George Washington MP (1817 - 1905)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Washington (August 15, 1817 – August 26, 1905) was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He is remembered as a leading African American pioneer ...

4/15/2013

York MP (aft.1770 - bef.1832)

"part of Corps of Discovery Team", "First Black American Explorer", "Great Medicine"

York A very important figure in respect to the discovery of the American West , and a key Team Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. History records this man as a "Jack of all trades" York s abilit...

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York MP (aft.1770 - bef.1832)

"part of Corps of Discovery Team", "First Black American Explorer", "Great Medicine"

York A very important figure in respect to the discovery of the American West , and a key Team Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. History records this man as a "Jack of all trades" York s abilit...

1/2/2013

Born in Pennsylvania on July 17, 1830, Anderson was educated at Oberlin College in Ohio, then immigrated to Canada, where he learned the printing trade and met Brown in 1858. Anderson was one of fiv...

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Born in Pennsylvania on July 17, 1830, Anderson was educated at Oberlin College in Ohio, then immigrated to Canada, where he learned the printing trade and met Brown in 1858. Anderson was one of fiv...

10/26/2012

Charles Henry Langston MP (1817 - 1892)

Henry Langston (1817–1892), was an American abolitionist and political activist born free in Louisa County, Virginia, the son of a wealthy planter who provided for his education and ensured he and his ...

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Charles Henry Langston MP (1817 - 1892)

Henry Langston (1817–1892), was an American abolitionist and political activist born free in Louisa County, Virginia, the son of a wealthy planter who provided for his education and ensured he and his ...

10/26/2012

Mary Fields MP (1832 - 1914)

"Stagecoach Mary"

Födelse: 15 maj 1832 - Hickman, Tennessee, United States* Död: 5 dec 1914 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States* Föräldrar: Buck Fields, Susanna Fields (född Dunn) Mary Fields was born around ...

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Mary Fields MP (1832 - 1914)

"Stagecoach Mary"

Födelse: 15 maj 1832 - Hickman, Tennessee, United States* Död: 5 dec 1914 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States* Föräldrar: Buck Fields, Susanna Fields (född Dunn) Mary Fields was born around ...

3/17/2012