Born on a Farm

of Col. Charles Young. Civil War Veteran. Listed in 1890 Veterans census for Zanesville. 11 months service.His son Charles and Ada his wife are buried at Arlington Cemetery. Charles died at Lagos, Nige...

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 American milita...

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey ; c. February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping fro...

from : 1836–1922Family: Colbert (Hemings)Occupation: Soldier; Foundry workerBorn in slavery in Lexington, Virginia, George Edmondson claimed his freedom in June 1864, when Union forces occupied the tow...