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...except for the parts that I make up!”
Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser 1897? – 1934 Who Was She? Inez was born in Yoakum, TX in 1897. Her parents, Samuel and Veola had ten other children. He worked as an elevator operator, and...
William Henry Cling – 1866 – 1937 Now, before I start this, I want to be clear about something…I did not come here to throw shade. I came to talk about a barber. William Henry Cling was born in Charleston, SC right after the Civil War ended....
source Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs Goode – 1855 – 1905 What We Know For Sure Sarah was born in 1855 in Toledo, Ohio. After the Civil War ended, her parents moved her and her six siblings to Chicago, Il. There, she met and married a fellow named...
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner 1912 – 2006 Who was she? Born in Monroe County, NC in 1912 Mary Davidson was born to invent things. Her first attempt was to make a self-oiling door so that when her mother went out the back door in the morning the squeaking wouldn’t wake...
Sarah Marshall Boone 1832 – 1904 Sarah Marshall was born in 1832 in Craven County North Carolina near New Bern. She married freedman James Boone in 1847 when she was 15. Prior to the start of the Civil War, the couple moved to New Haven, Connecticut where they lived...