Known African American Residents of Oxford (Deceased)
Born Between 1865 - 1899
Assembled by Professor Mark Auslander and his students during the development of the exhibition, "A Dream Deferred: African Americans at Emory and Oxford Colleges, 1836-1865" at the Hoke O’Kelly Library, January 2001 and is reproduced here by permission.
Jessie Heard 1865-1902
George Connell 1866-1909
Carrie Rivers 1866-1893
Emma Shield 1868-1964
Lula F. Jackson 1870-1935
Sallie Godfrey 1871-1943
Matilda W. Hunter 1874-1973
Bessie Shaw Howard Banks 1875-1966
Sylvester (Bud) Brown, Sr. 1876-1949
Mack Perry 1876-1976
W.W. Thomas 1877-1919
Dolch (?) Wade 1877 - (?)
Lottie E. Brown 1878-1941
Nicholas Ga…….[?] , Jr. 1878~1910
Louise Wright 1878-1934
Hilton Jackson 1879-1942
Julia J. Cox 1881-1963
Emma T. Kelly 1882-1967
Emmet Leslie 1884-1957
Horace Dobbs 1885-1970
Louvinia Dobbs 1885-1961
Adolphus Bose Hayes 1885-1979
John Wright 1885-1971
Emma A. Leslie 1886-1980
Emma Frances Roseberry 1886-1920
Joseph Sutton 1888-1956
Pauline Wright 1888-1972
Valeria Godfrey 1887-1973
George Armstead 1887-1957
Pearl Godfrey Barber 1888-1975
Lula Bryant 1888-1946
Claude Hinton 1889-1961
Ludie E. Moore 1889-1968
John Reese 1889-1957
Frank (last name unknown) 1883-1953
Pearle Gaither 1890-1951
Elder James S. Perry 1890-1960
Americus L. Gaither 1891-1964
Altheria E. Hinton 1891-1960
Ada Perry 1891-1944
J. Sutton 1891-1892
Maudie Benton 1892-1988
Tinsely A. Cody 1892-1970
Walter L. Glover 1892-1966
William M. Parks [?] 1892-1970
Ida Hayes 1893-1987
Homer Shaw 1893-1953
Charlie Gaither 1894-1966
Pauline Anderson 1897-1949
Franks Palmer Evans 1897-1978
Angeline Gaither 1898-1968
Henry D. Smith 1898-1988
Mason M. Wright 1899-1963