University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons The Digital Press at the University of North Digital Press Books Dakota 2020 One Hundred Voices: Harrisburg’s Historic African American Community, 1850-1920 Calobe Jackson Jr. Katie Wingert McArdle David Pettegrew Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/press-books Recommended Citation Jackson, Calobe Jr.; McArdle, Katie Wingert; and Pettegrew, David, "One Hundred Voices: Harrisburg’s Historic African American Community, 1850-1920" (2020). Digital Press Books. 17. https://commons.und.edu/press-books/17 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Press Books by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ONE HUNDRED VOICES The bronze pedestal of the Commonwealth Memorial. The relief image on top depicts aerial view of the Eighth Ward before its demolition. One Hundred Voices, No. 26-50 ONE HUNDRED VOICES Harrisburg’s Historic African American Community, 1850-1920 Edited by Calobe Jackson, Jr. Katie Wingert McArdle David Pettegrew With a foreword by Lenwood Sloan The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND Unless otherwise indicated, all other content of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2020 The Digital Press @ The University of North Dakota Library of Congress Control Number: 2020941984 The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota ISBN-13: 978-1-7345068-5-3 (paperback) ISBN-13: 978-1-7345068-6-0 (Ebook/PDF) 100 Voices is an initiative of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism - Harrisburg Peace Promenade. The Foundation for Enhancing Communities is the official fiscal agent for the Peace Promenade’s projects. The research and publication of One Hundred Voices: Harrisburg’s Historic African American Community, 1850-1920 was supported by The Council of Independent Colleges Humanities Research for the Public Good Grant, generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Messiah University’s Office of the Dean of Human- ities, Office of Diversity Affairs, Center for Public Humanities, and Department of History; and Highmark. Cover Image: The main photograph on the cover shows Walnut Street near Fourth Street, Tanner’s Alley, and Short Street ca. 1913. Now the location of the Common- wealth Monument. Source: Record Group 17, Series #17.522, courtesy of Pennsylva- nia Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA. Table of Contents Author Abbreviations ...................................................v Usward Gwendolyn B. Bennett ................................................vii Foreward Lenwood Sloan ............................................................ix Preface Calobe Jackson, Jr., Katie Wingert McArdle, and David Pettegrew ...........................................................xiii Introduction Katie Wingert McArdle ..............................................xxi 1 John Q. Adams ..............................................................1 2 Annie E. Amos ...............................................................3 3 Aquila H. Amos .............................................................5 4 Roscoe C. Astwood ........................................................6 5 James M. Auter ..............................................................7 6 Frisby C. Battis ...............................................................8 7 William Battis ................................................................9 8 Gwendolyn B. Bennett ..................................................10 9 J. Robbin Bennett ..........................................................11 10 Mary Ann Bennett ........................................................12 11 A. Dennee Bibb ..............................................................13 12 Josephine L. Bibb ..........................................................14 13 Peter S. Blackwell ..........................................................15 14 Janie Blalock Charleston ..............................................16 15 Mary Braxton Roberts ..................................................17 16 Cassius M. Brown, Sr. ...................................................18 17 Ida Brown Colley ...........................................................19 18 Harry Burrs ....................................................................20 19 Sylvester E. Burris .........................................................21 20 Joseph Cassey Bustill ....................................................23 21 W. Arthur Carter ...........................................................25 22 W. Justin Carter .............................................................27 23 Charles J. Carter ............................................................28 24 David R. Chester............................................................29 25 Amelia Chester White ...................................................31 26 Jane M. Chester .............................................................33 27 Maude B. Coleman ........................................................35 28 Turner Cooper ................................................................37 29 Joseph Costley ...............................................................38 30 Dr. Charles H. Crampton .............................................39 31 Dorothy M. Curtis .........................................................40 32 J. Steward Davis ............................................................41 33 William R. Dorsey .........................................................42 34 Alice Dunbar-Nelson ....................................................43 35 William McDonald Felton ...........................................45 36 Edith Fields Murphy .....................................................47 37 Benjamin J. Foote ..........................................................49 38 Theodore S. Frye ...........................................................51 39 John Gaitor ....................................................................53 40 George R. Galbraith ......................................................54 41 Henry H. Garnet ...........................................................55 42 James W. Grant .............................................................56 43 Harriett Harrison Henry ..............................................57 44 Walter J. Hooper............................................................58 45 Layton L. Howard .........................................................59 46 James H. W. Howard ....................................................61 47 O. L. C. Hughes ..............................................................63 48 George H. Imes ..............................................................65 49 Spencer P. Irvin ..............................................................67 50 C. Sylvester Jackson ......................................................69 51 Zachariah Johnson ........................................................70 52 Leonard Z. Johnson ......................................................71 53 Dr. William M. Jones ....................................................72 54 Hannah Braxton Jones .................................................73 55 Dr. William H. Jones, Jr. ..............................................74 56 Agnes Kemp ...................................................................75 57 Morris H. Layton, Jr. ....................................................77 58 Morris H. Layton, Sr. ....................................................78 59 A. Leslie Marshall .........................................................79 60 Harriet M. Marshall ......................................................81 61 William E. Marshall ......................................................83 62 William H. Marshall .....................................................85 63 Jessie Matthews Vann ...................................................87 64 Catherine McClintock ...................................................89 65 Mildred Mercer Cannon ...............................................91 66 Maud Molson Hughes ..................................................93 67 Percy C. Moore ...............................................................95 68 Robert J. Nelson ............................................................97 69 Charlotte Newman ........................................................98 70 Luther L. Newman ........................................................99 71 H. Edwin Parson ...........................................................101 72 Horace Payne .................................................................102 73 Catherine Payne Campbell ...........................................103 74 Esther Popel ...................................................................105 75 Joseph B. Popel ..............................................................107 76 Daniel G. Potter, Sr. .......................................................109 77 Rosabelle Helen Quann ................................................111 78 Aubrey E. Robinson ......................................................112 79 Laura Robinson .............................................................113 80 John