NEGROS IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
BY EVERETT CLASPY
INDEXED BY AMELIA B. CASTLE
JANUARY 18,2000

A.M.E.ZION 100
A.S.POMPEY LIVERY STABLE 89

ABBOTT,Robert S. 79

ADAMS,Paul 72

ADKINS,Rev. Donald 59

ALLEN,Bill 12,15

ALLEN,Bill 109

ALLEN,Fred 110
ALLEN,Green
ALLEN,J.Chester Jr.

ALLEN,Rev. William 0. 58

ALLEN,Russell 58

AMERICAN LEGION HALL 20

AMPEY,Bill 20

ANDREWS UNIVERSITY 64

ARCHER,Eleanor 64

ARTIS,K. 3

ARTIS,Kenneth 44

ARTIS,Mathew 5

ARTIS,Quincy 44,91

ASH,Carl 22,66

ASH,Carl 67

ASH,Harrison 3

ASH,Kellie 66
BABER,BISHOP George W. 32

BARD SCHOOL 100

BARTLETT, 20

BEACH,Palmer 85,86

BECKWITH,P.D. 56,58

BECKWITH,P.D. 61

BEECH, RUSH CO. IND. 23

BEESON,Lewis 78

BENTON HARBOR 94

BENTON TOWNSHIP 104

BERDAN, 111

BERDAN,Prof 111

BERRY,Dr. 67,68

BERRY,Mayor 67

BETHEL AME 15

BETHEL COLLEGE 14,32

BIG RAPIDS 23

BIGELOW CLUB 65

BIGELOW,Otis 111

BIRD,Crawford 3

BIRD,Turner 3
BISHOP HANDY MEM. DORM. 33

BLAND,Alvah 91

BLOSSOM ACRES 104
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE 96

BOLINE,Dr. Roger 35

BONINE,G.Elwood 5

BONINE,James 5

BOON,Nathaniel 3

BRANSCOMB,Will 99

BREWER,Rev. Angus 44

BRICK CHURCH RD. 36

BRITAIN,Calvin 3,102

BRODERICK,Francis L. 76

BROSNAN,Dan 13

BROWN,Basil 21,83

BROWN,Claire 20

BROWN,Cleveland 82

BROWN,Dosen 85
BROWN,Dr. C. Bassett
BROWN,Granvi11

BROWN,H.H. 11

BROWN,Sen. Basil 20,31

BROWN,Shepard 73

BRYANT,Henderson 7 3

BUCKLEN,H. 12

BUNN,C.W. 6

BURTON,Dr. William 95

BUTLER,Rev. Walter P. 60

BYRD,Abner 22

BYRD,Alma 22

BYRD,Clyde 22,110

BYRD,Howard 31

BYRD,Jim 31

BYRD,Malcolm 22

CALVIN TOWNSHIP 4

CAMP BABER 32
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD35

CAREY,Rev. Archibald Jr. 78

CARLSON,Don W. 19

CARROLL,Claude 13

CARROLL,Leah 13

CASS COUNTY 106

CASSOPOLIS COURT HOUSE 77

CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 35

CHAIN LAKE CEMETERY 59
CHAIN LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH 14,32

CHAVOUS,Detective 81

CHENEY,Roberta 35,37

CHESHIRE NEGROS 91

CHICAGO DEFENDER 79
CHIEF SHAVEHEAD CAMPGROUND

1CHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH 32

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH 58,61

CHURCH OF GOD 58

CHURCHILL,Harold 21

CHURCHILL,Winston 66

CLARK EQUIPMENT CO. 77,98

CLARK,Paul 20

CLAYBROOKE,Pete 31

CLAY,Cassius 96

CLEMENTS LIBRARY 46

COKERS, 22

COLLINS,William A. 56

COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH 32
CONNER AFRICAN M-E CHURCH 59,70
CONNER,W.F.

CONTINENTAL CAN CO. 96

COOK,Sheridan 79
COQUILLARD,Mrs. Alexis 81

IORDER, Andrew 107

COVERT 87

COVERT GRANGE HALL 89

COWHAM,Robert 43
CRAWLEY,Mr.
CROCKETT,Arthur

CROPSEY,Dale 45

CROPSEY,Dr. Leo Mac 45

CROPSEY,Harmon 4 5

CROSS,Hershel 23

CROSS,Rev. Homer W. 86
CROSSWHITE
CURRY,

CURRY,Henry 78

CURTIS,Bishop E. 6

DANCY,John C. 46

DANZY,H.L. 12

DANZY,LeRoy 71

DANZY,Rev. V.L. 59

DANZY,Rev.V.L. Jr. 81

DARDENELLA CLUB 44

DAVIS,Benjamin 71

DAVIS,Calvin 68

DAVIS,Vic 64

DECATUR 83

DECKER,Charles 45

DECKER,John 45

DEFOE,Mary 98

DBS VOLGNES,Judge 6

DETROIT FREE PRESS 15

DEWEY, 11

DIAMOND LAKE 31

DICKSON,David 110

DIGGS,Charles 71

DIGGS,Congressman 22
DOOL,Robert

DORSON 15,20

DORSON,Mr. 19

DORSON,Richard M. 12

DOUGLAS MUSIC STUDIO 57

DOWAGIAC MUTUAL INS. 48

DOWAGIAC DAILY NEWS 47,99

DOWAGIAC DAILY NEWS 107
DOWAGIAC GOSPEL TABERNACLE60

DUbOIS,W.E.B. 76

DUCKWORTH,Irizona 71

DUMOND,Dwight Lowell 3

DUNGILL,Floyd 91

DUNGILL,John A. 89

EASLEY, 69

EASLEY,Elder Moses 61

.SLEY, Moses 111 64

EAST VOLINIA CHURCH 15
EASTGATE SHOPPING CENTER 31,80

EASTHAM COLLEGE 4
EBENEZER HOLINESS BAPTIST 60

EBY,Kermit - 108
EISENHOWER 37
EMBREY,Wayne 44
EVANS,Rev. Richard 32
EVERS,Charles 78

FARMER,Judge 83
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATIONS - 15

FEDERATED CHURCH 59,61

FEDEROWSKI,Mrs. 37

FERENCY, 70
FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY 66

FIELDS,George 11

FIELDS,Harold B. 12,111

FIELDS,Mabel 111

FIELDS,PROF. Harold 3

FINCH,William 97

FINLEY, 78

FINLEY,Charles 72

FINLEY,Sydney 94

FIRECHIEF COQUILLARD 81

FLAGG,Vivian 88

FLAKE,Elder Versie 60,61

FOLDEN,Rev. Danal 77

FOSTER,Dean 86

FOSTER,Grief 84,85

FOULKES,Sam 68,71

FRANKLIN A.M.E.CHURCH 76

FREEDMANS MANUEL 95

FROST,Jack 47

FULLER,S.B. 65

GARD,Raymond 6 9

GEORGE,Dr.Zelma 13

GIBSON,Mrs. 44

GIPSON,Clarence F. 85

GLOVERS CHICAGO ACRES 85

GOENS, 83,86

GOENS,Howard 84

GOENS,Josh 85

GOENS,Mrs. Bert 85

GOENS,N. 84

GOLDWATER 104

GOMEZ,Bishop Joseph 33

GONDER,Rev. Eugene 59

GRACE LUTHERN CHURCH 95

GRADY,Ab 109

GRADY,George 68,69

GRADY,George 73,81
GRADY,Glen

GRANDRAPIDS, 31
GREATER HARVEST BAPTIST 81

GRICE,Rev. Alvina E. 88

GRIFFIN 20

GRIFFIN,Albert 73

GULCHER,Quentin R. 97
HADLEY,Rev. Theodis

HAEFNER,Rolland 84

HAINES, 20,38

HAINES,Clarence 15

HAITHCOCK,Rev. 109

HANDY,Bishop 77

HANNA,Mark

HARDIN,Rev. Eugene 60

HARRIS,Dr. John H. 109

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HAR HAR

:RISON,Mike 110

RISON,Richard 61

HATCHER,Mr. 80

HATCHERVILLE 76,80

HATCHERVILLE 81

HATFIELD,Malcolm 96

HAWKS,Maurice 6,22

HAWKS,Samuel 4,6

HAWKS,Sup. Maurice 20,21

HAWKS,Super 35

HAYDEN,Fred 13

HAYDEN,Robert T. 35

HENDRICKS, 47
HENDRIX,Coy

HENRY C. MORTON SCHOOL 100

HILLRING,Carl 35

HODGES,Clarence E. 100

HOFFMAN,Clare 106

HOLLOWAY,James L. 71,72

HOLLOWAY,Jame s L. 80,81

HOLLOWAY,Jame s 82

HOLLOWAY,Simeon 80

HONEST ABE 46

HOOVER,President 11

HORNE,Lena 93

HOUSE OF DAVID 87,94

HOUSEMAN,Rev. Henry 85
HOWARD CLARK AMERICAN LEGION78

HOWARD TOWNSHIP 76

HUGHES,Chris 10

HUNGERFORD,V.R. 84

HUNT, 111

HUNT,Cecil 102

IDLEWILD 92

INGERSOL,Col Robert 58

IVENS,Earl 43

IVENS,Mrs. 44,91

J.J. RANCH 15

JAMES,Atty. Lewis 43

JEAN KLOCK PARK 103

JEFFERIES,Irving 43

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 36

JESSUP,Walter 75
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL 66

JOHNSON,Norris Brock 90

JOHNSON,Rev. Thornton 59

JOHNSON,Robert 96

JOHNSON,Will 21

JONES,Atty 5

JONES,Barry R. 107

JONES,Bridgette 34,110

ONES,Carroll 5

JONES,Charles 110

JONES,Edmund F. 109

JONES,Mrs. Paul F. 70

JONES,Rev. Roy 32

JOYNER,Kathleen 96
KAISER-FRASER INDUSTRIES 46

KATZMAN,David M. Ill

KEITH,Dr. Laurel 21

KELLOGG,Dr. John Harvey 47

KENNEDY, 65

KENT COUNTY NEGROS 35

KINCHELOE,Capt Iven C. 64

KING GEORGE V. 66

KING,Martin Luther Jr. 59,99

KIRK,Dr. 109

LA MAISON,Pickford 89

LAKE CO STAR 92

LAKE CO 92

LANE 109

LAWRENCE,David 6 5

LAWSON,Cornelius 4,6

LAWSON,Cornelius 12,109

LAWSON,Leo 12,20

LAWSON,Opal 20

LAWSON,William 6

LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 75

LEE STATE BANK 47

LEE,Frank F. 46

LEE,Lula 98

LENNOX,Nathan 84

LEWIS,Joe 93

LEWIS,John 63

LEWIS,Rev. Charles J. 81

LEWIS,Robert 75

LINDSAY,Grant 44

LITOWICH,Senator 19,20

LOFTON,Eleanor 64

LOG CABIN MUSEUM 31

LOGAN,Diane 96
LOST CREEK,VIGO CO. IND. 23

LOUIS,Joe 73

LUSBY,Clarence 34

LYDA,John W. 23

MACEDONIAN COMM CHURCH 59,10

55MAHONEY,Charles H. 21,72

MAHONEY,Charles H. 83

MAHONEY,Jos eph 8 5

MALTHEEUSSEN,Floyd J. 104

MANNIX,Don 82

MANUEL,James 73

MARCELLUS SCHOOLS 44

MARLIN,Don 82

MARTIN,Cyrus Fabius 47,48

MARTIN,Cyrus Fabius 111

MARTIN,Fabe 67,111

MARTIN,Laurie 111

MARTIN,Maude 48

MARTIN,Thomas Jefferson 46,47

MARTIN,Thomas Jefferson 111

MAY,Virgil 98

MCCLENTON,Mrs. 37
MCCLENTON,Rev.Artilia E. 36

MCCORMICK 72

McCOY,Rev. James 85,86

MCMICHAEL,Eliza 48

MECOSTA CO. MICHIGAN 23

MEMORIAL LIBRARY 83
MESSIAH BAPTIST CHURCH 91

ILLER,James 13

ILLER,Webb 64
MILLIKEN,Gov. William 101

MITCHELL,Arthur W. 66
MITCHELL,Clarence

MITCHELL,Oscar 104

MITCHUM,Mr. 73

MOORE,Charles 3

MOORE,Gloria W. 34
MOORE,John W.

MORLEY, 64

MORTON HOUSE 95

MOSIER,Judge Carl 84

MOSS,Isaac 84
MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH81

MT ZION METHODIST 15

MT ZION BAPTIST 59

MT. ZION 61
MT. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH77

NEGRO FREE MASONRY 78

NELSON,Lorenzo 93

NELSON,Phoebe Pegg 10

NEMITZ,Art 85

NEW BETHEL BAPTIST 100

NEW BRUNSWICK 111
NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST 59

NEWS PALLADIUM 95

NEWSOME,Dr. Otis 21,109

NEWSOME,Marguerite 109

NEWTON,Rev. Jame s 59,60

NICODEMUS 111

NILES DAILY STAR 82

NILES PUBLIC LIBRARY 76

NOLDON,Betty 79

NORTONS,W.A. 47

NORTON,Willard A. 89

NOVA SCOTIA 111

OLD MILL FARM 73

OLIVET COLLEGE 84

ONTARIO, 111

OPPENHEIM STORE 67

OSBORN,Melvin 22
OSBORN,Charles , 4

OSBORN,Jefferson 4

OSBORN,Max S. 4
OTSEGO FALLS PAPER MILLS 11

OX CREEK VALLEY 95

PARADISE 12,22

PARADISE LAKE 31,35

PARADISE LAKE 92

PAULI,Hertha 47

kPAWATING HOSPITAL 75

PEARS,Speaker 73

PEAVEY,Rev. A. 73

PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY 61

PERCY JONES HOSP. 97

PETERS,Loren 14

PEURIFOY,John 75

PIERCE,Dr. Kennth C. 48

PITTSBURGH COURIER 79

POE,Kenneth 37

POE,Washington 37

POKAGON TOWN HALL 70
POKAGON ST.SEVENTH DAY ADV.59

POKAGON TOWNSHIP 73

POMPEY,Hazel 64

POMPEY,Homer 64

POMPEYS, 87

POPLAR HILL 44

POTAWATOMI INDIANS 81

PRINCE HALL LODGE 78

QUINN CHAPEL A.M.E. 32

QUINN,Bishop John 76

REEVES,Mr. 57

REMUS 23

RICHMAN,John 71

RICK-CONGRESS HOTEL 110

RICKMAN,John 72

RIDDLE,Beulah M. 92

RILEY,Earlena M. 83

RILEY,Rev. A.Z. 59,83

RIVERVIEW TAVERN 80

ROBBINS BROTHERS 97

ROBERTS, 10,87
ROBERTS,JACKSON TWP.HAM. CO.23

ROBERTS,Adelbert 21,84

ROBERTSON,John 5

ROBERTS,Senator 11

ROCKHAM BUILDING 87

ROMNEY,Gov. 32,67

ROMNEY,Gov. 76,102

ROMNEY,Sen. 20

ROUND OAK PLANT 46

ROXBOROUGH TAVERN 92

ROYAL, 78

RUDLEY,John 101

RUDY MANUFACTURING CO. 61

RUTHERFORD,Harley 44

RUTTER,Will 89

SALVATION ARMY 58

SANDERS,Esther 109

SANDERS,Mrs. Oscar 4

SANTMYER,Helen Hoover 46

SARNO,Pearl 88

SAUGATUCK 91

SAUNDERS, 3,4

SCOTT,William 34,78

SCOTT,William 89

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH 58

SEELEY MCCORD SCHOOL 98

SENGSTACKE,Eleanor 66

SENGSTACKE,John H. 65,79

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 15,47

SHAW,Robert Gould 5
SHECKLES,Marguerite Frost 47

SHERATON PARK HOTEL 65

SIMPSON,J.Cloyd 12

SINGER,Robert Jr. 78,80

SISSON, 70

SISTER MINNIE 60
SISTER LAKES PLAYHOUSE 88

SLAUGHTER,Art. 86

SMITH'S HOIST CO. 36

SMITH, Al 65

SMITH, George 6

SMITH, Mayor Wilbert 98,102

SMITH, Mr. 36

SMITH, Prof.T.V. 83

SMITH, T.V. 83

SORSBY, Earl 12

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE 15

SPANGLER,Earl 46

SPRINGSTEEN,Fanny 111

SQUIRES,Frank 32,35
ST AUGUSTINE'S EPISCOPAL 100
ST.JOSEPH VALLEY BANK 22
ST.PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH61

STANDARD OIL CO. 101

STATE FIRE MARSHALL 63

STEELE,Alvin 109

STEELE,Fred 12,73

STEININGER,Maggie 45
STEVENSON,Adiai

STEWARD,Joseph 73

STEWART,Carol 44

STEWART,Crawford 6,73

STEWART,Isaac P. 6

STEWART,Lucinda 6

STEWART,Montel1 9 0

STEWART,Rev. J.P. 93

STEWART,Richard 6

STEWARTS LANDING 43

STONE LAKE 31

STUDEBAKER CO 21

STUDEBAKER,Mr. 6

SUGGS,James D. 20
SUPREME LIBERTY LIFE INS. 15

SUTTON,Charles 44

SUTTON,Robert 44

SWAINSON,Gov. John 21,77

TANZER,H.A. 35

TARE,Eusom 3

TAYLOR,Dr. Harzel 96

THOMAS,Dr. Henry F. 91

THOMPSON CORNERS 44

TILDEN, 47

TOO,EY,Rev. Mathew 58

TRUMAN, 11

TYLER,H.B. 89

UNCLE TOM 63
.UNION MEMORIAL A.M.E CHURCH99

UN ITED MISSIONARY CHURCH 14

UNIVERSAL CASKET CO. 109

V-M CORPORATION 99

VANDERBURG,Lionel 111

VAN,Earl 65

VILLARD,Henry S. 75

VOLINIA BAPTIST CHURCH 45

WADE,H.Clyde 109

WADE,Harvey 3

WADE,Rosella 22

WAGNER,Floyd 11

WAGNER,Rep. 19,73

WALDEN,William 43

WALKER,Chet 101

WALSH,Pat 85

WANK,Eugene 88

WARNER,Dr. Robert M. 78

WARREN,Elder Mervyn 59

WARSHAWSKY,Meyer " 70

WASHINGTON,Booker T. 5,6

WASHINGTON,Booker T. 11,12

WASHINGTON,Booker T. 15,72

WASHINGTON,George 20,71

WASHINGTON,Val 12,37

WASHINGTON,Val 79

WATERS, 70

WATERS,James 70

WATERS,Nancy 70,71

WATSON,Rev. 14,99

WATSON,Rev.Samuel E. 13

WAYNE TOWNSHIP 73

WEATHERS POON,Dan 34,35

WEAVER,GRANT CO. IND. 23

WEBSTER,Norman 83

WELLER,Mayor 67

WESLEY,Charles H. 109

WESTFIELD,George 96

WHIRLPOOL PLANT 99,100

WHITELEY,Harry 6 7

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY 46,109
WILBERT DRAKE LODGE #50 78

WILBURN,Thomas 84

WILDER,Ray 104

WILKINS,Roy 65

WILLIAMS, 20

WILLIAMS,Gov. 81

WILLIAMS,Rev. Leonard 70

WILLIAMS,Rev.M.C. 81

WILSON,Charlene 66

WILSON,Dr. 37,109

WILSON,Rev. Charles E. 32
WITHERSPOON,Mrs. William 71

WITHERSPOON,William 78

WOODFORD, 78

WOODFORD BROTHERS 95

WOODFORD,Dr.H.E. 95,96

WOODFORD,Dr.J.T. 95

WOODSON,Carter G. 84

WOSTFIELD, 20

YENSER,Thomas 12

YOUNG,Brigham 6 6

ZARRY,George 47,69

ZARRY,George 73
ZOLLAR,Sen. Charles 20,104