Basic Identification
Gender: male
Ethnicity:
Immigration:
Attributed Race: black
Free or Enslaved: enslaved
Birth & Family
Birth Date: c.1826/00/00
Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: unknown
Father: unknown
1st Spouse: Sarah A. Kelso
2nd Spouse: male
Age Details
Age: 54
Age Group: adult (20-59)
Life Details
Occupation(s): laborer; school teacher; U.S. mail agent; politician
Last Church: unknown
Military Service:
Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Address: Eighth Street, corner Taylor Street
Death
Death Date: 1880/12/04
Death Note: none
Place of Death: home
Cause of Death: heart disease
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1880/12/00
Funeral Home: NOT DIUGUID
Diuguid ID Number:
Indigent?:
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: none
Section: unknown
Confirmation Source for Location:
Grave Marker Erector(s):
Confirmation Source for Interment: UNCONFIRMED
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Obituary and Biographical Detials
Represented Lynchburg and Campbell County in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868 (“Black and Tan Convention”; “Underwood Constitution”)
Address comes from 1875-1876 LCD
Wife was blind according to 1880 census
Middle initial may have stood for “Freeman,” since his nephew (Allen’s son) was named Samuel Freeman Kelso (see marriage certificate)