Biographical Data
Basic Identification
Gender: male
Ethnicity:
Immigration:
Attributed Race: black
Free or Enslaved: free
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1873/12/25
Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia
Mother:
Father:
1st Spouse: Margaret "Maggie" Butler Willis
2nd Spouse: unknown
Age Details
Age: 46
Age Group: adult (20-59)
Life Details
Occupation(s): president of business college; proprietor of drug store; traveling salesman; insurance agent
Last Church: Court Street Baptist Church
Military Service: none
Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Address:
Death
Death Date: 1920/07/19
Death Note: none
Place of Death: Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Cause of Death: acute indigestion
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1920/07/23
Funeral Home: unknown (S. J. Walson in NC)
Indigent?: unknown
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes
Section:
105.Z
Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker
Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown
Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker
Notes
Member of True Reformers
Others In Same Plot (T0114)
Obituary and Biographical Detials
1910 LCD:
– President of Mt. Chine Business College, 902 Fifth
– Proprietor of Mt. Chine Drug Store, 904 Fifth
-Residence 712 Harrison Street
[These business moved to Southern Aid Society Building sometime before 1920.]
1910 census: insurance agent
1920 census: traveling salesman of toilet goods (residence 712 Harrison Street with his wife and mother-in-law)