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Wife Of Howard Boyd

George R. Nichols, firemen 1911

Dewey Rosell, fireman at No 2

Frank Neal obituary dated January 28, 1976. Frank Neal was the grandson of Polly Neal, the first Black resident of Vermilion county.

news article

Compiled timeline of the organization of black churches in Danville

1865 Allen Chapel African Episcopal Church Rev. Payne home of Wm. Bass Lemon St
1883 New Jerusalem later became Second Baptist
1906 Friendship Baptist 327 E. Harrison St. Rev.…

Copy of David Beeler obituary
Daily Democrat
November 18, 1904

From: Danville (Illinois) Commercial News, February 2, 1962

news article about a camp meeting being held by the AME church at the Fair Grounds coming to a close

Sarah Jane Mcdowell Obituary