Born a slave in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1848. Came to Coulson and Billings, Montana in 1882. One of four Americans of African descent in Billings in 1882. Steward at the Midland Club and then the Billings Commercial Club. Lived next door to Horace Bivens family at 106 South 25th. Member of Wayman Chapel. Unmarried. Presented with a $500 bonus to visit Charleston again - A young upcoming dancer, Ginger Rogers, performed at the Babcock Theater as part of the event - See Clubmen Honor Aged Steward, Billings Gazette, May 16, 1926, p.1. Died in 1928 and is buried at Mountview Cemetery - See Pioneer Negro Resident Dies, Billings Gazette, October 26, 1928.
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Contributors
Parmly Billings Library
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 12,506,000 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 2941 x 2372 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 5.0.
Date Digitized
2007-04-02
Relation
See Clubmen Honor Aged Steward, Billings Gazette, May 16, 1926, p.1. See Pioneer Negro Resident Dies, Billings Gazette, October 26, 1928.
