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Alexandria African Americans World War I Draft Registrations – Part 4: “E-F”

James Oliver’s World War I Draft Registration

The list below are the African American Alexandrians with the “E – F” surnames.

Early, Julian Clay – born December 30, 1885
Ellis, Wade – born August 16, 1895
Elmore, John – born April 2, 1899
Epps, Hany – born October 3, 1891
Epps, Walter – born August 2, 1900
Evans, Phillip Clay – born April 7, 1887
Evans, Thomas – born January 15, 1889
Evans, William – born November 30, 1889
Evans, York – born June 15, 1899
Ewell, Charles Henry – born October 12, 1880
Ewell, Henry – born January 19, 1876
Ewell, John – born September 4, 1880
Fairfax, Harvey – born April 8, 1890
Farmer, Alyosius John – born April 16, 1880
Farmer, Emory – born September 1, 1884
Faucett, Irvine – born May 15, 1890
Fawcett, Thomas H – born August 7, 1895
Felton, Perry Randolph Jr – born December 13, 1896
Ferguson, Guy W – born April 24, 1894
Fields, Ira Ellsworth – born May 2, 1885
Fields, Joseph – born March 11, 1887
Fisher, Morris – born February 2, 1897
Fisher, Wilbur – born August 15, 1879
Fitzhugh, Richard Clayton – born in 1897
Flemming, Lawrence – born April 27, 1888
Fletcher, James Richard – born April 22, 1875
Fletcher, Roy – born July 4, 1888
Ford, Arthur – born May 1, 1891
Ford, Daniel Martin – born April 18, 1875
Ford, Edward Bell – born October 11, 1882
Ford, Frank – born April 17, 1885
Ford, John – born May 25, 1885
Ford, John Henry – born October 31, 1876
Ford, Joseph – born April 13, 1873
Ford, Thomas Edward – born December 20, 1898
Fortune, Isaiah – born December 25, 1888
Fortune, James Oliver – born May 25, 1885
Foster, Henry Theophilus – born January 5, 1885
Fountain, Percy – born June 9, 1884
Fox, Ernest – born in 1889
Francis, George Washington, Jr – born June 3, 1899
Frasier, Clarence – born July 5, 1895
Frazier, Clarence Leslie – born June 1, 1890
Frazier, Rozier Julian – born September 28, 1884
Friend, Thomas William – born March 23, 1872
Frye, Archie Thomas – born March 2, 1887
Fultz, Lewis – born December 22, 1876

Vote Now! – Deadline to Vote is August 6, 2012

 

Artist #1 – Mario Chiodo

Three sculpture artists have bidded for the assignment of designing a sculpture for the Freedmen Cemetery. Please view the three artists and vote.

The three Artists finalist are: Mario Chiodo, Oakland, CA; Edward Dwight, Denver, Colorado; and Erik Blome, Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Artist #2 – Edward Dwight

 

 

 

 

You must let your preference known by August 6 to the committee. The public committee will consider all the comments in making the final choice. The winner for the sculptor will be announced in September.

Artist #3 – Erik Blome

Please send your vote to all three e-mail addresses below. Select one of the three artists above.  Thanks!

Cheryl Anne Colton,
Acting Deputy Director
CherylAnne.Colton@alexandriava.gov or
aca@alexandriava.gov

In addition, to:

Dr. Pamela Cressey
Office of Historic Alexandria/Alexandria Archaeology
Pamela.Cressey@alexandriava.gov

Be A Part of the Vote – Alexandria Freedmen Cemetery

Gas Station at South Washington and Church Street
(1001 South Washington Street)

As a child, I remember the Gas Station at the corner of South Washington and Church Street. Unknown to me and many others, that a Cemetery exists under that Gas Station. Today, the Gas Station is no longer there and the City of Alexandria now owns the property. In recognizing the many African Americans that were buried in the Freedmen Cemetery during the Civil War through 1868, the City is planning a Memorial Cemetery.

I hope like me, you would want to be a part of this unique event in history. The City is in its final stages of getting an artist to design the sculpture that will be placed at the Memorial Cemetery site. The three finalists for the bronze sculptures have submitted their models to be voted on; please do not miss this opportunity.

You can view the three model sculptures at the Durant Center:

Dr. Oswald Durant Memorial Center
1605 Cameron Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-746-5560

You must let your preference known by August 6 to the committee. The public committee will consider all the comments in making the final choice. The winner for the sculptor will be announced in September.

Archaeology has been working on the Freedmen’s Cemetery since 1987. Viewing the various sculpture models and providing your input would be the final stage in the design of the Memorial—now under construction at 1001 S. Washington Street. I hope you will be able to view the models and express your opinion!

Web site discussing the competition guidelines and the three finalists:
http://alexandriava.gov/recreation/freedmens/default.aspx?id=28066

Web site discussing the exhibit of the models:
http://www.alexandriagazette.com/news/2012/jul/11/freedmens-cemetery-statue-proposals-display/

For additional information, please contact Dr. Pamela J. Cressey at www.Pamela.Cressey@alexandriava.gov.

 

1948 Parker-Gray High School Teachers and Graduating Class

1948 Alexandria, VA Teacher’s List

The Parker-Gray High School year of 1947 – 1948 had one principal and twenty-four teachers.

William H. Pitts, Sr. – Principal
Mary Tunstall Adams – Social Studies
A.W. Adkins – English, Math
Susie E. Anderson – English, Biology
Arthur W. Bracey – Shop
Janie R. Browne – Third, Fourth
Edith W. Casey – English
Flora W. Chase – Typing, Shorthand
Helen L. Day – Seventh Grade
Laura M. Dorsey – Fourth Grade
Thelma M. Dorsey – Second Grade
Lauretta H. Hall – Art, Social Studies
Ferris Holland – Science
Earleen L. Hughes – English, French
Louis R. W. Johnson – Physical Education
Rubye Johnson – Physical Education
Dorothy P. Key – Librarian
Alma P. Murray – First Grade
Edward L. Patterson – Music
Bernice J. Perry – Seventh Grade
Julia E. Pritchett – Seventh Grade
Lucile Smith – Third Grade
Mabel Lee Smith – Math, Science
Ruby E. Smith – Home Economics
Geraldine Stevenson – Seventh Grade

There was forty-three students in the Class of 1948.

Carmeen Powell Adams
Aaron Anderson
Claudine Evans Belk
Samuel Brice
Edward Bumbroy
Robert Burless
Katherine Lomax Daniels
Willie Daniels
Barbara Scott Diggs
Doris Jennings Duncan
Alma Horn Gayton
Margaret Shepherd Grimes
Theresa Bentley Hamilton
Carrir McCollugh Hanson
John Harris
Valeria Stanton Henderson
John Herring
Ralph Holland
Christine Howard
Neal Jackson
William Jackson
Herman Lewis
Joseph(us) Lovelace
Lula Martin
Shirley Miller
Francis McGee
Herbert McGreer
Kolan Newman
Jean Butler Patton
Louis Gaskins Pope
Nellie Brooks Quander
Janet Slaughter Revis
Herbert Spears
Suzanne Gaskins Stein
Phyllis Roy Tate
Clayton Thompson
Thomas Turner
Bernice William Vaughn
Clifton Wanzer
Lloyd Wanzer
Carton Willis
Georgia Hollinger Wilson
Henry Wilson