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- Memories of Long Ago: Margaret V. Campbell Council
- The Way It Was: Calvin D. Terrell
- Black Women’s Suffrage Movement and Mary E. Dorsey
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- Lewis Funeral Home – In the Business of Caring
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Category Archives: Baptist
In Search for Descendants of Seminary (West End) in Alexandria, VA
I am working on a project that is in the West End of Alexandria, Virginia which includes Seminary area, Wood Place, Wood Lane, parts of King Street, parts of Braddock Road, Quaker Lane, Donaldson Corner and etc. I am looking … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist, Black People of Alexandria, Neighborhoods
Tagged Adams, Alexandria VA, Ashby, Blackburn, Braddock Rd, Campbell, Carpenter, Casey, Chambers, Craven, Croane, Crone Grant, Donaldson Corner, Dougals, Freeman, Hall, Henry, Jackson, Jarvin, Johnson, Jones, King Street, Lee, Lewis, Mackey, Mallory, McKnight, Miller, Nickens, Penn, Peters, Peterson, Pollard, Quaker Lane, Quander, Quivis, Randall, Rollins, Roy, Russ, Rust, Seminary, Shorts, Simms, Taylor, Terrell, Wanzer, Whiting, Williams, Wood Lane, Wood Place
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Rosa Harris-Jackson Armistead – First Female Preacher and Deaconess
Behind the scene of the Alexandria Gazette story on “The Life of Rosa Harris-Jackson Armistead,” dated March 15, 2018. About seven years ago, I was contacted by Terry Coles and his sister, Judy Coles-Bailey that their great-grandmother, Rosa Harris-Jackson Armistead … Continue reading
Reverend George W. Parker
In celebration of the end of the Civil War, this first blog will be on Reverend George W. Parker. He was the first documented pastor of “Third Baptist Church” in Alexandria, Virginia. Reverend George (Geo) W. Parker had many careers … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist, Churches
Tagged Black Teacher, Freedmen Bureau, Rev. Geo W Parker, Third Baptist Church
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Mount Jezreel Baptist Church 1908 Membership List
Washington (Wash) Jackson is back on the scene again; he was one of the founders of Mount Jezreel Church. In April 1890, several members of Shiloh Baptist Church, located at 1401 Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia, left and founded Mount. … Continue reading
Posted in Baptist, Churches
Tagged Alexandria Virginia, Black Baptist, Mount Jezreel Baptist Church
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