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Rev. O. Weary a one-time pastor of Second Missionary
Baptist Church in Mattoon, Illinois.
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Bishop Alexander Walker Wayman of the AME Church
with members of Tuscola, IL AME Church at the dedication of the
Church on June 23, 1873. Tuscola in the years before 1858 was Coles
County, IL.
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Bishop Alexander Walker Wayman 1821-1895. Born
a free man in Caroline County, MD and named Bishop of African Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1864.
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Mrs. Juanita (Estell) Williams and Mr. Edward Williams,
Deacon and Deaconess, Second Missionary Baptist Church, Mattoon,
IL.
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Pastor-Elder Wilfford Stevenson and Sister Lanett
Stevenson of Charleston with their Grandchildren.
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The Choir of New Foundation/St. Timothy Church
of God in Christ in Charleston, IL.
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Patricia Robert Harris, a Native of Mattoon, IL.
She was the first African American woman to hold a U.S. ambassadorial
position when she was named U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg by President
Lyndon Johnson in 1956.
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Delia Brown, a young black girl was born in 1872
in Ohio and came to Oakland, IL around 1884. She grew up in Dr.
Hiram Rutherford's home. She is the lone black girl in the school
picture.
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Joe Haddock in front of Dr. Hiram Rutherford's
house, c. 1890's.
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Joe Haddock in his cowboy clothes. He came to Oakland,
IL as a child in company of horse traders at the age of ten. He
was deserted and the Rutherford children brought him home to give
him clothes and food. He grew up in the household and worked for
the local telephone company.
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The first grade class of 1907, at North School
in Mattoon, IL with their teacher Miss Katrine Morgan, who later
became Lincoln School's Principal. Note and unidentified black girl
in the center of the picture.
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Picture of Patricia Roberts Harris of Mattoon,
IL on a United Postal Service Black Heritage Stamp Series. The stamp
was issued in 2000.
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Mrs. Hattie Mae Smith, a Mattoon native.
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Mr. Ralph E. Smith, Sr. and Mrs. Ruby Francis Smith
at Mr. Smith's retirement party May 20, 1978.
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Mrs. Ruby Francis Smith and Mr. Ralph E. Smith,
Sr., both of Mattoon, IL.
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