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LANGSTON, Nettie DeElla

Female 1860 - 1938  (78 years)


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  • Name LANGSTON, Nettie DeElla  [1, 2, 3
    Born 17 Jun 1860  Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • grave marker has 1861 as birth year.
    Gender Female 
    _AMTID 210176772914:1030:119496207 
    _UID 11E350B684EF4F729420401FA4C38E194F31 
    Died 27 Sep 1938  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Cause: Congestive Heart Failure 
    Buried 30 Sep 1938  Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2622  Treehouse Compendium
    Last Modified 21 May 2017 

    Father LANGSTON, John Mercer,   b. 14 Dec 1829, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1897, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother WALL, Caroline "Carrie" M.,   b. 1833, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1915, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1854  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • Was counsel-general in Haiti from 1875-1883. [6]
    Family ID F853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family NAPIER, Hon. James Carroll,   b. 9 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1940, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1878  District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Notes 
    • They raised Carrye, daughter of Nettie's brother Frank.
    Children 
     1. NAPIER, Carye Cornelia Langston,   b. 1 Feb 1894, Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1918, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S159] Death Certificate.

    2. [S273] FamilySearch Family Tree.
      https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LZ5J-9FW/details

    3. [S302] GEDCOM file imported on 18 February 2018.

    4. [S438] Taylor, Rebecca S. "Obituary: Nettie Langston Napier." Chicago Defender [Chicago, IL] 8 Oct. 1938.

    5. [S340] Negro in American history : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent, 159.

    6. [S333] Aristocrats of Color: the Black Elite, 1880-1920.

    7. [S303] Profiles of African-Americans in Tennessee.

    8. [S331] James C. Napier.
      has 1878 as marriage year.

    9. [S334] African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1790-1930: elites and dilemmas, 222.

    10. [S337] Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003.
      Washington Post, 3 Oct 1878.

    11. [S346] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, 82.

    12. [S363] Golden Wedding of JC Napiers.

    13. [S364] JC Napier: Who Is He?.