LANGSTON, John Mercer

1829 - 1897  (67 years)

• Name	LANGSTON, John Mercer  [1]
  Born	14 Dec 1829	Louisa County, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _AMTID	210176772922:1030:119496207
  _UID	DE1AA2542CB94507A4E4D918A963998DCAF0
  Died	15 Nov 1897	District of Columbia   [4, 5]
  Buried	District of Columbia
  Person ID	I2623	Treehouse Compendium
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	QUARLES, Capt. Ralph,   b. 1764, Spotsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1834, Louisa County, Virginia  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	LANGSTON, Lucy Jane,   b. 1780,   d. Oct 1834, Louisa County, Virginia  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WALL, Caroline "Carrie" M.,   b. 1833, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Mar 1915, District of Columbia  (Age 82 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1854	Ohio   [6]
  Notes	Was counsel-general in Haiti from 1875-1883. [7]
  Children	1. LANGSTON, Arthur D.,   b. 3 Aug 1855, Ohio ,   d. 7 Apr 1908, St. Louis, Missouri  (Age 52 years)   2. LANGSTON, Ralph E.,   b. Abt 1857, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. LANGSTON, Nettie DeElla,   b. 17 Jun 1860, Ohio, United States ,   d. 27 Sep 1938, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States  (Age 78 years)   4. LANGSTON, Frank Mercer "Lamb",   b. Abt 1864, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. LANGSTON, Chinque,   d. Ohio
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S302] GEDCOM file imported on 18 February 2018. [S340] Negro in American history : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent, 155. [S432] King-Calnek, Judith E. "John Mercer Langston and the Shaping of African American Education in the Nineteenth Century." Education as Freedom. Lanham, 2009. 27-45, 31. [S360] John Mercer Langston Biographical Sketch. [S361] Deaths of the Day: John Mercer Langston. [S340] Negro in American history : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent, 159. [S333] Aristocrats of Color: the Black Elite, 1880-1920.