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Minority Student Records at Oberlin College

Listings and statistics of Black former students and graduates of Oberlin College beginning in 1835.

"Catalogue and Record of Colored Students, 1862-1899," A-C

"Catalogue and Record of Colored Students, 1862-1899," A-C
Name Years of Attendance Division, Degree Hometown
Abbott, [George] Bannister 1876-77 prep. Troy, MO  
Adair, Benjamin F[rank] 1871-72, 73-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Aldridge, Benjamin Franklin 1871-78 prep. Brooklyn, NY  
Alexander, Alice [Leala?]
(Mrs. James Davis)
1869-70, 72-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Alexander, Emma Vincent 1875-76 prep. Grand Haven, MI  
Alexander, Fannie Eugenia
(Mrs. Robert A. Sampson)
1889-92 lit.
L.B. 1892
Helena, AR  
Alexander, Glenn A. 1871-72 prep., cons. Helena, AR  
Alexander, James M. 1867-68 prep. Helena, AR  
Alexander, John William Hanks 1880-82
1882-83
prep.
coll.
Helena, AR  
Alexander, Rachel 1862-64 lit. Oberlin, OH  
Alexander, Titus Nathaniel 1889-91 prep. Helena, AR  
Allen, Thomas Wilbur 1889-91 prep. Talladega, AL  
Anderson, Esther 1871-72 cons. Augusta, GA  
Anderson, Laurin Cecil 1881-83 sem. Austin, TX  
Anderson, Matthew 1867-68
1868-70, 71-74
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1874
A.M. 1877
Greenville, TN  
Archer, Thomas Jefferson 1876-77, 78-79
[here winter of '77]
prep. Cardington, OH  
Army, Alfred Forest 1872-73, 74-76 prep. Chicago, IL  
Badies, Lorenzo Thomas 1875-77 prep. Gambier, OH  
Bagby, Benjamin D. 1872-74 prep. Oxford, OH  
Bagby, Edwin R. 1872-74 prep. Oxford, OH  
Bagby, James D. 1874-76 prep. Oxford, OH  
Bagby, Robert Bruce 1867-70
1870-74
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1874
Oxford, OH  
Baker, Samuel Hezekiah 1892-93 acad. Plainville, CT  
Barker, Daisy Sara[h]
(Mrs. W.S. Thomas)
1896-99
1899-1900
cons.
su. cons.
Mansfield, OH  
Bass, James Walter 1884-86 prep. Princeton, IN  
Bates, John B. 1878-79 prep. Upper Alton, IL  
Beatty, Bertie 1880-82 prep. Zanesville, OH  
Bell, Augusta Clifton 1874-75, 78-82
1885-86
prep.
cons.
Henrietta, OH  
Bell, Eura Mitchell 1878-80, 81-82 prep. Henrietta, OH  
Bell, Georgia Temple
(Mrs. Joseph L. Allen)
1881-83
1883-88
1889-91, 1902-03
prep.
lit.
cons.
Lit. 1888
Oberlin, OH  
Bell, Mary Caroline
(Mrs. James M. Kelley)
1867-68, 71-74 prep. Henrietta, OH  
Bell, Nancy Indiana
(Mrs. Moses Peabody)
1867-68, [1871-72] prep. Henrietta, OH  
Bell, Thomas Edward 1870-71, 79-80 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Benchley, Williana H. 1873-75
1875-78
prep., cons.
lit., cons.
Houston, TX  
Berry, James Pinkney 1880-84 prep. Sydney, NE  
Beverly, Samantha Jane 1877-78 prep. Port Gibson, MS  
Bidden, Wade James 1894-95 acad. Holly Grove, AR  
Binford, Hayden 1882-85 prep. Smithfield, VA  
Binford, Jason Dilbird 1884-85 prep. Smithfield, VA  
Birnie, Charles Wainwright 1891-92 prep. Charleston, SC  
Black, Charles W. 1873-77 prep. Reynoldsburg, OH  
Blair, Maggie [Margaret]
(Mrs. John Bates)
1878-80, 81-83 prep. Edwardsville, IL  
Bodie, Flavia Willetta 1894-99
1900-01
acad.
art
Cleveland, OH  
Bond, Anna 1874-75 prep. Springfield, TN  
Bond, James 1892-95 sem.
Sem. 1895
Williamsburg, KY  
Bonner, George M. 1870-73 prep. Troy, NY  
Bookram, Alice Lavania
(Mrs. Daniel W. Shaw)
1887-88 prep. Oberlin,OH  
Bookram, Martha Helen
(Mrs. Charles Grant)
1887-90
1891-92
prep.
lit.
Oberlin, OH  
Bookram, Mary Ella
(Mrs. Sandy W. Stevens)
1889-90 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Borican, Charles Henry 1886-90
1890-94
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1894
Millville, NJ  
Boston, Henry William 1883-85 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Boswell, Cyrus B. 1874-76 prep. New Hope, VA  
Bourgeois, Zxlema Mary
(Mrs. Willoughby B. Young)
1879-83 prep., cons. Hanville, LA  
Bowles, William O. 1873-74 prep. Xenia, OH  
Bowman, Rachel Lucinda 1874-76 prep. Massillon, OH  
Bows, Shadrach B. 1866-67, 69-72, 73-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Bowser, Anna M.
(Mrs. John C. Branche)
1875-76 prep. Kansas City, MO  
Bradford, Elizabeth Amelia
(Mrs. E.A. Lankford)
1876-80 prep., lit. Port Gibson, MS  
Bradley, Henry William 1885-89 prep. Brooklyn, NY  
Bradley, Rosa P. 1869-71 prep. Cleveland, OH  
Bragg, William Eugene 1876-78 prep. Troy, MO  
Braxton, Sarah Ann 1886-87
1887-89
prep.
coll.
Boonville, MO  
Brooks, Edward 1867-69, 71-74, 75-76 prep. Quaker Bottom, OH  
Brooks, Laura Curry
(Mrs. J.B. Manson)
1874-76 prep. Knoxville, TN  
Brooks, Maud Rebekah
(Mrs. John A. Cotton)
1890-92, 93-96 cons.
Cons. 1896
Knoxville, TN  
Brown, Ada E. 1865-66
1866-67
prep.
lit.
Memphis, TN  
Brown, Augustus 1867-70 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Brown, John W. 1873-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Brown, Olive Louise 1887-90
1890-91
prep.
cons.
St. Augustine, FL  
Brown, Sterling Nelson 1886-88 sem.
Sem. 1888
Cleveland, OH  
Browne, Jane Alice
(Mrs. James Bond)
1887-88
1888-89
1889-93
lit.
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1893
Washington, D.C.  
Bruce, Theophilus Karleton 1882-85 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Bryant, Francis Marion 1887-90 prep. Limerick, OH  
Buchanan, Julia
(Mrs. Richard M. Fowler)
1881-82 prep. Philadelphia, PA  
Burnett, Carrie Anna
(Mrs. Henry Ellis)
1882-86
1886-89
prep.
coll.
Ph.B. 1889
Oberlin, OH  
Burnett, Charles J. 1870-71 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Burnett, Clara
(Mrs. William R. Hardy)
1885-87
1887-91
prep.
lit., cons.
Oberlin, OH  
Burnett, Ella Jane
(Mrs. Spencer H. Harris)
1866-69, 71-72 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Burnett, Mary J.
(Mrs. Warren D. Chambers)
1861-62 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Burnett, Mary Morris
(Mrs. William H. H. Talbert)
1883-86 lit.
L.B. 1886
Oberlin, OH  
Burrell, Alexander A. 1872-73 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Cabell, William Clifford 1885-86 prep. Piney Grove, WV  
Cage, Agnes Rebecca 1891-92 prep. Houma, LA  
Calaway, Robert H. 1873-79 prep. Ironton, OH  
Calhoun, Arthur 1887-91
1897-99
cons. Chattanooga, TN
Campbell, Mary F.
(Mrs. James H. Washington)
1871-73 prep., cons. Galveston, TX  
Campton, Jennie 1865-66
1866-67
prep.
lit.
Oberlin, OH  
Cardozo, De Reef 1877-78 prep., cons. Columbia, SC  
Cardozo, Isaac U. 1871-73 prep. Columbia, SC  
Carey, Morgan 1865-66 prep. Middleburg, OH  
Carr, Maurice Elwood 1898-99 acad. Portsmouth, OH  
Carter, David William 1874-76 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Carter, Grace 1868-69 prep. New York, NY  
Carter, Judith Ann
(Mrs. Daniel G. Horton)
1884-87
1887-91
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1891
St. Louis, MO  
Chambers, William Sanford 1893-94 art Oberlin, OH  
Chambers, Willie May
(Mrs. Charles H. Glenn)
1889-91
1890-93, 97-98
lit.
cons.
Oberlin, OH  
Champ, Mary Lewis
(Mrs. J.E. Campbell)
1887-89
1890-91
lit.
art
L.B. 1890
Wheeling, WV  
Champ, Mary Luella 1891-92 prep. Harrisville, OH  
Chancellor, Richard Randolph 1887-88 prep. Chillicothe, OH  
Chandler, George Thomas 1876-80 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Chapman, Mary Mertis 1882-83, 84-86
1884-86
1885-86
prep.
cons.
art.
Paris, KY  
Chappell, Charles McIlvaine 1895-96 acad. Eden, NY  
Childers, Lulu Vere 1890-96 cons.
Cons. 1896
Mus.B. 1906
Howell, MI  
Church, Mary Eliza
(Mrs. Robert H. Terrell)
1879-80
1880-84
1884-85
prep.
coll.
cons.
A.B. 1884
A.M. 1888
New York City, NY  
Church, Thomas Ayres 1881-84 prep. Memphis, TN  
Claxton, Julia M. 1873-75 prep. Fairview, ID  
Clemmer, Elijah P. 1870-74
1874-75
prep.
coll.
Tampico, OH  
Clifton, Christopher Columbus 1886-87 prep. Huntsville, AL  
Cole, James Henry 1870-74 prep. Fulton, MO  
Coleman, Walter 1867-68, 71-75 prep. Joliet, IL  
Collins, Samuel J. 1865-68 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Cook, John Hartwell 1884-87 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Cook, Lucinda 1876-77 prep. Detroit, MI  
Cook, Sarah Candaetta 1877-78
[here in 76]
prep. Detroit, MI  
Cook, William Mercer 1884-88 cons. Washington, D.C.  
Cooper, Mrs. Anna Julia
(Mrs. G.A.C. Cooper)
1881-84 coll.
A.B. 1884
A.M. 1888
Raleigh, NC  
Cooper, Mary E. 1862-64 prep. Columbus, OH  
Copeland, Lottie
(Mrs. Henry Beatty)
1893-94
1894-96
art
acad.
Oberlin, OH  
Copeland, Mary Jane 1867-72 prep. Russia, OH  
Copes, Martha Ellen
(Mrs. Robert M. Pulley)
1882-84 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Copes, Nancy Eudora
(Mrs. Theodore M. Nixon)
1892-94 acad. Oberlin, OH  
Cowan, Bertha Augusta
(Mrs. John Robinson)
1885-88 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Cowan, Sarah R.
(Mrs. Lithecomb)
1869-71 prep. Oberlin, OH
Cox, Mary Eliza 1872-73, 75-76,80-83 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Crittenden, William Bentley 1886-90
1890-91
coll.
cons.
A.B. 1890
West Medford, MA  
Croghn, Fannie 1881-85 prep. Louisville, KY  
Cross, Clarence Caswell 1888-90
1890-94
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1894
Macon City, MO  
Cross, Cornie 1888-90
1890-93
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1893
Macon City, MO  
Crummell, Frances A. 1863-66 prep. Monrovia, Africa