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Black 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," D-L

"Catalogue and Record of Colored Students, 1862-1899," D-L
Name Years of Attendance Division, Degree Hometown
Dabney, Wendell Phillips 1884-86 prep. Richmond, VA  
D'Anglas, Addeline 1864-65 prep. Oberlin, OH  
D'Anglas, Etienne Honorine 1864-65 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Darnes, Mary Ann 1862-65 lit. Cincinnati, OH  
Davis, George Washington 1882-84 prep. Baxter Springs, KS  
Dawley, William Henry, Jr. 1891-92
1892-95
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1895
Washington, D.C.  
Dawson, Henry C. 1872-73 prep. Richmond, VA  
De Berry, William Nelson 1896-99 sem.
D.B. 1899
Nashville, TN  
De France, Ida Aisla 1888-89, 91-92 prep. Oberlin, OH  
De France, Mary 1892-93 cons. New Orleans, LA  
De France, Quincy 1897-98 acad. Oberlin, OH  
Derry, John Wesley 1889-93
1893-94
acad.
coll.
Baltimore, MD  
Dever, Leopold Amerigo 1896-98 acad. Bassaterre, West Indies  
Dickens, Charles Warren 1876-79 prep. Memphis, TN  
Dickerson, Charles Hatfield 1885-86
1886-89
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1889
A.M. 1892
Sumter, SC  
Dickerson, Susie Ann 1877-79 prep. Friar's Point, MS  
Dillard, Henry Winston 1876-79, 80-81 prep. Wabaunsee, KS  
Dillon, Frank Joseph 1887-89 prep., art Mount Holly, NJ  
Dolsey, Daniel 1875-76 prep. Baton Rouge, LA  
Dugas, Edward Mitchell 1888-90 prep. Augusta, GA  
Duncan, Robert R. 1871-73 prep. Montgomery, AL  
Dunstan, Richard H. 1873-75 prep. South Salem, OH  
Dyson, Eva 1891-92
1892-93
prep.
coll.
Paris, IL  
Ellis, James 1873-74 prep. Portland, WI  
Epps, William W. 1873-77 prep. Tampico, OH  
Evans, Anna Jane
(Mrs. Daniel Murray)
1874-75 lit. Oberlin, OH  
Evans, Julia
(Mrs. Murrell)
1865-66 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Evans, Julia Anna
(Mrs. James W[illiam] Johnson)
1877-80 lit.
Lit. 1880
Oberlin, OH  
Evans, Lila 1868-70 lit. Oberlin, OH  
Evans, Matthew [Leary] 1867-68 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Evans, Mathilda Arabelle 1887-88, 89-91 prep. Aiken, SC  
Evans, Rosa Sarah
(Mrs. O. W. Parrott)
1867-70 lit.
Lit. 1870
Oberlin, OH  
Evans, Sarah Jane
(Mrs. Thomas S. Inborden)
1876-77
1886-90
1890-91
cons.
lit.
art
L.B. 1890
Oberlin, OH  
Farmer, Susan 1877-78 prep. East Rockport, OH  
Ferguson, Andrew Savoy 1883-85 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Fisher, David Crockett 1871-77 prep. Romney, WV  
Fisher, James F[rancis] 1864-65 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Fleet, Genevieve Ida
(Mrs. Richard T. Greener)
1865-67 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Flowers, Thomas Frank 1874-76 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Foster, James Moore Fanleroy 1878-82 prep. Greencastle, PA  
Fredricks, Fannie L. 1871-73 prep. St. Louis, MO  
Freeman, Clara P. 1863-68 prep. Pittsfield, MA  
Gaillard, Eugenia Chisholm 1881-85 lit. Charleston, SC  
Gandy, John Manuel 1892-94 acad. Hanson, IN  
Gant, John 1891-95 acad. Saluda, IN  
Gant, Nelson Talbot, Jr. 1880-85
1885-89
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1889
Zanesville, OH  
Gant, Sadie 1869-71 prep., cons. Zanesville, OH  
Gardner, Emmeline
(Mrs. C.R. Hopkins)
1867-69 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Garey, Maggie E.
(Mrs. S. Bruce)
1866-67 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Garnett, James Henry 1875-79
1879-83
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1883
A.M. 1887
Oberlin, OH  
Gaskins, William Francis 1871-73 prep. Mt. Pleasant, OH  
Gatewood, Ida Lizzie
(Mrs. Brenton T. Perkins)
1890-92 prep. Springfield, MO  
Gayters, Margaret
(Mrs. William F. Robinson)
1890-91 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Generals, Ida James
(Mrs. Walker G. Wood)
1887-91 lit., cons.
L.B. 1891
Atchison, KS  
Gibbs, Donald Francis 1875-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Gibbs, Harriette Aletha
(Mrs. Napoleon Marshall)
1880-82, 84-85
1885-89
1889-90, 92-93
cons.
cons., prep.
cons.
Cons. 1889
Mus. B. 1906
Oberlin, OH  
Gibbs, Horace Edward 1879-82 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Gibbs, Ida Alexander
(Mrs. William H. Hunt)
1872-76
1879-80
1880-84
1884-85
cons.
prep.
coll.
cons.
A.B. 1884, A.M. 1892
Oberlin, OH  
Gibbs, Thomas V. 1874-75 prep. Tallahassee, FL  
Gibson, Angia B. 1863-65 prep. Syracuse, NY  
Gillespie, Emma Adelaide 1876-77 prep. Milwaukee, WI  
Glass, Irwin 1876-77 prep. Texarkana, AR  
Glass, Mitchell 1876-77 prep. Texarkana, AR  
Gleed, Andrew Fulton 1886-87 prep. Lawrence, KS  
Glenn, Ella Maria
(Mrs. James H. Guy)
1877-78
1878-80
prep.
coll.
Oberlin, OH  
Glenn, Herbert Theodore 1890-91 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Gloucester, Adelaide
(Mrs. H.E. Rice)
1865-66
1866-70
prep.
lit.
Lit. 1870
Brooklyn, NY  
Gloucester, Eloise H. 1865-66
1866-70
prep.
Lit. 1870
Brooklyn, NY  
Gloucester, James M. 1867-69 prep. Brooklyn, NY  
Grant, Samuel A. 1869-75 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Gray, Henry Clay 1883-86 sem.
Sem. 1886
Mt. Pleasant, TX  
Gray, William 1872-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Green, Alfred Louis 1893-94 acad. Gunnison, MS  
Green, Georgiana 1880-81 prep., cons. Huntsville, TX  
Griffin, Capitola
(Mrs. Horace Gibbs)
1889-90 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Griffing, Douglass Carr 1866-69
1869-73
prep.
coll.
Rodney, MS  
Grinnage, Anna Eliza 1882-84 prep. Shirland, PA  
Gunner, Byron 1889-90 coll., theol. New Iberia, LA  
Guy, Daniel Merritt 1875-77 prep. Zanesville, OH  
Guy, Mattie Ellen
(Mrs. Theodore W. Lott)
1875-77 lit. Harmer, OH  
Hall, Emma 1880-81 prep. Shreveport, LA  
Hall, Preston Henry 1877-82 prep. Charlotte, NC  
Hamilton, Antoinette Adelia 1882-84 lit. Bellevue, OH  
Hancock, Hugh B. 1872-73 prep. Austin, TX  
Harris, Charles Oscar 1868-70 prep. Montgomery, AL  
Harris, Eugene 1887-90 sem.
Sem. 1890
Nashville, TN  
Harris, Frankie E.
(Mrs. George T. Wassom)
1865-66
1866-70
prep.
lit.
L.B. 1870
Monroe, MI  
Harris, Laura F. 1866-69 prep. Nashville, TN  
Harris, Lizzie Elenora
(Mrs. James E. O'Hara)
1864-66
1866-68
prep.
lit.
Monroe, MI  
Harris, Mary Ella
(Mrs. Robert Harris)
1881-82
1882-85
prep.
lit.
Fayette, NC  
Harris, Pierce Benjamin 1878-81 prep. Newberry, SC  
Harrison, Lawrence Otis 1896-98 acad. Norfolk, VA  
Harrison, William Edward 1875-77
1877-79
prep.
coll.
Van Couvers Island, B.C.  
Hawkins, James R. 1873-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Hayes, Gregory Willis 1881-84, 84-88 coll.
A.B. 1888
Richmond, VA  
Hayson, Spencer Melbern 1886-87 cons. Washington, D.C.  
Hayson, Walter Bowie 1887-88
1888-93
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1893
Oberlin, OH  
Hazeley, Theodore Boston 1897-98 acad. Philadelphia, PA  
Henderson, Ella Tilford 1889-90 cons. Lexington, KY  
Henderson, James Edward 1875-77 prep. Nashville, TN  
Henderson, James Monroe 1875-77
1877-81
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1881
A.M. 1885
Evansville, IN  
Henderson, Robert C. 1871-73, 74-75
1875-79
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1879
Zanesville, OH  
Henson, Elizabeth
(Mrs. J.M. Viets)
1862-66, 1868-69 prep. Philadelphia, PA  
Hickerson, Sarah 1874-75 prep. Dayton, OH  
Higgins, Cora Elizabeth
(Mrs. Joseph H. Sims)
(Mrs. Richardson)
1891-93 cons. Cleveland, OH  
Higgins, Sarah 1877-81 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Highwarden, William H. 1875-76
[here Fall '74]
prep. Columbus, OH  
Hill, Frank P. 1874-76 prep. Jackson, MS  
Hill, George H. 1871-74, 76-77 prep. Vinton, OH  
Hill, George Washington 1890-93
1893-97
acad.
coll.
A.B. 1897
Tip Top, SC  
Hill, Henry (Harry) Alexander 1873-76 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Hill, Johnson Washington 1889-90 sem. Guns Hill, VA  
Hilton, William Hanson 1877-81 prep. Monongahela, PA  
Hodge, William Henry 1872-75 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Holland, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Frances 1875-76
1877-79
prep.
lit.
Chicago, IL  
Housen, Peter Clarence 1877-79 prep. Ironton, OH  
Houser, Clarkson Wilberforce 1877-78 lit. Winona, MN  
Houston, Cromwell 1882-83 prep. Newbern, VA  
Hubbard, Carrie Maude 1870-71, 73-74
1870-72
1874-76
prep.
cons.
lit.
Cincinnati, OH  
Hudnell, Bessie Pocohontas 1890-91 lit. Washington, D.C.  
Huffman, William Grant 1889-91, 92-93 acad. Cleveland, OH  
Hunter, John Edward 1882-87 prep. Cincinnati, OH  
Imes, Benjamin Albert 1871-73
1873-77
1878-81
prep.
coll.
sem.
A.B. 1877
Sem. 1881
Van Wert, PA  
Imes, Caroline
(Mrs. Peter Johnson)
1871-74 prep. Benzonia, MI  
Imes, Esau (Himes) 1870-73 prep. Joyfield, MI  
Inborden, Thomas Sewell 1883-88 prep. Upperville, VA  
Inge, Hutchins 1876-77 prep. Danville, VA  
  1877-79 coll.    
Ison, Harrison 1875-76 prep. Massillon, OH  
Jackson, Betsey A.
(Mrs. T.K. White)
1873-75 prep. Pittsburg, OH  
Jackson, Blyford B. 1894-98 acad. Lexington, KY  
Jackson, George Richard 1885-86
1886-90
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1890
Oberlin, OH  
Jackson, John Charles Fremont 1877-78
1878-82
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1882
A.M. 1886
Oberlin, OH  
Jackson, Joseph James 1873-75, 76-79 prep. Mason, MI  
Jackson, Martha Rebecca 1873-76 lit.
L.B. 1876
Oberlin, OH  
Jackson, William Montgomery 1868-72
1872-73
prep.
coll.
Oberlin, OH  
James, Susie Elvina
(Mrs. H[ugh] B. Hancock)
1876-78
1877-78
prep.
cons.
Austin, TX  
Jarvis, George W. 1863-65 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Jarvis, Herbert Irving 1892-93 acad. Oberlin, OH  
Jarvis, Lillian May
(Mrs. T.R. Debnam)
1898-99 cons. Boonville, NC  
Jarvis, Mary F. 1863-70 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Jarvis, Susan A. 1863-66 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Jelks, Mary Magdalene
(Mrs. George Glenn)
1892-93 prep. Lamont, MS  
Jennings, Wiley Lorenzo 1882-83, 90-91 prep. Berea, KY  
Johnson, C.H. 1878-79 [here winter '77] prep. Chicago, IL  
Johnson, Charles H. 1871-74 prep. Nashville, TN  
Johnson, Clara Belle
(Mrs. A.J. True)
1876-77 cons., prep. Port Clinton, OH  
Johnson, Corrie N.
(Mrs. Frank C. Percival)
1889-90
1890-92
prep.
coll.
Oberlin, OH  
Johnson, James William 1875-79 prep. Washington, OH  
Johnson, Leslie Ellis 1877-79 prep. Chicago, IL  
Johnson, Mary Eliza 1886-89 prep. Baxter Springs, KS  
Johnson, William Joseph 1870-72
1872-73
prep.
coll.
Boston, MA  
Jones, Anna Holland 1872-75 lit.
Lit. 1875
A.M. hon. 1892
Ph. B. 1893
Oberlin, OH  
Jones, Charles Brougham 1876-77 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Jones, Frank C. 1874-75 prep. Monroeville, OH  
Jones, Sarah Mildred 1865-66
1866-70
prep.
lit.
L.B. 1870
Palmyra, MO  
Jones, Sidney Franklin 1875-76 prep. Frankfort, OH  
Jones, Walter Raleigh 1867-68
1868-70
prep.
coll.
Charleston, SC  
Jones, William P. 1873-74 prep. Fulton, TN  
Jordan, James Fenton 1895-97 acad. Angelica, NY  
Jordan, Lafayette C. 1874-75 prep. Little Rock, AR  
Jordan, Sally (Sallie) Constance
(Mrs. John L. Love)
1886-89 prep. Kansas City, MO  
Jordon, Belle J. 1869-70, 73-74 prep. Greencastle, IN  
Kimbrough, Andrew Jones 1875-76 prep. Indianapolis, IN  
Lacey, Moses Ross 1893-94
1894-96
acad.
coll.
Lexington, KY  
Lane, Virgil D. 1873-74 prep. Holly Springs, MS  
Langford, Robert J. 1872-73 prep. West Elkton, OH  
Langston, Arthur Desaline 1872-73
[1872]
1873-77
prep.
[su.]
coll.
A.B. 1877
A.M. 1886
Washington, D.C.  
Langston, Frank Mercer 1879-81 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Langston, Nettie DeElla
(Mrs. James C. Napier)
1876-78 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Langston, Ralph Eugene 1872-73 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Lanier, William Henry 1882-83 prep. Selma, AL  
Lawther, Frank H. 1871-73 prep. Fulton, MO  
Leary, Louise Sheldon
(Mrs. Mark Alexander)
1877-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Leavell, Victoria E.
(Mrs. Victoria E. Hickey)
1873-75 prep., cons. Cincinnati, OH  
Lee, Lillie Ann 1887-90 lit.
L.B. 1890
Oberlin, OH  
Littlejohn, Richard Denthriff 1881-82 prep. Columbus, MS  
Littlejohn, Thomas Benjamin 1888-92 prep. Louisburg, NC  
Loeb, Henry King 1883-85, 86-87
1887-91
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1891
Woodville, MS  
Logan, William H. 1872-74 prep. Chillicothe, OH  
Love, John Lorenzo 1887-88
1888-92
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1892
A.M. 1898
Asheville, NC  
Lowell, Mrs. Sereda M. 1874-75 prep. Aberdeen, MS  
Lucas, George Walter Matthew 1891-92, 93-94 prep. Washington, D.C.