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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," M-R

"Catalogue and Record of Colored Students, 1862-1899," M-R
Name Years of Attendance Division, Degree Hometown
McAdoo, John W. 1874-75 prep. Oberlin, OH  
McDaniel, Frank B. 1876-78, 79-80 prep. Oberlin, OH  
  1878-79 coll.    
McElwee, Samuel Allen 1875-76 prep. Brownsville, TN  
McKinney, Christopher C. 1871-75 prep. Columbia, SC  
McKinney, George Washington 1875-76 prep. Grenada, MS  
McKinney, Samuel Stevenson 1897-98 sem. Greenwood, SC  
McMichael, Benjamin Oliver 1877-79
1879-83
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1883
Ashley, OH  
Manuel, Ishmael 1873-74 prep. Olmsted Falls, OH  
Manuel, William Cleveland 1876-77 prep. Olmsted Falls, OH  
Marrs, Jesse Clark 1887-89 prep. Mound City, KS  
Martin, Marion 1883-87 prep. Rock Creek, OH  
  1887-90 coll.
A.B. 1890
   
Martin, Robert Charles 1878-80, 82-83
1883-87
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1887
Cincinnati, OH  
Martin, William Lewis 1886-88
1888-93
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1893
A.M. 1898
Wyandotte, KS  
Mason, Ednah Jane
(Mrs. Moses F. Walker)
1878-82 lit.
Lit. 1884
Oberlin, OH  
Mason, Maude Lorena
(Mrs. Joseph Dunn)
1886-92 coll., cons.
Ph. B. 1892
Oberlin, OH  
Maston, George A. 1873-76 prep. White Sulphur Springs, WV  
Means, Martha Thomas 1876-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Mebane, Joseph Cephas 1877-78
1878-82
prep.
coll.
Mebanesville, NC  
Messer, Lucy Catharine
(Mrs. Frank F. Davis, m.1894)
(Mrs. D.O.W. Holmes, m.1907)
1888-90
1890-92
lit., cons.
lit.
Lit. 1892
Washington, D.C.  
Miller, Pinkey Thomas 1883-85 prep. Evansville, IN  
Minor, Dabney Davis 1884-86
1890-91, 93-97
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1897
Charlottesville, VA  
Mitchell, George William 1864-65
1865-66, 67-69
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1869
A.M. 1872
Alexandria, VA  
Mitchell, Lottie Elizabeth
(Mrs. Albert T. Richardson)
1893-95 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Mitchell, Minerva Clyde
(Mrs. Gustavus W. Wickliffe)
1888-92 coll.
Ph. B. 1892
Oberlin, OH  
Mitchell, Nellie Isabelle
(Mrs. Charles S. Smith)
1881-83
1883-84
prep.
lit.
Oberlin, OH  
Mitchell, Robert L. 1867-70 prep. Alexandria, VA  
Moles, Celia Elizabeth
(Mrs. William Cooper)
1867-68, 71-74
1874-76
prep.
lit.
Pittsburgh, PA  
Moles, Cornelia A.
(Mrs. Cornelia A. Jackson)
1867-69 prep. Pittsburgh, PA  
Moles, Mary Macila 1871-76 prep. Pittsburgh, PA  
Mollison, Willis Elbert 1878-79
1879-80
prep.
coll.
Mayersville, MS  
Moon, David Crockett 1893-96
1896-98
acad.
coll.
Manchester, VA  
Moore, George Washington 1873-76
1881-83
prep.
sem.
Sem. 1883
Cleveland, OH  
Moore, William Henry 1880-81 prep. South Toledo, OH  
Morris, Charles 1867-69 prep. Northfield, MN  
Mumford, Sumpter 1892-93 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Munts, Thomas Dick 1883-84 prep. Georgetown, OH  
Murray, Daniel Evans 1895-98 cons. Washington, D.C.  
Napier, Ida Morgan
(Mrs. Arthur D. Langston)
1877-78 cons. Nashville, TN  
Napier, James Carroll 1864-66
1866-68
prep.
coll.
Nashville, TN  
Neale, Florence Rebecca 1880-83
1881-82
prep.
cons.
Alleghany, PA  
Nembula, John Mavumia 1882-85 prep. Natal, S. Africa  
Newsome, Calota 1866-68 prep. New Orleans, LA  
Newsome, Hugh 1866-67 prep. New Orleans, LA  
Norrel, James Robert 1892-93 acad. Frankfort, KY  
Norrel, John Wesley 1892-93 acad. Frankfort, KY  
Nottingham, Eliza Gertrude 1874-76 prep. Eastfield, VA  
Nowell, Maud Olevine
(Mrs. J.R. Shipp)
1888-89 lit. Oberlin, OH  
O'Hear, Arthur Clough 1867-68
1868-70
prep.
coll.
Charleston, SC  
Onnes, John 1874-75 prep. Smiths Ferry, PA  
Osage, Walter Scott 1883-86 prep. Nebraska City, NE  
Ousley, Benjamin Forsyth 1881-84 sem.
Sem. 1884
Bolivar, MS  
Ovrett, Mary 1867-68 prep. Poughkeepsie, NY  
Palmer, James Courtlandt 1875-76 sem. Bloomsburg, PA  
Palmer, Lenora Anna 1877-81 prep. Port Gibson, MS  
Parker, Cassius Clay 1874-76 prep. Ripley, OH  
Parker, Hale Giddings 1867-69
1869-73
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1873
Ripley, OH  
Parker, John Percival 1867-69
1869-70
prep.
coll.
Ripley, OH  
Patterson, Charles 1892-93 acad. Brenham, TX  
Patterson, Emma [Eliza] 1867-71 lit.
Lit. 1871
Oberlin, OH  
Patterson, Katherine 1873-74 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Patterson, Mary [Sampson?]
(Mrs. Lewis Sheridan Leary)
(Mrs. Charles H. Langston)
1857-58
1864-68
prep.
prep.
Oberlin, OH  
Payne, Maud Beatrice
(Mrs. B.G. Jackson)
1897-98 acad. Oberlin, OH  
Pearson, Lilian Belle 1897-98 acad. Lexington, KY  
Peck, Francis Jesse Jr. 1885-86 sem. Petersville, MD  
Penn, William Henry 1873-77 prep. Burlington, OH  
Penny, Bartlett 1867-71 prep. Chester, IL  
Perdue, Allen J. 1884-86 prep. Rochester, OH  
Peterson, Emma Florence 1877-80 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Peterson, Isham 1873-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Pickett, Addie H. 1871-73 prep., cons. Nashville, TN  
Pinn, Robert Alexander 1874-76
1876-77
prep.
lit.
Oberlin, OH  
Polk, Henry K. 1872-75 prep. Milton, KY  
Polk, James K. 1873-76 prep. Chicago, IL  
Powell, Mason Riley 1876-77 prep. Norwich, OH  
Powell, Orange Hines 1881-84 prep. Yazoo City, MS  
Pryor, Ellsworth 1882-84 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Purnell, Daniel Henry Vaniford 1888-92
1892-97
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1897
Baltimore, MD  
Purnell, William Henry 1892-93 prep. Baltimore, MD  
Purvis, Granville 1865-67 prep. Philadelphia, PA  
Purvis, Henry W. 1863-66 prep. Philadelphia, PA  
Quinn, Cordelia Anna Winnifred
(Mrs. Lucien C. Fisher)
1893-96
1905-06
acad.
su.
Oberlin, OH  
Radcliffe, Ella J. 1878-81 prep., cons Clarksville, TN  
Randolph, Simon Hall 1880-83 prep. Malden, WV  
Ransom, John Francis 1873-74 prep. Columbus, OH  
Ransom, Reverdy Cassius 1882-84 prep. Cambridge, OH  
Reed, Calvin 1875-76 prep. Wakeman, OH  
Reynolds, George Wilson, Jr. 1884-86 prep. Memphis, TN  
Rice, Lucretia H. 1870-74 prep., cons. Ripley, OH  
Richards, James Windham 1874-77 prep. Rutland, OH  
Richards, John W. 1874-75 prep. Rutland, OH  
Richardson, William Narell 1877-81 prep. Jackson, MS  
Richmond, Henry 1887-89, 93-95 coll. Lancaster, WI  
Ricks, Nettie Martina
(Mrs. Edward T. Demby)
1890-92 prep. Cleveland, OH  
Riley, Manson 1885-86 sem. Atlanta, GA  
Ringgold, Fenelon Lincoln 1882-83 prep. San Francisco, CA  
Rivers, Alice Elvira 1889-94 coll. Oberlin, OH  
Rivers, Diza 1878-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Rivers, Robert Curtiss 1878-80 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Roberson, Rowena Lauretta 1882-84 prep. Lebanon, OH  
Roberts, Albert Augustus 1875-77 sem. Monticello, FL  
Roberts, Andrew Jackson 1878-79 prep. Buchanan, OH  
Roberts, Martha Maude 1892-97 acad. Oberlin, OH  
Roberts, William Alfred 1883-86 prep. Harris Station  
Robinson, Adaline 1883-84, 87-88, 91-92 prep., cons. Oberlin, OH  
Robinson, Frankie Ann 1884-91 prep., coll.
A.B. 1891
Oberlin, OH  
Robinson, Ida
(Mrs. Marion Rowland Perry)
1881-82, 83-84 prep. Helena, AR  
Robinson, James Washington 1888-89 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Robinson, Jennie Asenath 1882-87 cons. Highland, KS  
Robinson, John Morten 1892-95 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Robinson, Mary Louise
(Mrs. James H. Meriwether)
1866-70 lit.
Lit. 1870
Wellington, OH  
Robinson, William Ewing 1880-83 prep. Helena, AR  
Robinson, Zinka 1883-84, 85-86, 87-91 prep., cons. Oberlin, OH  
Robison, William H. 1872-75 prep. Stockton, CA  
Russell, Joseph 1880-81 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Russell, Josephine 1890-91 prep. Oberlin, OH