Skip to Main Content

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," S-Y

"Catalogue and Record of Colored Students, 1862-1899," S-Y
Name Years of Attendance Division, Degree Hometown
Sanderlin, Eliza K. 1873-75 prep., cons. Portsmouth, OH
Sanders, James Henry 1874-77 prep. Madison, IN  
Sawyer, Ida Belle
(Mrs. John G. Willis)
1879-81 prep. Zanesville, OH  
Scarborough, William Sanders 1871-75
1876-77
coll.
sem.
A.B. 1875
A.M. 1878
Macon, GA  
Scott, Almira
(Mrs. George W. Mitchell)
(Mrs. J.C. Jones, m. 1856)
1866-70
1869-70
lit.
cons.
Oberlin, OH  
Scott, Caroline Virginia
(Mrs. J.W. White, m. 1878)
(Mrs. W.H. Connor, m. 1889)
1867-69
1870-72, 72-76
prep.
lit.
L.B. 1876
Oberlin, OH  
Scott, Daniel Webster 1887-90
1890-91
1891-92
prep.
coll.
lit.
Worthington, OH  
Scott, Victoria Latcher 1890-91 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Scott, Viola Blanche
(Mrs. Lewis E. Clark)
1886-89
1889-90
lit.
art
Lit. 1889
Oberlin, OH  
Scott, W.J. 1862-63 prep. Buxton, Can.  
Senior, Daniel Leonard 1894-95 sem.
Sem. 1895
Jamaica, West Indies  
Settle, Cornelia
(Mrs. J.M. Townsend)
1862-63 prep. Corinth, MS  
Settle, Josiah Thomas 1866-68
1868-70
prep.
coll.
Hamilton, OH  
Sewell, Charles Augustus 1887-89
[probably came Sept. '86]
prep. Chattanooga, TN  
Shacklett, Mary McKelly 1884-86
1886-87
prep.
lit.
Brooklyn, NY  
Shaw, Daniel Webster 1888-89 sem. Oberlin, OH  
Shippen, Clara Russell 1893-97 coll.
A.B. 1897
Southampton, NY  
Shippen, Cyrus Spottswood 1893-94
1894-97
acad.
coll.
Southampton, NY  
Shippen, Henry Robert 1894-98 acad. Southampton, NY  
Shorter, Hezekiah 1874-78 prep. Lawrence, KS  
Silone, Harriet Elizabeth 1880-83 prep. Newport, RI  
Simmons, Josephine Lavinia 1891-92 prep. Cane Spring, KY  
Simms, Washington 1875-78
1878-80
prep.
coll.
Greenville, MI  
Simpkins, Harry Milton 1880-81 prep. Augusta, GA  
Simpson, George Thompson 1887-88 cons. Zanesville, OH  
Sims, Joseph Hooker 1891-93 acad. Rippon, WV  
Sims, Yancy Benjamin 1876-78 prep. Selma, AL  
Singer, Samuel Reynolds 1871-75
1875-78, 79-80
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1880
Zanesville, OH  
Slade, Andrew F. 1873-74 prep. Lake Village, AR  
Smallwood, George Alexander 1881-83 prep. New York, NY  
Smith, Caroline M. 1862-65 prep. Cincinnati, OH  
Smith, Charles Leverett 1874-76 prep. Millford, MI  
Smith, Charles Sumner 1887-89 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Smith, George Cornelius 1866-68, 69-71
1871-72
prep.
coll.
Platte City, MO  
Smith, Hattie Jane 1878-79 prep. Leavenworth, KS  
Smith, John Wilson 1876-79 prep. Sarahsville, OH  
Smith, Kirke 1889-91 prep. Shawsville, VA  
Smith, Mary D. 1874-75 prep. New York, NY  
Smith, Minnie Le Compt 1876-78 prep. Leavenworth, KS  
Smith, Thomas P. 1870-76 prep. Cairo, IL  
Smith, William G. 1873-75 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Smithea, John R. 1871-75 prep. Richmond, VA  
Smithey, Mary E. 1873-74 prep. St. Louis, MO  
Steele, Eleonara Ophelia
(Mrs. Hale G. Parker)
1872-74 prep., cons. Nashville, TN  
Steele, Hugh Legree 1882-83 prep. Memphis, TN  
Stevens, John Wallace 1873-76 prep. Greenville, AL  
Steward, Alfred Lee 1875-77 prep., coll. Olivet, KS  
Still, Caroline V.
(Mrs. E.A. Wiley, m. 1869)
(Mrs. M. Anderson, m. 1880)
1864-68 prep., lit.
Lit. 1868
Philadelphia, PA  
Still, Frances E. 1874-76 prep., lit. Philadelphia, PA  
Storum, James 1864-67, 68-70 prep., coll.
A.B. 1870
A.M. 1873
Buffalo, NY  
Stradford, John B. 1882-85 prep. St. Louis, MO  
Sutton, George W. 1870-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Tanner, Asena I. 1873-75 prep. St. Louis, MO  
Taylor, Arabella C.S.
(Mrs. Moses F. Walker)
1880-82 prep. Chicago, IL  
Taylor, John Wilmot 1874-76 prep. Austin, TX  
Temple, Mary Ann
(Mrs. Robert J. Bell)
1877-79 prep., lit. Vicksburg, MS  
Temple, Richard Jachin 1876-80 prep. Vicksburg, MS  
Terry, Julia Elisebeth
(Mrs. Robert Hammonds)
1889-91 prep., cons. Emporia, KS  
Thomas, Miss Paralee 1882-84 prep. Helena, AR  
Thompson, Greene 1882-84 prep. Monroe City, MO  
Thompson, Hyman William 1872-73 prep. Beaufort, NC  
Thompson, Jennie Amelia 1882-85 lit. Greenville, SC  
Tibbs, William Luther 1888-90
1890-91
prep.
coll.
Smithport, PA  
Tolliver, John William 1891-92 sem. Amenia Union, NY  
Trumbo, John William 1885-86
[here Oct. '84]
sem. Frankfort, KY  
Tuck, Clara
(Mrs. James P. Berry)
(Mrs. Frank Roach)
1883-84 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Tuck, Henson C. 1878-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Tuck, Samantha Cordelia
(Mrs. Alexander Vivian)
1878-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Tucker, Archie 1878-81
[here winter '77]
prep. L[o]uisiana, KS  
Turner, Mamie Ellaine
(Mrs. James H. Rhodes)
1890-91 prep., cons. Lebanon, IL  
Turner, Owen J. 1874-76 prep. Zanesville, OH  
Usher, Sarah 1866-67 prep. Kingston, Jamaica  
Valentine, Mary Josephine 1896-99 acad. Philadelphia, PA  
Vance, Rachael 1875-76 prep. Buffalo, NY  
Vaughan, Lewis Wendell 1875-76 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Vaughn, Armitta Price 1878-79, 80-81
[here fall '77]
prep. Port Gibson, MS  
Walker, John W. 1867-70 prep. Spencer, OH  
Walker, Moses Fleetwood 1877-78
1878-81
prep.
coll.
Oberlin, OH  
Walker, Weldy Wilberforce 1881-83 prep. Steubenville, OH  
Wall, Isabelle Irene 1880-83 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Wall, Laura Gertrude 1889-91 prep., cons. Washington, D.C.  
Walters, Joseph Jeffrey 1888-89
1889-93
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1893
Liberia, Africa  
Ward, Nannie 1882-84
1883-84
prep.
cons.
Greensboro, AL  
Waring, Champion James 1875-78, 79-80 prep. Post Mills, OH  
Waring, Emily V.
(Mrs. Emily Livingston)
1864-65 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Waring, James Alexander 1871-74 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Waring, Mary Nettie
(Mrs. Robert Murphy)
1886-87, 89-91 prep. Lorain, OH  
Waring, Mina
(Mrs. Oliver Copes)
1881-83 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Waring, Thomas Winfield 1876-77, 78-81 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Washington, Francis Dandridge 1893-95
1895-96
acad.
coll.
Lexington, VA  
Washington, Godfrey 1895-96 acad. Lexington, VA  
Washington, James H. 1868-70 prep. Washington, D.C.  
Washington, Lucy S.
(Mrs. Alfred W. Titus)
1881-84, 85-86 prep. Ellicottville, NY  
Washington, Lulu Margaret
(Mrs. Lulu M. McKee)
1880-84, 85-87
1888-90, 93-94
prep. Lockport, NY  
Washington, William Lee 1892-95
1895-1900
acad.
coll.
A.B. 1900
Lexington, VA  
Watkins, Solomon Glenn 1871-74
1874-78
prep.
coll.
A.B. 1878
Lawrence, KS  
Watkins, Walter R. 1871-74 prep. Wythville, OH  
Watson, David Lucas, Jr. 1874-77 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Weir, Moses T. 1867-68 prep. Greenville, KY  
Wheeler, Benjamin Franklin 1877-83 prep., coll. Charlotte, NC  
White, Ackrel Edgar 1881-82 sem. Winsor, VA  
White, Alexander Van Rankin 1871-73 prep. Oberlin, OH  
White, Clarence Cameron 1896-1901 cons. Washington, DC
White, Edward Harvey 1866-70, 71-72 prep., coll.
A.B. 1872
Clarksville, TN  
White, James W. 1869-70 prep. Clarksville, TN  
White, John Oscar 1875-80 prep. Oberlin, OH  
White, Theodore K. 1871-72 prep. Oberlin, OH  
White, William Henry 1877-79, 80-81 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Whyte, H. Georgiana 1873-74 lit. Jerome, OH  
Wiley, Bertie 1876-79 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Wiley, Edward [A.] 1867-69 prep. Jonesboro, AL  
Wiley, Joseph Edwin 1882-84 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Wiley, Mary 1876-77 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Wilkinson, Joseph 1867-68 prep. Charleston, SC  
Wilkinson, Robert Shaw 1884-91 prep., coll.
A.B. 1891
Charleston, SC  
Wilkinson, Royal James 1872-75
[Spring '72]
prep. Columbus, OH  
Wilks, William H. 1869-74 prep. Perry, NY  
Williams, Blanche Dellzetta 1875-77 prep., cons. Corry, PA  
Williams, Frank 1875-76 prep. Oberlin, OH  
Williams, Hattie Gregg
(Mrs. Claude P. Cunningham)
1887-91 prep., lit. Greenville, SC  
Williams, Julia Amelia
(Mrs. William A. Shaw)
1887-90 prep., lit. Greenville, SC  
Williamson, William A. 1874-76 prep. Lincoln, IL  
Wilson, Edward Everett 1889-90 coll. Austin, TX  
Wilson, Gabriella 1878-83
1883-84
coll.
cons.
Lit. 1883
Louisville, KY  
Wilson, Thomas Henry 1889-95 prep., cons.
A.B. 1895
Church Hill, IN  
Windsor, Samuel C. 1871-75 prep. Beaufort, NC  
Winger, Powhattan 1862-68 prep. Homer, OH  
Woodfolk, Jennie Ella 1882-84 prep. Yazoo City, MS  
Woodson, Julia Ann 1873-79 prep., lit.
Lit. 1879
Berlin Heights, OH  
Woodson, Sara Jane
(Mrs. C. Newton, m.1879)
(Mrs. J.L. Cohron, m.1891)
1871-72, 73-77 prep., lit.
L.B. 1877
Berlin, OH  
Wyatt, David Thomas 1875-76, 78-80 prep. Mt. Pleasant, OH  
Wynn, Edward Leonidas 1882-89 cons. Oberlin, OH  
Wynn, Leander 1865-67 prep. Petersburg, VA  
Young, Amanda Jane
(Mrs. Blake Brown)
1875-76 prep., cons. Independence, MO  
Young, Katherine Edda 1877-78 prep. Detroit, MI  
Young, Nathan Benjamin 1885-88 coll.
A.B. 1888
A.M. 1891
Tuscaloosa, AL  
Young, Willoughby Benjamin 1879-81 prep. Junction City, KS