Religion-Episcopalian
Myra Atwell McDaniel (1932-2010)
Myra Atwell McDaniel was the first African American in Texas history to serve as the Secretary of State and at...
Henrietta S. Bowers Duterte (1817-1903)
Henrietta Smith Bowers Duterte (pronounced Dew-tier), the first female undertaker in the nation, was born free in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She...
William Tucker (1624- ?)
William Tucker was the first person of African ancestry born in the 13 British Colonies. His birth symbolized the beginnings...
Harold M. Kingsley (1887-1970)
Harold M. Kingsley, Congregational minister and political activist, was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1887. The son of a wealthy...
Samuel David Ferguson (1842-1916)
Born in Antebellum, South Carolina, the Rt. Rev. Samuel David Ferguson emigrated to Liberia as a child and became the...
George Alexander McGuire (1866-1934)
George Alexander McGuire was a bishop and founder of the African Orthodox Church, as well as chaplain-general of the Universal...
James Theodore Holly (1829-1911)
James Theodore Holly emigrationist, missionary, and bishop, was born in Washington, D.C on October 3, 1829. At age fourteen his...
Sarah Mapps Douglass (1806-1882)
Born to a distinguished abolitionist family, Sarah Mapps Douglass was the only daughter of Robert Douglass, a baker, and Grace...
