Native Born Hancock County African Americans
Educators, Ministers, Medical

William Wallace Andrews
Gender:  Male
Born:  4 February 1874 son of Solomon Augustus and Marietta Simmons Andrews. Educated Public schools, Sparta
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Club leader, Service industry employee, Lecturer, Military person
Religion:  Colored Methodist Episcopal
Biographical  Sketch(es):
National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race, p. 468f
Who's Who Colored America [1928-1929], p. 14
Illustration(s):  National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race, p. 468
Who's Who Colored America [1928-1929], facing p. 10
Living in Jacksonville Florida in 1928

Harsba Fleminster Bouyer
Born:  15 July 1896; son of Hiram and Mattie Simmons Bouyer
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Medical worker, Military person
Religion:  Presbyterian
Biographical Sketch(es):
Who's Who Colored America [1930-1932], p. 49
Who's Who Colored America [1933-1937], p. 69
Who's Who Colored America [1938-1940], p. 68
Who's Who Colored America [1941-1944], p. 68
Who's Who Colored America [Supp] [1950], p. 45
Living in Chicago, 1950

Alonzo William Bryant
Born:  25 December 1873; 25 December 1874; son of Isaac and Lettie Moody Bryant. Grandparents Richard and Julia Bryant, Judge and Irene Moody
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Religious worker, Journalist, Military person, Government worker, Political figure, Club leader
Religion:  Baptist
Biographical  Sketch(es):
 History of the American Negro, Georgia, p. 617f
Who's Who of the Colored Race, 1915, p. 48
Illustration(s):  History of the American Negro, Georgia, p. 618
Living in Valdosta 1915

Thomas Coleman
Born:  10 September 1874; son of Henry and Amanda Pinkston Coleman
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Medical worker, Educator
Biographical Sketch(es):
Lincoln University College, Seminary, 1918, p. 49
Living in Pittsburg, PA in 1918

Robert McCants Harris
Born:  4 June 1891
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA; son of George E. and Elizabeth Harris
Occupation:  Druggist - owner of People's Drug Store in Waycross, Ga., Scientist, Businessperson, Medical worker
Founder and pres. Union Mercantile Corp.; real estate broker
Religion:  African Methodist Episcopal
Biographical Sketch(es):
Who's Who in Colored America [1927], p. 86
Who's Who Colored America [1928-1929], p. 428f
Who's Who Colored America [1930-1932], p. 194
Who's Who Colored America [1933-1937], p. 235
Who's Who Colored America [1938-1940], p. 234
Who's Who Colored America [1941-1944], p. 232
Who's Who Colored America [Supp] [1950], p. 245
Illustration(s):  Who's Who in Colored America [1927], facing p. 84
Who's Who Colored America [1933-1937], facing p. 230
Who's Who Colored America [1938-1940], facing p. 230
Who's Who Colored America [1941-1944], facing p. 232
Living in Waycross, Ga 1950

James Henry Holsey
Born:  25 May 1868; 22 May 1870
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Medical worker
Religion:  Methodist
Biographical Sketch(es):
History of the American Negro, Georgia, p. 282f
Howard University Medical Department, p. 180
Illustration(s):  History of the American Negro, Georgia, p. 283

Hubert Brothers 1925
Z. P. Hubert, president of Jackson College. Jackson, Mississippi
B. F. Hubert, director of Agriculture, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama
John W. Hubert, principal, negro high school, Savannah, Ga,.
J. H. Hubert, executive secretary, Urban League, New York City
Moses Hubert, farm demonstration agent, Hancock County, Ga
G. J. Hubert, pastor of two Atlanta churches and who runs a 600 acre farm
Theodore Hubert, senior at Morehouse College, Atlanta
 
 

Henry Alexander Hunt Jr.
A prominent educator from Hancock County who was instrumental in the early years of Fort Valley State University.

Judson Coleman Lawrence
Born:  18 February 1891
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA; son of Jordan and Louise Wynn Lawrence
Educated Eddy High School, Milledgeville, Morris Brown University, Atlanta
Occupation:  Educator, Reformer
Religion:  African Methodist Episcopal
Biographical Sketch(es):
Who's Who in Colored America [1927], p. 246
Who's Who Colored America [1928-1929], p. 230
Who's Who Colored America [1930-1932], p. 265
Who's Who Colored America [1933-1937], p. 320
Who's Who Colored America [1938-1940], p. 319
Who's Who Colored America [1941-1944], p. 312
Living in Savannah in 1944.

Zachariah Taylor Pardee
Gender:  Male
Born:  1 March 1839
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA; parents Mr. & Mrs. John Oliver. Born a slave his from owner was John Andrews who sold him to Samuel Pardee 1850, then sold to William Griggs in 1857.
Occupation:  Slave, Religious worker
Organizer of the first negro school in Texas. School teacher and preacher in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas  in 1880
Religion:  Baptist
Biographical  Sketch(es):
Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists, p. 297f
Colored American, Slavery to Citizenship, p. 549f
Progress of a Race, Afro-American Negro, p. 509f
Progress of a Race, Colored Race, p. 549f
Illustration(s):  Who's Who Among the Colored Baptists, p. 297

Leander A. Pinkston
Born:  8 October 1896; son of Charles L. and Salucia Allen Pinkston. Educated Sparta Hight School, Morehouse College, Atlanta.
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Religious worker, Educator, Military person, Reformer, Journalist
Religion:  Baptist, National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc.
Biographical Sketch(es):
Who's Who Colored America [1930-1932], p. 338f
Who's Who Colored America [1933-1937], p. 416
Who's Who Colored America [1938-1940], p. 416
Who's Who Colored America [1941-1944], p. 412
Who's Who Colored America [Supp] [1950], p. 418
Pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Sparta  and public school teacher in Devereaux in 1932. Former pastor New Hope Baptist Church, Atlanta and Second Baptist Church, White Plains, Ga.
Living in Atlanta 1950

Thomas M. Ruff
Born:  10 March 1867; son of Mark Ruff and Amanda Hillsman Ruff.
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Religious worker
Religion:  Baptist
Biographical Sketch(es):
History of the American Negro, West Va., p. 206f
Illustration(s):  History of the American Negro, West Va., p. 207
 

Coyden H. Uggams
Born:  22 August 1864; son of William and Sarah Uggams
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  Educator, Religious worker, Missionary
Religion:  Presbyterian
Biographical Sketch(es):
Lincoln University College, Seminary, 1918, p. 36
Living in Charleston. South Carolina in 1918

William Benyon West
Born:  18 July 1884, son of  Henry and Minnie Lee Harley West
Place of Birth:  Sparta, GA
Occupation:  University Dean of Men, Educator, Reformer
Religion:  Baptist
Biographical Sketch(es):
Who's Who Colored America [1930-1932], p. 452
Who's Who Colored America [1933-1937], p. 561
Who's Who Colored America [1938-1940], p. 553
Who's Who Colored America [1941-1944], p. 550
 

Source: African American Biographical Database,  ProQuest Information and Learning Company
 

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