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Book Three of Early African American Deaths in The Pittsburgh Courier From January 3, 1925 – December 26, 1925

Book Three of Early African American Deaths in The Pittsburgh Courier From January 3, 1925 – December 26, 1925 Compiler: Marlene Garrett Bransom

Book Three is comprised of deaths and obituaries from twenty-six states and the District of Columbia. The majority of the deaths featured in this book are from the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. It also features several deaths from Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Texas.

The specific towns in Pennsylvania are Altoona, Apollo, Belle Vernon, Canonsburg, Carlisle, Chester, Coatesville, Donora, Elwood City, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Homestead, Lebanon, McKeesport, Midland, New Brighton, New Castle, New Kensington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sharon, Uniontown, Washington, Wilkinsburg, and Williamsport; in Ohio, Akron, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Danville, Farrell, Lockland, Mansfield, Massillon, Mt. Vernon, Smithfield, St. Clairsville, Steubenville, Toledo, Uniontown, Warren, Xenia, Youngstown, and Zanesville; in New York, Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, New Rochelle, New York, Rochester, Troy, Yonkers; in North Carolina, Carey, Chapel Hill, Durham, Edenton, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Kinston, Leakesville, Raleigh, and Wilmington; in Tennessee, Chattanooga, Columbia, Dyersburg, Gettysburg, Huntington, Knoxville, and Nashville; in Virginia, Charlottesville, Covington, Danville, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, South Boston, and Staunton; in West Virginia, Charleston, Krebs, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Omar, Weirton, and White Sulphur Springs.

Other states that are featured in this book with one or two deaths are Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Louisiana, Rhode Island and Washington, D. C.

The beginning of the book contains an alphabetical listing of all the deaths that are featured in the book and concludes with an every name index at the end of the book.

2012, 8.5x11, Softbound, 201 pages

ISBN 9781558565562

Price: $21.95




SKU: CP-629

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