1125 W. Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY
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The address 1125 W. Chestnut Street in Louisville, KY is most noted for being the location of the city's first colored library, but it had also been a home. In 1905, William M. Andrews, a waiter at the Galt House Hotel, lived in the home with his wife Katherine and their infant daughter Edwina. The family shared the home with Eugene White, a porter at the Willard Hotel in Louisville [sources: <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Louisville, 1905</em>, pp. 103 & 1376; 1910 U.S. Census; and 1920 U.S. Census]. All of the adults in the home could read and write. <br /><br />The home was rental property that was located in what was considered a colored neighborhood. The segregated library that was located within the house opened on September 23, 1905 with 1,400 library books on the shelves in three rooms. The rooms had been rented by the Louisville Free Public Library. It was the first public library for African Americans in Louisville and was a trial to see if African Americans would take to the idea of a free public library.<br /><br />The first book to be checked-out was <em>Up from Slavery</em> by Booker T. Washington. More than 4,000 patrons visited the library the first month it was open [source: <em>Library Service to African Americans in Kentucky</em> by R. F. Jones]. By the end of the first year, there were 2,797 books,and the library received more than 30,000. It was evident that the collection would continue to grow and the patronage would continue to increase. Plans were made to locate the library in a more permanent and proper library building.<br /><br />The new building was finished and ready to be occupied by 1908. The library materials were moved from 1125 W. Chestnut Street to the first Carnegie colored library located at the corner of Tenth and Chestnut Streets and given the name Western Colored Branch Library. It stood just a block and a half from the home where the library had initially started. Funding for the new library was provided by Andrew Carnegie. It opened October 28, 1908, and is still in operation in the same location today. <br /><br />The home at 1125 W. Chestnut Street, no longer standing, had been in the vicinity of the present-day location of the <a href="https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/schools/profiles/coleridge-taylor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary School</a>. During the period that the library was housed there, 1905-1908, the building housed other renters in addition to the colored library, William M. Andrews and his family, and Eugene White. William Andrews and White were friends, both born around 1866 in Tennessee; they had shared a home on Center Street in 1900 [source: U.S. Census] before moving to the home on Chestnut Street.<br /><br />By 1906, William Andrews and his family had moved to a new location; the home on Chestnut Street was then shared by the colored library, Eugene White, and John Q. Shores, a barber at Alex Morris [source: <em>Louisville City Directory, 1906</em>, p. 1266]. The following year, those residents were joined by James King, a waiter at the Galt House, and Mary Mack, a domestic worker [source: <em>Louisville City Directory, 1907</em>, p. 820 & p. 931]. In 1908, the colored library was being prepared for the move to the new building; John Shores was the only remaining tenant.<br /><br />The house at 1125 W. Chestnut was occupied into the late 1950s; Birdie C. and Alonzo L. Royales lived there in 1956 [source: <em>Caron's Louisville (Jefferson County, KY.) City Directory,</em> 1965, p. 964]. There had been African American families living at the address since before the Civil War. In 1860, the family of William and Rachael Miller had lived in the home [source: <em>Tanner's Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861</em>, p. 174]. Rachael Miller, a widow born around 1800 in Virginia, was a free mulatto woman listed in the U.S. Census as early as 1850 when she and her son Abraham, born around 1832 in Kentucky, shared their home with 90-year-old Margaret Luckett (or Puckett). Abraham V. Miller was a porter [sources: 1850 U.S. Census and <em>Tanner's Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861</em>, p. 173] and later a barber at D. Straws [source: <em>Edwards Sixth Annual Directory, City of Louisville for 1870</em>, p. 245]. <br /><br />For more information about the property at 1125 W. Chestnut Street in Louisville, visit the <a href="https://www.jeffersoncountyclerk.org/location-hours/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jefferson County Clerk's Office</a> for property deeds and other official documents.
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<p>Though Louisville, KY had been a leader in the training of Negro librarians beginning in 1912, by 1940 those efforts had come to an end. The training program at the Louisville Western Branch Library ended in 1931. Also gone were the 1932 library training program started by <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/766" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eliza Atkins [Gleason]</a> at the <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1410" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisville Municipal College</a> and the 1936 state training agency housed at the Municipal College for the training of Negro library employees [source: <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/30000541" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Library Service to African Americans in Kentucky</em></a>, by R. F. Jones, pp. 94-95]. The continuation of the <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/780" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Western Branch</a> library training program at Hampton Institute Library School [now <a href="https://home.hamptonu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hampton University</a>] ended in 1939. The Atlanta University [now <a href="https://www.cau.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clark Atlanta University</a>] library school would open in 1941. <br /><br />In 1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt was reelected at a time when the country was still experiencing the Great Depression with record unemployment, and Europe was in the second year of what would become World War II. Employment was hard to come by, including library jobs, though Louisville was still the one location in Kentucky that offered the most employment opportunities for Negro librarians and library employees, including teens and young adult library assistants hired via the <a href="https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/national-youth-administration-nya-1935/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Youth Administration (NYA)</a>. Some of the adult librarians and library assistants were hired via the Work Projects Administration. <br /><br />Changes had taken place with the federal programs by 1940; the NYA, a New Deal program created during Roosevelt's first term, was no longer a part of the WPA, having been moved to the Federal Security Agency with the passage of the <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/fdrindepen.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reorganization Act of 1939</a>. Also in 1939, the <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/surviving-the-dust-bowl-works-progress-administration-wpa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Works Progress Administration</a> was renamed the <a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/069.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Work Projects Administration</a>, both referred to as the WPA. The WPA was a New Deal agency (a federal assistance program) that employed mostly men for public works projects. The <a href="http://www.libsci.sc.edu/histories/WPA/WB.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WPA Library projects</a> hired mostly women.<br /><br />The library projects were sponsored by the public library commissions or boards of education in participating states. There was a qualified workforce in Kentucky: Negro librarians were some of the most educated women in the state and in the race. Below are the names, education levels, and additional information about African Americans in and from Kentucky who were employed as librarians and library assistants in 1940; WPA and NYA workers are indicated [sources: 1940 U.S. Federal Census; <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003237" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Wilson Bulletin for Librarians</em></a>, April 1938; and <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003238" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Library Extension Under the WPA</em></a>, by E. B. Stanford]. [See also NKAA entries for the <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Youth Administration (Kentucky)</a>, <a href="subject.php?sub_id=188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colored Libraries</a> and <a href="subject.php?sub_id=189" target="_blank" rel="noopener">African American Schools</a>].<br /><br />NYA=National Youth Administration<br /><br />WPA=Work Projects Administration</p>
<p><strong>Anna Allen</strong> (b. 1924), daughter of Booker Z. and Viola Allen / completed 8th grade / Lancaster, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Anne Anderson</strong> (b. 1907), wife of <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles W. Anderson, Jr.</a> / completed 4th year of college / Frankfort, KY / Librarian, Kentucky State College [now <a href="https://kysu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kentucky State University</a>]<br /><br /><strong>Alice Baker</strong> (b. 1924), daughter of Lone and Nellie Baker / completed 9th grade / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Beulah Bolan</strong> (b. 1891), widow / completed 2nd year of college / Louisville, KY / Librarian, public school<br /><br /><strong>Gwendolyn Blakley</strong> (b. 1918), daughter of William and Martha Blakley / completed 3rd year of college / Chicago, IL (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, reading project<br /><br /><strong>Lorella Bradford</strong> (b. 1917), grandniece of Charles Batts / completed 3rd year of college / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, college<br /><br /><strong>Jesse M. Brashear</strong> (b. 1922), daughter of John W. and Fanny Brashear / completed 9th grade / Hardin County, KY / Library Assistant, school<br /><br /><strong>Frances Bush</strong> (b. 1909), daughter of Brize and Nettie Bush / completed 1st year of college / Cincinnati, OH (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><strong>Sallie Churchville</strong> (b. 1904), single / completed 4th year of college / Louisville, KY / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><strong>Minnie Cooper</strong> (b. 1884), widow / completed 3rd year of college / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, public library<br /><br /><strong>James Cowherd</strong> (b. 1916), son of Lee and Stella Cowherd / completed 12th grade / Indianapolis, IN (born in Kentucky) / Library Assistant, NYA Literary Project<br /><br /><strong>Bessie Crenshaw</strong> (b. 1920), daughter of Samuel and Bessie Crenshaw / completed 1st year of college / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Anna Dell</strong> (b. 1896), divorced / completed 4th year of college / Louisville, KY / Librarian, public school<br /><br /><strong>Julius Dickerson</strong> (b. 1909), divorced / completed 3rd year of college / Louisville, KY / Librarian, WPA, public library<br /><br /><strong>Thelma Dunlap</strong> (b. 1923), daughter of Johnie Ross / completed 11th grade / Paducah, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Gertrude Durett</strong> (b. 1911), single / completed 4th year of college / Louisville, KY / Librarian, Toy Library<br /><br /><strong>Clara Frank</strong> (b. 1902), single / completed 10th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, WPA<br /><br /><strong>Sophia Freeman</strong> (b. 1898), widow / completed 12 grade / Indianapolis, IN (born in Kentucky) / Library Assistant, high school<br /><br /><strong>Thelma P. Froman</strong> (b. 1923), daughter of John Des and Minnie Froman / completed 11th grade / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Wyetta Gilmore</strong> (b. 1906), married / completed 4th year of college / Indianapolis, IN (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><strong>Vivian Glass</strong> (b. 1904), divorced / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, public library<br /><br /><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/767" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Lillian C. Hall</strong></a> (b. 1891), wife of John Wesley Hall / completed 4th year of college / Indianapolis, IN (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, Attucks High School<br /><br /><strong>Willa Hall</strong> (b. 1918), daughter of Bessie and Gabie Hall / completed 1st year of college / Indianapolis, IN (born in Kentucky) / Library Assistant, NYA Project<br /><br /><strong>Margaret Hampton</strong> (b. 1916), single / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/768" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rachel D. Harris</strong></a> (b. 1869), widow / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><strong>Beatrice Hatchett</strong> (b. 1921), daughter of Elisha Hatchett / completed 12th grade / Henderson, KY / Library Assistant, school work program<br /><br /><strong>Hattie Hays</strong>(b. 1886), widow / completed 12th grade / Fulton County, KY / Librarian, school project<br /><br /><strong>Robert Jackson</strong> (b. 1911), husband of Naomi Jackson / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, WPA Recreation Center<br /><br /><strong>Marjorie Johnson</strong> (b. 1906), married / completed 6th year of college / Paducah, KY / Librarian, school<br /><br /><strong>Mary Jones</strong> (b. 1919), single / completed 10th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, WPA Library<br /><br /><strong>Cordelia Knight</strong> (b. 1920), daughter of Patrick and Emma Knight / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1410" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Municipal College Library</a><br /><br /><strong>Naomi Lattimore</strong> (b. 1904), wife of John A. C. Lattimore / completed 5th year of college / Louisville, KY (born in Illinois) / Librarian, public and college libraries<br /><br /><strong>Hariett Lawson</strong> (b. 1907), single / completed 4th year of college / Gary, Indiana (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, public school<br /><br /><strong>Evelyn Lewis</strong> (b. 1914), single / completed 1st year of college / Chicago, IL (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, WPA Project<br /><br /><strong>Pearl Lewis</strong> (b. 1890), widowed / completed 8th grade / Letcher County, KY / Librarian, WPA Office<br /><br /><strong>Charlotte Lytte</strong> (b. 1913), single / completed 12th grade / Springfield, OH (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, public college<br /><br /><strong>Eva Mallory</strong> (b. 1901), wife of Robert A. Mallory / completed 1st year of college / Minneapolis, MN (born in Kentucky) / Librarian<br /><br /><strong>Esther Maray</strong> (b. 1920), daughter of Caroline Maray / completed 12th grade / Cleveland, OH (born in Kentucky) / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Charles Marrs</strong> (b. 1917), son of Charles and Julia Marrs / completed 12th grade / Chicago, IL (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><strong>Ruth McCoy</strong> (b. 1916), single / completed 4th year of college / New Orleans, LA (born in Kentucky) / Library Assistant, university<br /><br /><strong>Elnora McIntyre Muir</strong> (b. 1886), married / completed 5th year of college / Louisville, KY (born in Tennessee) / Library Assistant, public library<br /><br /><strong>Mamie Melton</strong> (b. 1897), widowed / completed 8th grade / Washington, PA (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, neighborhood house<br /><br /><strong>Carolyn E. Mundy</strong> (b. 1908), wife of John Mundy / completed 4th year of college / Louisville, KY (born in Tennessee) / Librarian, public school<br /><br /><strong>Mary Myall</strong> (b. 1907), single / completed 4th year of college / Xenia, OH (born in Kentucky) / Librarian, university library<br /><br /><strong>Hugh Osborne, Jr.</strong> (b. 1919), married / completed 4th year of college / Paducah, KY (born in Alabama) / Librarian, judge's office<br /><br /><strong>Hugh Osbourne</strong> (b. 1919), single / completed 7th year of college / Louisville, KY (born in Alabama) / Law Librarian, Court of Appeals<br /><br /><strong>Alice Parker</strong> (b. 1912), married / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, WPA<br /><br /><strong>Noverta Peoples</strong> (b. 1922), daughter of John B. and Leana N. Peoples / completed 11th grade / Paducah, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Lizzie Pierce</strong> (b. 1882), wife of B. L. Pierce / completed 11th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, public library<br /><br /><strong>Pruline Pigeon</strong> (b. 1910), wife of Barbee Pigeon / completed 8th grade / Indianapolis, IN / Librarian, WPA<br /><br /><strong>Lizzie S. Price</strong> (b. 1878), wife of Henry M. Price / completed 2nd year of college / Louisville, KY / Librarian, free public library<br /><br /><strong>Elmarie Robinson</strong> (b. 1911), single / completed 11th grade / Covington, KY / Librarian, public school<br /><br /><strong>Rose Sellers</strong> (b. 1921), daughter of Oliver P. and Mary Sellers / completed 1st year of college / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Georgia Shipley</strong> (b. 1921), daughter of Lovie and Jerry Shipley / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, library project<br /><br /><strong>Gertrude Silves</strong> (b. 1902), widow / completed 3rd grade / Louisville, KY / Librarian, Ribhi (sp) Library<br /><br /><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1412" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Bessie R. Stone</strong></a> (b. 1917), married / completed 5th year of college / Frankfort, KY / Library Assistant, Kentucky State College for Negroes [now Kentucky State University]<br /><br /><strong>Lee Ella Watkins</strong> (b. 1918), daughter of Virginia Watkins / completed 12th grade / Louisville, KY / Library Assistant, NYA<br /><br /><strong>Bruce Weaver</strong> (b. 1917), single / completed 2nd year of college / Louisville, KY (born in Indiana) / Library Assistant, school library<br /><br /><strong>Garnett Witherspoon</strong> (b. 1911), wife of James Witherspoon / completed 2nd year of college / Paducah, KY (born in Illinois) / Librarian, college<br /><br /><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2619" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Thelma Yancey</strong></a> (b. 1914), single / completed 4th year of college / Lexington, KY (born in Montana) / Librarian, college<br /><br /><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1541" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Hortense H. Young </strong></a> (b. 1904), wife of Coleman Milton Young II / completed 4th year of college / Louisville, KY (born in Texas) / Librarian, Municipal College Library</p>
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African American Shoemakers in Kentucky Prisons (A Leading U.S. Industry)
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<p style="text-align: left;">Submitted by Reinette F. Jones, August 17, 2015 <br /><br />The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort opened in 1789; it was the first state prison. It was renamed the Kentucky State Reformatory before closing in 1937. Though it was said to be closed, there were still 159 inmates there in 1940, none of whom were shoemakers [source: U.S. Census]. <br /><br />A branch of the Kentucky State Penitentiary was built in Eddyville, opening in 1886. This second prison was meant to relieve overcrowding in the Frankfort State Penitentiary. There have been many additions and other changes to the facilities in Eddyville, which is now a maximum security prison [<a href="https://corrections.ky.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more info at KSP website</a>]. The third prison, the new Kentucky State Reformatory, was built in LaGrange, opening in 1936 through funding by the Kentucky General Assembly and the Public Works Administration [<a href="https://corrections.ky.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more info at KSR website</a>]. The present day Kentucky State Reformatory is a medium security prison. <br /><br />The shoe factories were located in the Frankfort and Eddyville penitentiaries. The making of shoes is no longer a major prison industry in Kentucky, though during the final decades of the 1800s and the early decades of the 1900s, the shoe industry in Kentucky prisons ranked among the top in the United States.<br /><br />From early on, there was a shoe factory in the Kentucky State Prison in Frankfort; the shoes were made by prison labor. In 1816 there were 12 convicts working in the shoe factory [source: p. 102 in <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003416" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Report on the History and Mode of Management of the Kentucky Penitentiary from Its Origin, in 1798, To March 1, 1860</a>, </em>prepared by W. E. Sneed]. These convicts were probably white. The prison population was fairly small in 1816: by 1844 there were 157 white male prisoners and 19 colored male prisoners [p. 385]. The year 1844 was during the period when most colored males in Kentucky were enslaved and considered valuable property. Colored males in the Kentucky State Penitentiary prior to the end of slavery had been free (not enslaved) before being incarcerated. Freedom came to all enslaved in Kentucky after the Civil War ended. With more freed colored men in the general population, more freed colored men were charged with crimes and imprisoned. With more prisoners, there were more workers in the prisons. [For a comparison of the number of free colored persons in the 19 state prisons in the United States, see "Appendix: Table A" on p. 282 in the section "Pauperism and Crime" in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003417" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>De Bow's Review and the Industrial Resources, Statistics, etc.</em></a>, vol. XIX, New Series, Vol. II, 1855.] <br /><br />In the 1850s, the cause of crime was still attributed to race, ethnicity, the wrong religion, class, lack of education, and many other reasons and prejudices. Work was thought to be good for the prisoners' souls, helping address their bad ways as well as providing funds to pay their bills and fill the pouches of those who operated the prisons. <br /><br />There were different types of factories in prisons, with shoe factories becoming a major work area for the colored prisoners after 1880 and up to the 1920s. All shoemakers were male; women prisoners did not make shoes in Kentucky prisons [though they did in Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Michigan]. Shoemaking was a trade most colored inmates learned while incarcerated. In Kentucky's general public, there was not an overwhelming number of African American shoemakers, and those numbers did not drastically decrease as the numbers within the prisons increased [<a href="../subject.php?sub_id=168" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see the NKAA subject search for shoes</a>]. <br /><br />After 1880, there were more colored shoemakers in prison than out of prison. Making shoes using prison labor became the most profitable industry in Kentucky prisons. The training and working of prisoners was to the financial benefit of those who leased the prison, of financial benefit to the prison keeper, and was soon of great financial benefit to the State of Kentucky. During the earliest years, the head of the prison leased the entire prison to the highest bidder. The leasing system was compared to slavery; many of the guards had received their jobs as political favors and were not trained for their jobs inside the prisons. The person or company that leased the prison set the tone for the level of care the prisoners received, which led to the death of prisoners as a result of company cost-saving measures with food, sanitation, and health, as well as physical abuse of the prisoners. <br /><br />A warden system was established in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in the 1880s, with individual prisoners leased by the State to work on public projects. Many prisoners died from malnourishment, on the job accidents, and physical abuse. In 1890, the Kentucky Constitution prohibited the leasing of convicts, leading to a system of contracted prisoner labor with company operations inside the prison. [For more about the early prison years in Kentucky and the south, see "The Blackburn Governorship and the Prison Issue" on pp. 259-261 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003166" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A New History of Kentucky</em></a>, by L H. Harrison & J. C. Klotter; <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003418" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Slavery by Another Name</a>, </em>by D. A. Blackmon; and <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003419" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>One Dies, Get Another</em></a>, by M. J. Mancini.]<br /><br />Kentucky was not unique in the leasing of prisoners, especially African American prisoners; it was a practice throughout the south. But Kentucky excelled in the business of making shoes using prison labor, which placed the state among the top prison shoemaking industries in the nation, starting around 1882. The high market value of the shoe industry had developed in the late 1800s, and Kentucky prisons were actually a little late participating in the boon. The U.S. Census listed very few shoemakers in the Kentucky Penitentiary in 1870, and those few were all listed as white male prisoners except one. The African American male prisoners were listed in the census as "laborers" along with the occasional brick maker, carriage maker, wagon maker, and barber. The African American women prisoners were all noted as domestic servants. <br /><br />Ten years later in the 1880 U.S. Census, African American women prisoners were still listed as domestic servants. The job listings of the African American male prisoners had been upgraded from laborers to more definitive job titles such as brick mason, farm labor, blacksmith, carpenter, and other job titles. There were four African American shoemakers in the Kentucky prison in 1880. <br /><br />Most inmates in Kentucky were illiterate. There were few who were considered educated: "24 is good, 183 common, and 355 have no education" [source: p. 13 in<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_of_the_Warden_of_Kentucky_Peniten/Buk9AQAAMAAJ?hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <em>Report of the Directors and Warden of the Kentucky Penitentiary to the General Assembly, January 1, 1884</em></a>, at Google Books]. <br /><br />Around 1882, one of the Kentucky State Penitentiary contracts was awarded to C. R. Mason and Company [later Mason and Ford Co.], a shoe factory managed by Charles E. Hoge. The company was said to have provided the prison shoemakers with all provisions, clothing, beds, bedding, and medicines, as stipulated in the contract [p. 12]. The inmates also received spiritual enlightenment from four ministers who came to the prison to preach; the colored minister was Rev. J. W. Asbury. In December of 1883, there were 542 inmates in the Frankfort State Penitentiary: 249 White males; 256 Colored males; 2 White females; and 35 Colored females [p. 22]. The majority of the inmates came from 103 counties in Kentucky, with the absolute most from Jefferson and Fayette Counties [pp. 24-26]. The second largest group of prisoners by state of origin came from Tennessee, followed by Virginia [p. 27]. Murder was the number one offense of the inmates, followed by grand larceny and house-breaking [p. 26]. [For more about prison life for African American inmates in Kentucky Prisons, see "Sacrifice upon the altar of the law" in<a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/30000746" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <em>Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940</em></a>, by G. C. Wright.].<br /><br />"The new shoe factory at the Frankfort penitentiary started up on the first of the month, known as the Southern Shoe Co., owned by Mason and Ford Co. They will employ about 400 convicts for the manufacture of ladies', misses' and children's shoes. This is one of the most complete shoe factories in our state, and turns out some of the strongest medium priced lines built. They have had quite a successful past in manufacturing shoes, and trade appreciate the value for the money. Trade has been principally with jobbers and large department stores." - - [source: Southern Department: "Among the Manufacturers" on p. 84 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003422" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Boot and Shoe Recorder</em></a>, March 17, 1897.]<br /><br />The shoe industry in Kentucky prisons started to pick up momentum in the 1890s; by the close of 1898 there was an average of 300 prisoners at the Frankfort Penitentiary working in the shoe shop under the watchful eyes of six guards [source: pp. 49-50 in <a href="../source.php?source_id=3421" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Annual Report of the Board of Prison Commissioners to the Governor of the State of Kentucky for The Year Ending November 30, 1898</em></a>, Document No. 11, within <em>Kentucky Public Documents</em>]. In 1900, the prisoners at the Kentucky Branch Penitentiary in Eddyville were all listed in the U.S. Census with the occupation of prisoner, though there were probably shoemakers there also. At the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, the number of African Americans involved in shoe production was 35 times greater than the 1880 census total (see table below). The making of shoes by prisoners had become a major industry. The job duties were listed as steps in the assembly line for shoemaking, e.g., shoe bottomers, shoe cutters, shoe lasters (sew shoes together), shoe fitters (measure shoe length), shoe finishers, and workers in the shoe stock department. <br /><br />Starting in 1850 and up to 1900, there had been a boon in the making of shoes in the United States because of the invention of machines that did the work faster, more consistently, and cheaper than the work of an individual human making one shoe at a time. With the cheap prison labor, it became possible to have a much larger supply of the finished product and a much more affordable product for consumers. In the Kentucky prisons, the making of boots and shoes was the major profit-making industry for the State [source: "Kentucky" on pp. 95-96 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003423" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Report of the Industrial Commission on Prison Labor</em></a>, Vol. III, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 476, Part 8, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Approved June 18, 1898]. All abled-bodied prisoners in the Kentucky prisons worked under a prison lease or a contract system, or for the public-account system. The cost was 40 cents per man per working day at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, and 35 cents per day per man per working day at the Branch State Penitentiary in Eddyville.<br /><br />The State continued to lease the shoe factory in the Frankfort State Penitentiary to the Claiborne R. Mason Manufacturing Company, located in Frankfort [later named the Mason and Ford Company] and managed by <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98441194/charles-eugene-hoge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles E. Hoge</a> [Find A Grave]. The C. R. Mason Company had been leasing prison labor for the making of shoes as early as 1882. The shoe factory in the Kentucky Penitentiary in Eddyville was leased by the Southern Shoe Company, owned by Mason and Hoge, until the shoe factory burned down in 1896 under mysterious circumstances. <br /><br />By 1905, the Kentucky Shoe Manufacturing Company leased the Eddyville Penitentiary, employing 175 men at 45 cents per day [source: p. 8 in "The Abuses of prison labor," by C. Lovely in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003424" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Shoe Workers' Journal</em></a>, August 1905]. Charles E. Hoge would go on to form his own company, the Frankfort Shoe Company, and in 1905 changing the name to <a href="https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zt03zk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hoge-Montgomery Shoe Company</a> [James F. Montgomery]. The Hoge and Montgomery Company, the Southern Shoe Co, the Kentucky Shoe Mfg. Co., and the Mason Company tightly controlled the leasing of the prison shoe industry, controlling the day-to-day shoe operations in Kentucky prisons and heavily influencing the type of employment systems used for prison labor in Kentucky. The shoe manufacturers using prison labor also beat out competition in the general public in Kentucky, but even more so in other states where Kentucky prison-made shoes were sold.<br /><br />The 1905<em> Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor </em>states that the making of boots and shoes in Kentucky prisons produced the most valued goods among Kentucky prison industries, valued at $780,000. The 477 male prisoners' labor was valued at $172,292 [source: Table III, p. 275]. Within the boot and shoe prison industries in the United States, Kentucky placed 4th in value of goods produced among 38 states and in U.S. prisons. Kentucky ranked 4th in the number of prisoners employed in the shoe industry: the top five states were Missouri ($1,863,685) using 1,114 prisoners; Virginia ($1,631,540) using 996 prisoners, Illinois ($990,431) using 288.5 prisoners; Kentucky ($780,000) using 477 prisoners; and Wisconsin ($685,440) using 284 prisoners [sources: Table III, pp. 285-286; and Table III, p. 330]. <br /><br />The majority of the shoes made in Kentucky prisons were sold in other states: Disposition of Goods (boots and shoes) Made - $45,000 within state, $670,000 Outside State, for a total of $713,000 [source: Table V, p. 458]. The successful profit of the prison shoe industry in Kentucky depended on sales in other states, which was not always appreciated by competitors in those states. There were no limitations on the sales of boots and shoes made in Kentucky prisons, and the items did not note the products were "made by prisoners in Kentucky" [source: Table V, p. 425]. <br /><br />The 1905 value of the prisoner-made boots and shoes in Kentucky of $780,000 equated to approximately $20,600,000 in 2014. The shoe industry in Kentucky prisons accounted for 52% of the value of all goods produced in the Kentucky prison industries [all goods produced valued at $1,494,563; source: Table III, p. 296]. Kentucky ranked third among the 27 states that used a contract system for prison labor and the value of goods produced; Kentucky was third from last among the 40 states that used a public-account system for prison labor; Kentucky was fourth from the bottom of the 17 states with a piece-price system for prison labor; and Kentucky was fourth from the bottom of the 47 states that employed prisoners for a state-use prison labor system [source: Table III, p. 303]. [For a more detailed definition of the leasing systems in the Kentucky prisons at the turn of the century, see "Kentucky" on p. 148 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003423" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Report of the Industrial Commission on Prison Labor</em></a>, Vol. III, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 476, Part 8, 56th Congress, 1st Session, Approved June 18, 1898; and "Kentucky. State Convicts. Constitution" on pp. 674-679 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003222" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>20th Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor, 1905. Convict Labor</em></a>.] <br /><br />By 1900, there were about 139 African American shoemakers in Kentucky's prisons; a decade later there were over 700. Close to half of all the prisoners making shoes in Kentucky were African American males. Some of the additonal information recorded about the prisoners included the literacy rate, which had increased overall. Of the African American prisoners who made shoes in the Kentucky State Penitentiary, a little less than half could read and write (see table below). Practically all of this group of men were born in Kentucky, along with eight prisoners born in Tennessee, five in North Carolina, and no more than three in the other states mentioned in the table below. <br /><br />In 1910 the making of shoes was still the most profitable prison industry in Kentucky. At the Eddyville Branch, the majority of the shoemakers were African American men born in Kentucky; of that group, the majority could read and write. Of those who were not born in Kentucky, 23 were born in Tennessee, and there were no more than three from the other states listed in the table below. Also in 1910, of the more than 600 African American prisoners making shoes in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, the majority were born in Kentucky, with 31 born in Tennessee, 15 in Virginia, 10 in Ohio, nine in Indiana and Georgia, eight in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama; five or fewer from the states and countries listed in the table below. <br /><br />For the 1910 Census, race was primarilynoted for African Americans as either Black or Mulatto. This breakdown of race was due to the changes implemented at the U.S. Census Bureau. The census takers were instructed that “B” was called “black” only. The definition for “B” and “Mu” is: “For census purposes, the term ‘‘black’’ (B) includes all persons who are evidently full blooded negroes, while the term ‘‘mulatto’’ (Mu) includes all other persons having some proportion or perceptible trace of negro blood” [source: <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2010/01/21/race-and-the-census-the-negro-controversy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Race and the Census: the "Negro" controversy, by D. Cohn</a>, a Pew Research Center website]. The combined total of Black and Mulatto shoemakers in both of the Kentucky prisons in 1910 represented 3/5 of all the prison shoemakers in the state. The year 1910 represented the last of the best years which were the height of the shoemaking era in Kentucky prisons. Within the prisons, the African American male labor force was transitioning from shoemakers to pant and shirt makers, with African American female prisoners added to the labor force as seamstresses [source: 1910 U.S. Census].<br /><br />In 1920, the shoe industry at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville had been totally converted to a shirt making factory. The prisoners' job titles were listed as laborers [source: U.S. Census]. Meanwhile, at the Kentucky State Reformatory in Frankfort, the number of African American shoemakers had dropped to less than half the total counted in the 1910 census. There were 65 Black shoemakers and 218 Mulatto shoemakers according to the U.S. Census. It should be noted that the U.S. Census Bureau once again was making the distinction between those who were perceived as full-blooded Negroes and those thought to have a portion of Negro blood. The census taker for the Kentucky Reformatory went overboard with the instructions, so the collected data gives the impression that there were far more men in prison with a portion of Negro blood (Mulattoes) than those that appeared to be full-blooded Negroes (Black). <br /><br />Along that same line of thinking, the collected data also showed far more literate Mulatto male prisoners making shoes in 1920 than any other year the census was taken. The Black and Mulatto shoemakers made up a little less than half of the shoemakers in the Kentucky State Reformatory in Frankfort. The majority of these shoemakers were Kentucky natives, followed by 27 born in Tennessee, 12 in Virginia, 11 in Alabama and Georgia, and less than five in the states listed in the table below. The other African American inmates in the Kentucky Reformatory were shirt makers, broom makers, chair makers, and a few who worked on the farm. The African American female inmates worked in the laundry. The census for the year 1920 was the last to have listed the shoe-making occupations of the inmates in Kentucky prisons.<br /><br />For more about the shoe industries in Kentucky prisons see "The Courts and convict labor" by J. Leavitt on pp. 649-656 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003425" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>International Molder's Journal</em></a>, vol. 49, no. 1, January 1913; and the announcement that includes the sale of Kentucky Penitentiary Shoes in the ad "The Red Flag" on p. 5, columns 5-6 in <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Abbeville Press and Banner</a> </em>(Abbeville, S.C.). For more about the fire of unknown origins that destroyed the Southern Shoe Company at the Eddyville Penitentiary, see "Kentucky News: Fire in prison" on p. 4 in the <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002653" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Daily Public Ledger</em></a>, 5/16/1896; and <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003427" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Prison Slavery</em></a>, by B. Esposito, et. al. <br /><br />For more on the history of shoemaking in the United States see <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003170" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Path to Mechanized Shoe Production in the United States</em></a>, by R. Thomson; <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003171" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Feet and Footwear</em></a>, by M. DeMello; <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003393" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Pacemakers of Progress</em></a>, by H. R. Quimby; and <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003428" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Labor Producti</em>vity<em> in the Boot and Shoe Industry</em></a>, by B. Stern and S. E. Thompson. <br /><br />Below is a summary of African American shoemakers in Kentucky prisons from 1870 to 1920. <br /><br /><strong>AFRICAN AMERICAN SHOEMAKERS IN KENTUCKY PRISONS, 1870-1940</strong></p>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>YEAR</strong></td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> LOCATION</strong></td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>BLACK <br /></strong></td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>MULATTO <br /></strong></td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>BIRTH LOCATIONS</strong></td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>READ & WRITE</strong> </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>TOTAL </strong></td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong>SOURCES</strong></td>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1870</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> Kentucky Penitentiary</strong><br />Frankfort</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">1</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">Indiana</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">NO</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census pp. 70-88<br />Penitentiary</td>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1880</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> Kentucky Penitentiary</strong><br />Frankfort</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">2</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">2</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky & Connecticut</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 4</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census pp. 1-58<br />Penitentiary</td>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1900</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> Kentucky State Penitentiary</strong><br />Frankfort</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">139</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, <br />Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, <br />North Carolina, South Carolina,<br />Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, <br />Michigan, and New York</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">NO 74 / YES 65</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 139</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census pp. 1-26<br />Penitentiary</td>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1910</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> Kentucky Branch Penitentiary</strong><br />Eddyville</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">170</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina,<br />Mississippi, Illinois, South Carolina,<br />Indiana, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, <br />Michigan, Louisiana, Alabama,<br />New York, Texas, England</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">NO 65 / YES 105</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 170 </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census pp. 1-14<br />Kentucky Branch Penitentiary</td>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1910</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> Kentucky State Penitentiary </strong><br />Frankfort</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">355</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">255</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, North Carolina,<br />Indiana, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, <br />Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Idaho,<br />Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, West Virginia,<br />Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,<br />Illinois, Oklahoma, California, Louisiana, Colorado,<br />West Indies/Jamaica, U.S. or Unknown, Canada</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">NO 179 / YES 431 </td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 610</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census pp. 1-30<br />Kentucky Penitentiary</td>
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<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 1920</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"><strong> Kentucky State Reformatory<br /></strong>Frankfort</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">65</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">219</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia,<br />Indiana, North Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Oklahoma,<br />Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Maryland,<br />Florida, Texas, New Jersey</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">NO 42 / YES 242</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top"> 284</td>
<td scope="rowgroup" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census pp. 1-25<br />Kentucky State Reformatory</td>
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African American Shoe Makers, Repairers, Shiners - Paducah, KY
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<p>Paducah, KY, is known for many things, but one of the unknowns is that the city had a persistent number of shoemakers and shoe repairers for several decades, from the 1860s to World War I and beyond World War II. In reference to African Americans in the shoe business between 1920 and the early 1930s, there were as many colored shoemakers and shoe repairers in Paducah as in Louisville and Lexington. It was part of the ongoing trend of a considerable number of shoemakers starting in the mid-1800s.<br /><br />A few years after the American Civil War, there were at least 23 boot and shoemakers in Paducah, according to <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003462">Kelley & Lambdin's Paducah City Directory for 1869</a></em>. The African American shoemakers included Saunders Alexander, Arthur Carter, Ben Huston, Robert Taylor, and Phillip Williams, as well as the boot black Henry Russell [source: 1880 U.S. Census]. <br /><br />By 1920, after World War I, there were more shoe retail businesses, shoemakers, and shoe repairers listed in the business section of the city directory than had ever been listed before [source: <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003398" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></a>, pp. 701-702]. The listings included the shoe manufacturer International Shoe Company on N. 2nd Street, 13 shoe retail stores, and 27 cobblers/shoemakers/shoe repairers. In 1926, African American shoe shiner H. F. Bailey was added in the business section [source: <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em>, p. 886]. It was during this time period, 1920-1933, that the number of African Americans in the shoe business rivaled the number of those in Louisville and Lexington, with Paducah having 33 African American cobblers/shoemakers/shoe repairers, 39 shoe shiners, and four others employed with a shoe business as a porter or janitor. <br /><br />But by 1930, things had started to change. There was not a heading of "<strong>SHOES</strong>" in the business section of the city directory that year [source: <em>Caron's Paducah Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em>]. The International Shoe Company and individual shoe makers, repairers, shiners, and other employees were listed within the names section of the directory. The 1930 U.S. Census was used to identify African Americans in the shoe business, revealing nine shoemakers/repairers and nine shoe shiners. Three years later, the headings and listings for "<strong>SHOES</strong>" reappeared in the business section of the city directory, but there was no notation of race in either the 1933 or the 1935 directories [source: <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em>; and <em>Caron's Paducah City Directory for the Years 1935-1936</em>]. The listing on p. 754 in the 1933 directory had the following breakdown: International Shoe Company, eight shoe dealers-retailers, 16 shoe repairers, and three shoe shiners. James E. Roberts, Othello J. Tanner, and Olin Taylor were the African American shoe repairers, along with shoe shiners James R. Curry and Harry Reeves. <br /><br />In the 1935 directory on pp. 801-802, the categories revealed the International Shoe Company, 10 shoe dealers-retailers, 17 shoe repairers, and one shoe shiner. Andrew Mooring, James E. Roberts, Jr., and Othello J. Tanner were African American shoe repairers, and Thomas O. Cothran was a shoe shiner. By 1939, the race notation was once again in the Paducah city directory with the symbol © by the names of African Americans, though, there was no notation of race under the headings for "<strong>SHOES</strong>" in the business section of the directory [source: <em>The Baldwin, Billings and Young Paducah, Kentucky Con Survey Directory, Master Edition, vol. 2, 1939</em>, p. 74]. Listed were the International Shoe Company, 11 persons or businesses that repaired shoes, and 12 shoe dealers-retailers. Race would no longer be noted in the business section of the Paducah city directories in reference to "<strong>SHOES.</strong>" <br /><br />For the year 1940, the U.S. Census was used to identify the six African American shoe repairers and eight shoe shiners. In 1941, under the "<strong>SHOES</strong>" heading were the International Shoe Company, eight shoe dealers-retailers, and nine shoe repairers, including African Americans J. E. Roberts and J. B. Pursley [source: p. 840 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1941-1942</em>]. The 1941 listing did not include African American Roy L. Morphis, whose name is listed on p. 421 in the directory. Several years after World War II, the shoe business in Paducah continued at about the same rate as before the war, though there were few African Americans in the business. Listed in the city directory were the International Shoe Company, seven shoe dealers-retailers, and 12 shoe repairers, one of whom was African American Clayborn B. Frazier [p. 116 & p. 543 in <em>Caron's Paducah (McCracken County, K</em><em>Y.) City Directory, vol. XVIII, 1947</em>]. <br /><br />More than 10 years later, in 1959, there was still the International Shoe Company along with 11 shoe dealers-retailers, eight shoe repairers, and one shoe shiner, all listed on p. 88 in <em>Caron's Paducah (McCracken County, KY.) City Directory 1959</em>. <br /><br />In the table below are the names of many African Americans who were in the shoe business in Paducah from at least 1880 up to 1949. Many of these men were born in Tennessee, and a few migrated to Chicago, IL, where they found employment other than the shoe business. James E. Roberts, Jr. was one of the few shoe repairers to migrate out of Kentucky and carry on the trade; he left Kentucky in 1939 for Kansas City, MO, where he taught shoe repairing as a trade. For those who remained in Paducah, there were several shoemakers and repairers who stayed in the business for 20 years or more: Saunders Alexander, 30 years; Clayborn Frazier, 27 years; James B. Pursley, 25 years; James E. Roberts (Sr.), 33 years; Robert Taylor, 34 years; Phillip Williams, 32 years; and shoe shiner Grant Dollar, 20 years. For most of the shoe shiners, porters, and janitors, the work was a short-term gig before moving on to more lucrative employment.<br /><br />* Neither the letter "<em>c</em>" nor a "dot" was used to note African American persons in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em>; <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em>; and <em>Caron's Paducah City Directory for the Years 1935-1936</em><em>.</em><br /><br /></p>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><strong>NAME</strong></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><strong>BUSINESS</strong></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><strong>LOCATION</strong></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><strong>YEAR</strong></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><strong>SOURCES</strong></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><strong>NOTES</strong></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Saunders Alexander (1849-1912)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Jackson Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1880</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 2136, Registered No. 9</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sandy Alexander (1849-1912)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">922 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 360 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003463" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></a></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sandy Alexander (1849-1912)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">922 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 54 & p. 621 in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300003398" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></a></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sandy Alexander (1849-1912)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">117 S. 9th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 54 & p. 630 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sandy Alexander (1849-1912)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">119 S. 9th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 54 & p. 661 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sam Allen (b.1886)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">158 Woodward Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 701 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">S. J. Allen (b.1886)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">158 Woodward Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">S. J. Allen (b.1886)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">158 Woodward Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sam J. Allen (b.1886)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Cobbler, Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">222 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 843 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Worked for Stout Construction in 1940 (U.S. Census)</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Parish Anderson (b.1875)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Owns Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James Armstrong, Jr. (1896-1970)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">porter at Cochran Shoe Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Rudy Avenue w of 13th</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 53 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81224581/james-armstrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">821 N. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 39 in <em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George B. Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at William Thompson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">521 Campbell Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 67 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">601 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 66 in<em> Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George B. Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at Alabama Shoe Shop owned by C. E. Pearson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 60 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry F. Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">14th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 71 & p. 715 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">H. F. Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">14th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 762 & 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">H. F. Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">14th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 819 in <em>Caron's Paducah KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Bane Barton (1873-1965)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1315 S. 9th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U. S. Census & pp. 74 & 701 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Social Security Death Index, Died in IL.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Bane Barton (1873-1965)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owner of Economy Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">706 S. 6th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 183 & 721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Benjamin Barton (1873-1965)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 Norton Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Bane Barton (1873-1965)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 Norton Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Bank porter in 1930 U.S. Census</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James Bell (b.1897)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">819 Jones Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Lark Bingham (b.1863)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">432 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1912</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 83 & 681 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1912-13</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Alex Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1209 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 102 & 817 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sylvester Boyd (1893-1959)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at Benjamin Barton Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">504 Elizabeth Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 106 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 116 59-17657, Registrar's No. 415</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sylvester Boyd (1893-1959)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Cobbler - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Co-owner of Boyd & Willis Restaurant in 1926, p. 107 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Curlie Britt</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Arcade Hatters</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">506 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 113 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Arthur Brown (b.1892)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Wagon Shoe Shiner - Barber Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles Brown (b.1891)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black at Shoe Shine Parlor</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles Brown</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bros (billiards)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">404 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 127 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George W. Brown (1921-1987)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Barber Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Thomas Buffalo</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bros (billiards)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">404 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 135 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Bursey (1895-1973)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">514 S. 11th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN or AL, WWI Draft Card & 1930 U.S. Census. Died in MI. U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Bursey (1895-1973)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">514 S. 11th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ellis Bynum (b.1903)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Store</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Mitchell Caldwell (1874-1938)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1005 N. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 117 & 701 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81448981/mitchell-caldwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Mitchell Caldwell (1874-1938)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1006 N. 10th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 121 & 721 in<em> Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Mitchell Caldwell (1874-1938)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1007 Findlay Avenue</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Mitchell Caldwell (1874-1938)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1007 Findlay Avenue</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Robert Caldwell (b. 1857)</span></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Shoemaker - Owner of Paducah Shoeing Shop [Blacksmith]</span></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: #ff0000;">7th Street</span></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: #ff0000;">1900</span></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: #ff0000;">1900 U.S. Census & p. 59 in <em>City Directory of Paducah, KY. 1902</em></span></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Horse Shoes. Husband of Hattie B. Caldwell.</span></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Caldwell, Sr. (1872-1917)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Adams Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1900</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Father of Robert Caldwell, Jr. Husband of Maggie Caldwell.<br />Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 23204, Registered No. 379.<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81448984/robert-t-caldwell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave<br /></a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert T. Caldwell, Sr. (1872-1917)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">720 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1902</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p.59 in <em>City Directory of Paducah, KY. 1902</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><br /><br /></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">R. T. Caldwell, Sr. (1872-1917)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">432 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Caldwell, Jr. (b.1893)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at J. A. Rudy & Sons</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">715 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1917</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">WWI Draft Registration Card</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Son of Maggie and Robert Caldwell, Sr. Husband of Isola Caldwell.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Carman (1896-1957)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at J. B. Pursley</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1126 Jones Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 120 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 116 57-14852, Registrar's No. 4030. Died in Louisville.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry D. Carman (1896-1957)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1126 Jones Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 138 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry D. Carman (1896-1957)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. B. Pursley</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1126 Jones Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 155 in <em>Caron's Paducah KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Arthur Carter (b.1844)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">92 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1880</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in GA. Brother-in-law to Robert Taylor. In 1885, he was a janitor, civil service, in the Paducah courthouse [source: U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, July 1, 1885, p. 235]</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Fester Cockrell</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at J. A. Rudy & Sons</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">715 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 127 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916-1917</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Thomas Cothran (b.1907)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">700 S. Third Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 169 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Thomas O. Cothran (b.1907)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">614 Tennessee Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 157 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Thomas O. Cothran (b.1907)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Re-Nu Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">408 Kelly's Alley</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1935</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 159 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1935-1936</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Couch</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Henry Bailey</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1410 Clay Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 173 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Vincent Cunningham (1915-1969)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black at Shoe Shining Parlor</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in MO. Kentucky Death Index.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James Curry</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bros</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1238 Monroe</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 204 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James R. Curry</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at George's Place</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">220 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1933</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 164 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William Daniels (b.1894)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black at Louis Caporal</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">515 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 148 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William B. Daniels (b.1894)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Louis Caporal</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">515 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 161 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Migrated north and was working for the Pontiac Motor Co. in Pontiac, MI in 1942 [source: WWII Draft Registration Card].</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Rufus Danison (b.1899)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in Nova Scotia {may be in TN}.</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Lawrence D. Davis (b.1908)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1401 Rudy Avenue</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 215 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Lawrence Davis (b.1908)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Re-Nu Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1401 Rudy Avenue</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 210 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Herman Dinwiddie (1910-1972)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1033 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 201 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Social Security Death Index. Died in Chicago.</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Herman Dinwiddie (1910-1972)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Parlor</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Herman Dinwiddie (1910-1972)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Edward R. Dixon (b.1904)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">132 S. 11th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 167 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Grant Dollar (1878-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 28571, Registrar's No. 617 [Name given as Mont E. Dollar on death certificate].</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Grant Dollar (1878-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">620 Adams</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 172 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Grant Dollar (1878-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1048 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 203 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Grant Dollar (1878-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">302 S. 9th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 228 in <em>Caron's Paducah KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Grant Dollar (1878-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black - Owns Business</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Grant Dollar (1878-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Willie Douglas (b.1904)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">John Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1900</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in MD. <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83993727/john-fisher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">John P. Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">711 Adams Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 360 in <em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">John P. Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">443 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 182 & 621 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. P. Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">711 Adams Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 631 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">John P. Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker / Repairer - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">711 Adams Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 183 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. P. Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">713 Adams Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1912</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 681 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1912-13</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. P. Fisher (1855-1915)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">711 Adams Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 717 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Milton Fitzgerald (1910-1962)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1045 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 237 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 116 62 11535, Registrar's No. 320</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Oscar Franklin</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">907 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 208 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Clayborn Frazer (1889-1953)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">924 Husbands Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 116 53 3720, Registrar's No. 81</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">C. B. Frazier (1889-1953)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">924 Husbands Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">C. B. Frazier (1889-1953)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">924 Husbands Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Clayborn Frazer (1889-1953)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1117 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Clayborn Frazier (1889-1953)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1117 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 271 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Clayborn B. Frazier (1889-1953)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">802 Caldwell</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1947</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 116 in <em>Caron's Paducah (McCracken County, KY.) City Directory vol. 1947</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ora Gaines (1896-1950)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at J. A. Rudy & Sons</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1917</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">WWI Draft Registration Card</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84019124/ora-gaines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Orine Gaines (1896-1950)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Mayo Gentry (1910-1981)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at J. A. Morton</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">632 Jackson Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 257 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Social Security Death Index. Died in Washington, D.C.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">H. L. Griffin</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1023 S. 3rd Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 621 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry L. Griffin</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1001 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 213 & 631 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Louis Harris (b.1901)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Repair Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">City Jail</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Inmate in the city jail.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shredric Harris (b.1901)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">John Haynes</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">217 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 631 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Lonzo Hendon</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at J. A. Rudy & Sons</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">924 Findlay Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 300 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Artell Hester (1907-1925)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Henry Bailey Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">612 N. 14th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 303 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 10205, Registered No. 148</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Allen Holman</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">903 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 243 & 621 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Allen Holman</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">903 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p.n631 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Allen Hollman</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">812 Harris Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p.n249 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Claude Hughes (1896-1923)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at T. H. Callahan Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">622 Jackson Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p.n271 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 23410.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Claude Hughes (1896-1923)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Shoe Factory</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Claude Hughes (1896-1923)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at T. H. Callahan</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">405 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 280 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kermit Hughes (b.1914)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Barber Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Marcella Hunter</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1000 S. 6th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 275 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ben Huston (b.1854)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">123 Harrison Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1880</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Edgar Johnson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at Economy Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">710 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 296 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Everett Johnson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bros & Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">615 S. 15th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 357 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Knight (b.1864)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">501 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & pp.309 & 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Knight (b.1864)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">501 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 318 & 721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Knight (b.1864)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">501 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Knight (b.1864)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1209 Harrison Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 383 & 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles H. Lee (b.1907)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Parlor</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (1857-1926)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1365 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 23644, Registered No. 415 / Wife Agnes</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (1857-1926)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">432 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1918</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 622 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1918-1919</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (1857-1926)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">513 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (1857-1926)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">609 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (b.1902)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Re-Nu Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">733 Jackson Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 433 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (b.1902)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Re-Nu Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">403 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1939</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 466 & 532 in <em>The Baldwin, Billings and Young Paducah, Kentucky Con Survey Directory, Master Edition, vol. 2, 1939</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Lewis (b.1902)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Richard Anderson "R. A." Logan (1869-1941)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Store</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 24984, Registrar's No. 453 <br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138445936/richard-logan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. R. McDonald</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">416 S. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Harold McElwain (b.1921)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Barber Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Elmo McKendrick (1900-1942)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at J. A. Rudy & Sons / Boot Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1918</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">WWI Draft Registration Card & p. 309 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1918-1919</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index. Died in Chicago.</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Elmo McKendrick (1900-1942)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at J. A. Rudy & Sons</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 353 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Bennie McReynolds (1903-1932)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner & Barber</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 12168, Registered No. 227</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Mekes</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1046 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p.721 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Mekes</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1046 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 430 & 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Listed with a "<em>c</em>" [for colored] in the 1924 city directory; he may have been from Greece, Hungary, or some other European country.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">George Mekes</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1046 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 452 & 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Andrew Mooring (1878-1936)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">708 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 513 in <em>Caron's Paducah KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. [Last name misspelled "Mowens."] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index. Died in Chicago.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Andy Mooring (1878-1936)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Andrew Mooring (1878-1936)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">717 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1935</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 426 in <em>Caron's Paducah City Directory for the Years 1935-1936</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Oddie Morphis (1892-1972)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">826 N. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 373 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Age from WWI Draft Registration Card. U.S. Social Security Death Index. Died in Louisville.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Roy L. Morphis (b.1918)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Roy L. Morphis (b.1918)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1941</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 424 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1941-1942</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Noble Morris (b.1901)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black at Barker School</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Vernell Nailing (1905-1982)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Cook County, IL Death Index. Died in Chicago.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Abram Oates (1913-1992)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Index. Died in Louisville.</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Elzee Ogleby (b.1895)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Store</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Scott T. Overton (1859-1914)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1024 S. 10th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 362 in <em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 2015, Registered No. 60</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Scott T. Overton (1859-1914)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">631 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 631 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Scott T. Overton (1859-1914)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">704 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1912</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 681 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1912-13</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">C. E. Pearson (b.1868)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - owner of Alabama Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 717 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in AL.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">C. E. Pearson (b.1868)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - owner of Alabama Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 46 & 675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles E. Pierson (b.1868)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - owner of Alabama Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles E. Pearson (b.1868)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 418 & 722 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Commodore Pryor (1907-1942)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1424 Murrell Blvd.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 569 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 16626, Registrar's No. 3081(?)</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. B. Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">723 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p .675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No.116 54 7692, Registrar's No. 209</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. B. Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">723 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1918</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 622 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1918-1919</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Bert Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owns Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">617 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. B. Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">617 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 722 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. B. Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">617 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James B. Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">617 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 535 & 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. Burt Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">623 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1939</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 527 in <em>The Baldwin, Billings and Young Paducah, Kentucky Con Survey Directory, Master Edition, volume 2, 1939</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">J. B. Pursley (1883-1954)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">617 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1941</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 233, 690, & 840 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1941-1942</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Harry L. Reeves (1906-1995)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bro. & Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">609 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 546 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84326984/harry-l-reeves" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Harry Reeves (1906-1995)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">609 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 593 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Harry L. Reeves (1906-1995)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">609 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 582 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Harry Reeves (1906-1995)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">609 N. 13th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1933</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 464 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Wesley Render (1904-1960)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bro. & Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1035 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 443 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Family Trees in Ancestry.com</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Wesley Reynolds</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bro. & Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1035 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 444 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Mack Riley (b.1894)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker & Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">217 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & pp. 413 & 661 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in NC.</td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William M. Riley</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1124 Madison Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 400, 602, & 621 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Howard Roberts (b.1899)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1308 Madison Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 421 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Howard Jones Roberts (b.1899)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1918</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">WWI Draft Registration Card</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Howard Roberts (b.1899)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker Helper</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">601 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 404 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Father of James E. Roberts, Jr. (1913-1999). Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 18538, Registrar's No. 389.<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84327357/james-e-roberts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">601 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 416 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1912</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 426 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1912-13</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 446 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James Eddie Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Self Employed</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1918</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">WWI Draft Registration Card</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 437 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 452 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Park Avenue</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 606 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">[James] Eddie Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at T. H. Callahan Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1933</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 475 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer- Owner of Roberts Shoe Hospital</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">828 N. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1939</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 537 in <em>The Baldwin, Billings and Young Paducah, Kentucky Con Survey Directory, Master Edition, volume 2, 1939</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts (1881-1947)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">826 N. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1941</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 502 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1941-1942</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts, Jr. (1913-1999)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 558 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Son of James E. Roberts (1881-1947). U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index. Died in Kansas City, MO.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts Jr. (1913-1999)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Park Avenue</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 606 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts, Jr. (1913-1999)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">828 N. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1935</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 504 in <em>Caron's Paducah City Directory for the Years 1935-1936</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James E. Roberts, Jr. (1913-1999)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at Roberts Shoe Hospital</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">828 N. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1939</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 537 in <em>The Baldwin, Billings and Young Paducah, Kentucky Con Survey Directory, Master Edition, volume 2, 1939</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Lived in Paducah, KY, then moved to Kansas City, MO, where he taught shoe repairing [source: 1940 Census].</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Henry Russell (b.1866)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1880</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sanford Rogers (b.1869)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">311 S. 3rd Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 270 & 362 in <em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Arnold Sansberry (1896-1981)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at T. H. Callahan Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">609 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 467 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in IL. Kentucky Death Index. Died in Louisville.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles Smith</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">806 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 573 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Otis Stigger (1913-1966)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bros</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">316 N. 14th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 664 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky. City Directory for 1930-1931</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Index<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84374241/otis-stigger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Otis Stigger (1913-1966)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">827 Washington Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1949</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 334 in <em>Caron's Paducah (McCracken County, KY.) City Directory 1949</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Eugene Stewart (1912-1936)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at J. A. Rudy & Sons</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">350 S. 7th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 626 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 14420, Registered No. 227</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Otis Stone (1923-1946)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Index<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84374311/otis-stone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Otho J. Tanner (1865-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Cobbler - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">606 Jackson Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in OH. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 15382, Registrar's No. 332 [name filed as Rev. O. J. Tanner]</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Othello J. Tanner (1865-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">617 Jackson Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 639 & 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Othello J. Tanner (1865-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">812 S. 5th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 690 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Othello J. Tanner (1865-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Cobbler - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1930</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Othello J. Tanner (1865-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">812 S. 5th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1933</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 544 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Othello J. Tanner (1865-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">812 S. 5th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1935</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 577 in <em>Caron's Paducah City Directory for the Years 1935-1936</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Charles Tate</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Arcade Hatters</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">506 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 603 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ollin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1024 Caldwell Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 675 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 7676, Registered No. 111</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ollin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1022-1024 Caldwell Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1918</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 622 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1918-1919</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ollin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer - Owns Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">rear 1201 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 702 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ollin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">rear 1201 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 722 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Olin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">rear 1201 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 835 in <em><em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Olin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1201 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1926</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 641 & 886 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for 1926-1927</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Olin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1201 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1928</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 840 & 926 in <em>Caron's Paducah, KY. City Directory for 1928-1929</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Olin Taylor (1850-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1201 Murrell Boulevard</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1933</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 743 in <em>Caron's Paducah, Ky</em><em>. City Directory for 1933-1934</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Taylor (b.1852)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">92 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1880</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Brother-in-law of Arthur Carter</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Taylor (b.1852)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at Sandy Alexander</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">922 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 460 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Taylor (b.1852)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">624 S. 9th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 476 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Taylor (b.1852)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at J. E. Roberts</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">705 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1912</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 489 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1912-13</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Robert Taylor (b.1852)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at Alabama Shoe Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">512 N. 12th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1914</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 516 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1914-1915</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William Thompson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">521 Campbell Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1902</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 275 in <em>City Directory of Paducah, KY. 1902</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William Thompson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">601 Trimble Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 362 in <em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William Thompson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">521 Campbell Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 466 n <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Clarence W. Tooley (1904-1994)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker at T. H. Callahan</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">515 S. 9th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census & p. 515 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. <br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127316781/clarence-w-tooley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William James Ussery (1904-1955)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Store</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 116 55 23394, Registrar's No. 500</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William James Ussery (1904-1955)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Prenos Bro. & Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1334 Madison Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 540 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">James Vincent</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner at Arcade Hatters</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">506 Broadway</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 545 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Palmer Warren (b.1910)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Repairer at T. H. Callahan</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1405 Clay Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1924</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 648 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1924-1925</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Moses A. Watts (1872-1940)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Porter - Shoe Store</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in IL. Kentucky Death Index.<br /><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84489896/moses-andrew-watts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find A Grave</a></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Sam Webb (1907-1935)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Shoe Parlor</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 7662, Registered No. 110</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">William Whittaker (b.1872)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Janitor at Int. Shoe Co.</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">826 N. 10th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1922</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p 570 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1922-1923</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ellis Whittemore (1902-1929)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1405 1/2 S. 4th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1920</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 550 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1920-1921</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 32748, Registered No. 570</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Ernest Wilkinson</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Boot Black</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">913 N. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1916</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 534 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1916--1917</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Phillip Williams (1854-1916)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Cobbler</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1880</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Born in TN. Kentucky Death Certificate File No. 8494, Registered No. 117.</td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Phillip Williams (1854-1916)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1337 S. 10th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1904</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 335 & 362 in <em>Ashton's Directory of Paducah, Kentucky 1904</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Phillip Williams (1854-1916)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">722 S. 5th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1906</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 621 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1906-7</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Phillip Williams (1854-1916)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">722 S. 5th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1908</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">p. 631 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1908-9</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Phillip Williams (1854-1916)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1001 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1910</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 530 & 661 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah for 1910-11</em></td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Phillip Williams (1854-1916)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoemaker</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1001 S. 8th Street</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1912</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">pp. 576 & 681 in <em>Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, Ky. for 1912-13</em></td>
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<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">W. Lee Wright (b.1911)</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">Shoe Shiner - Barber Shop</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top"> </td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">1940</td>
<td scope="col" align="left" valign="top">U.S. Census</td>
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African Americans in the Upper Cumberland Region (FA 510) [oral histories]
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<p>The following information about the oral history collection, <a href="http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fa_fin_aid/372/" target="_blank">African Americans in the Upper Cumberland Region (FA 510)</a>, comes from the collection note at Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives: "This collection contains interviews with or about African Americans in the upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee. The interviews are life histories focusing on what it was like growing up in the region. Researchers should look at the subject analytics below to determine the counties included in this study. This project was done as part of a class in folk studies at Western Kentucky University and supervised by Lynwood Montell." The collection is 6 boxes, 54 folders, 238 items, dated 1991-1997, consisting of original papers, transcriptions, photos, and cassette tapes. All items are available at <a href="http://www.wku.edu/library/dlsc/manuscripts/index.php" target="_blank">Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts and Folklife Archives</a>.</p>
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Atkins, Charles Henry "Speedy"
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Charles Atkins was known as "Speedy" because he was a very fast tobacco worker, according to some. He has also been referred to as Henry Atkins in print publications. His grave marker reads Charles Atkins, 1875-1928. <br /><br />Atkins had moved to Paducah, KY from Tennessee. One day while fishing he drowned in the Ohio River. His body was turned over to African American funeral home director A. Z. Hamock, who prepared Atkins' body with an experimental super-preservative. The experiment left Atkins body mummified. Pleased with the results, Hamock put the mummified Atkins on display. It has been reported that Hamock <span>"<a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/34518">nicknamed him 'Speedy' because he never moved</a>."</span><br /><br />It was not until 1994 that Atkins was finally buried in Maplelawn Cemetery in Paducah. Numerous television programs and newspapers around the country have highlighted the story of Speedy Atkins. For more see <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23475/charles-henry-atkins">Charles Henry "Speedy" Atkins</a> (1875-1928) at Find A Grave.
Barker, Samuel Lorenzo
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<p>According to Kentucky Birth Records, Professor S. L. Barker was born in Christian County, KY, the son of Ellin Sumers (?) and Bob Barker. [Tennessee is also given as his birth location in Census Records.] <br /><br />Samuel Barker is best remembered as an education leader. In Owensboro, KY, he was a Dunbar School teacher and principal; he became principal of Western High School in 1934. He was a long-time member and leader in the <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/410">Kentucky Negro Educational Association (KNEA)</a>, first serving as assistant secretary in 1916. He was the 2nd District organizer for the Association of Colored Teachers beginning in 1925. The KNEA reporter in 1928, he later serving on the Board of Directors 1930-1935 and as president of the board 1939-1940.<br /><br />Barker chaired the Legislative Committee in 1933, ran unsuccessfully for president of the association in 1935 and 1937 and successfully in 1939, serving 1939-1941. He also served on the Kentucky governor's committee for higher education for Negroes in 1940. Professor Barker served on various KNEA committees until the <a href="https://www.kea.org/">Kentucky Education Association</a> subsumed KNEA in 1956. In his political life, Barker served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Kentucky in 1952. <br /><br />S. L. Barker was the husband of Callie Coleman Barker (b. 1878 in TN), a teacher and seamstress. They were the parents of nine children, one of whom was Roberta L. Barker Woodard, listed in <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300001869">The Black Women in the Middle West Project</a></em>, by D. C. Hine, et al. <br /><br />For more on Samuel L. Barker see the <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/411"><em>Kentucky Negro Educational Association Journal</em></a>, 1916-1952. For more on the Second District Association of Colored Teachers of Kentucky see "Colored Column" in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300001876"><em>The Bee</em></a>, 12/05/1911, p. 2.</p>
Blacks Who Enlisted in Kentucky for U.S. Navy Submarine Duty During World War II
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<p>The following is an incomplete list of the African American men who enlisted in Kentucky and served on a Navy submarine during World War II. The names come from <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300001931">Black Submariners</a></em>, by G. A. Knoblock. This entry was suggested by UK Librarian Shawn Livingston.</p>
<ol>
<li>Joe William Green enlisted in Lexington, KY.</li>
<li>Arthur J. Wharton, Jr. enlisted in Louisville, KY. He is a World War II veteran interred overseas. Wharton was a Steward's Mate First Class on the ship <em>Barbel</em>. His death date is given as 2/19/1946, and there is a monument honoring him at Fort William McKinley in the <a href="https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/wharton%3Darthur">Manila American Cemetery</a>, Philippines.</li>
<li><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2181">Russell Donan</a> (1922-1992) enlisted in Louisville, KY. He was born in Edmonton, KY.</li>
<li>Andrew Jack Pace enlisted in Louisville.</li>
<li>George E. Pogue enlisted in Louisville.</li>
<li>Louis Hill Jones enlisted in Louisville.</li>
<li>Lunie Joseph Neal enlisted in Louisville.</li>
<li>James Lee Baker enlisted in Louisville and served as the first African American steward on the ship <em>Nautilus</em>.</li>
<li>James Thomas McGuire enlisted in Louisville.</li>
<li>Woodrow Wilson Jones, 1918-2001, enlisted in Louisville and is buried in <a href="https://maplewoodcemeterynorwichct.com">Maplewood Cemetery</a> in Norwich, CT. He was born in Tennessee and was the husband of Flore Jones.</li>
<li>Parkes Lee Davidson, 1909-1991, enlisted in Louisville. He died in Louisville and is buried in the <a href="https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/newalbany.asp">New Albany National Cemetery</a> in Indiana.</li>
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Britton, Thomas M., Sr. "Tom"
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Well known jockey Thomas "Tom" Britton, Sr. was born in 1870 in Lexington, KY, the son of Laura and Henry Britton. He was the husband of Pearl Jackson Britton (1873-1904, born in KY), and they had a son named Thomas Britton, Jr. [source: 1900 U.S. Federal Census]. Tom Britton, Sr. rode in the 1892 Kentucky Derby aboard Huron, owned by Ed Corrigan, and came in second place, six inches behind <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/662">Alonzo Clayton</a> riding Azra. Britton had won the Tennessee Derby in 1891 aboard Valera, and the Kentucky Oaks aboard Miss Hawkins. He was thrown against a fence and knocked unconscious when he fell while riding Miss Dixie in a Chicago race in June of 1891. It was written in the <em>Milford Mail </em>newspaper that Britton's mind had been affected by the injury, and since then he was sometimes referred to as "Crazy Britton." He continued racing and won the 1892 Tennessee Derby aboard Tom Elliott. Though a successful jockey during the earlier days of his career, Britton began having more serious troubles around 1895 when he lost his racing license. April of 1895, the Committee on Jockeys of the Turf Congress allowed Britton to have a two-month permit that was to be continued if his conduct was satisfactory. Britton was ruled off the track at Latonia in November of 1896, and it was recommended that his license be revoked. He had been ruled off the track five months earlier because of his involvement in a fraudulent ticket operation. In 1900, he was racing in Newport, KY, riding aboard Banbury, when both horse and rider took a spill. By 1901, Britton was down on his luck, he was broke and living in a room in a boarding house in Lodge Alley in Cincinnati, OH, when he committed suicide. Thomas M. Britton, Sr. is buried in <a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1254">African Cemetery #2</a> in Lexington, KY. He was the brother of Mary E. Britton and Julia Britton Hooks. For more see "The Chicago races," <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002720">Sandusky Daily Register</a></em>, 06/27/1891; "The Congress rules," <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/30000660">New York Times</a></em>, 04/12/1895, p.6; "Jockey Tom Britton," <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002529">Leader</a></em>, 11/20/1896, p.5; "Jockey Tom Britton," in the <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002055">Daily Racing Form</a></em>, 07/03/1896, p.2, and 07/04/1896, p.1; "Jockey Tom Britton," in the <em>Daily Racing Form</em>, 05/23/1900, p.1; "Took his own life," <em>Leader</em>, 05/20/1901, p.7; "Britton had great ability," <em><a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002056">The Milford Mail</a></em>, 08/31/1905, p.3; and "Negro riders of renown," <em>Daily Racing Form</em>, 02/17/1922, p.2.
Cabell Brothers (Pharmacists)
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<p><a>Atwood Cabell, born 1897 in Tennessee, was the first African American pharmacist in Henderson, KY. His brothers Roger W. (1893-1972) and Delmo also became pharmacists. Delmo Boutell Cabell (1895-1977), born in Madisonville, KY, was the first African American pharmacist in Providence, KY, beginning around 1917. Roger died in Henderson, KY, and Delmo died in Detroit, MI. The Cabell Brothers are related to George and Aaron Cabell. For more on Delmo Cabell, see <em>Who's Who in Colored America, 1933-37</em>. For more on the Cabell Family, visit the Henderson County Public Library Genealogy and Family Files.</a></p>