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Quondam Washington:: Isaac P. Christiancy and His Child Bride: There's No Fool like an Old Fool Part I
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Sunday, October 20, 2013. Isaac P. Christiancy and His Child Bride: There's No Fool like an Old Fool Part I. US Senator (Michigan) Isaac Peckham Christiancy. This is a story that has it all: Sex. Politics. More sex. It begins with a May-December wedding:. The groom—Isaac Peckham Christiancy—was a sixty-four year old Senator, ex-state supreme court justice, widow and father of at least seven children. The bride—Lillian Lugenbell—was. The wedding was witnessed by Fellow Michigan Senator Thomas Ferry. From ...
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Quondam Washington:: March 2010
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Monday, March 22, 2010. Found: Old Photo of Wilson Normal School Students, 1923. Perhaps somewhere out, a reader might recognize one of the young ladies in this photo, which QW. Found while indulging in one of her favorite pastimes, flea marketing. Predating the Wilson School, the Normal School for Colored Girls had been established in 1851; its name was thankfully changed to Miner Normal School in 1879. The Washington Normal School changed its name to the. The Miner College then occupied Franklin School.
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Quondam Washington:: May 2012
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Friday, May 25, 2012. Noah E. Sedgwick: A Black Cop in DC's Gilded Age. March 17th, 1892:. 34-year-old Noah E. Sedgwick dipped his pen in ink and began a letter to John W. Ross, Commissioner of the District of Columbia:. Dr Sir, I have the honor to make application for a patrol driver or the like under your branch of the District Government. I will faithfully discharge the duties assigned me. Your obedient Servnt, Noah Sedwick. 13 Have you ever been indicted and convicted of any crime? March 11th, 92.
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Quondam Washington:: January 2009
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Saturday, January 17, 2009. Who Was Lena Gray? Early African American Photographs. Just yesterday, I perused the University of Maryland's Baltimore Campus and came across several photos of African Americans from Washington, D.C. Among them are several portraits of a woman named Lena Gray. A black friend of mine recently bemoaned the fact that it's nearly impossible to research an African American family tree without hitting the brick wall of the 1860s- before which time, few records were kept. I have tri...
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Quondam Washington:: January 2012
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Thursday, January 19, 2012. There's no fool like an old fool.Quondam Washington will take us back to one of 19th century Washington's juiciest scandals.it's the stuff you won't find in the history books. Stay tuned. Posted by Quondam Washington. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. Look for Your Ancestors! Updates, corrections and addenda added regularly. Stay tuned for more photos. Kwän′dəm, -dam). From the n...
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Quondam Washington:: August 2011
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Monday, August 8, 2011. Getting Around Washington Back in the Day. QW has been very remiss in attending to this blog, which she started with the greatest ambitions of maintaining. However, as so often happens in life, her diligence has faltered due to changes in job and personal life. She apologizes to her readers, and offers amends in the form of a couple of memories she discovered while surfing the Wonder that is the Web this evening. The Turn of the Century. 1941 in Washington - or so says. As were ge...
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Quondam Washington:: October 2013
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Sunday, October 20, 2013. Isaac P. Christiancy and His Child Bride: There's No Fool like an Old Fool Part I. US Senator (Michigan) Isaac Peckham Christiancy. This is a story that has it all: Sex. Politics. More sex. It begins with a May-December wedding:. The groom—Isaac Peckham Christiancy—was a sixty-four year old Senator, ex-state supreme court justice, widow and father of at least seven children. The bride—Lillian Lugenbell—was. The wedding was witnessed by Fellow Michigan Senator Thomas Ferry. From ...
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Quondam Washington:: September 2010
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Monday, September 27, 2010. AME Zion Church Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington DC. It was a long shot- walking through this sad little cemetery in the farthest possible NW corner of Georgetown yesterday afternoon, hoping against hope to find the grave of the man, Noah Sedgwick, who I have been researching. I have looked up census info on a couple of the graves- ultimately, I will get as much information on each one as I can. Feel free to download- credit is appreciated, but not necessary! 1 [a] belonging t...
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Quondam Washington:: February 2010
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010. In researching a coming blog post, Quondam Washington. Came upon the following article, written in 1908, commenting on the near-complete segregation of blacks and whites in the Capital City (citation below). The author, incidentally, was an African American. A COLOR PHASE IN WASHINGTON. While "white barber's" shops, until recently unknown in the South, arc getting very common. Infant is introduced to his existence by a colored. Physician, often in a colored. Children only....
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Quondam Washington:: Noah E. Sedgwick: A Black Cop in DC's Gilded Age
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Friday, May 25, 2012. Noah E. Sedgwick: A Black Cop in DC's Gilded Age. March 17th, 1892:. 34-year-old Noah E. Sedgwick dipped his pen in ink and began a letter to John W. Ross, Commissioner of the District of Columbia:. Dr Sir, I have the honor to make application for a patrol driver or the like under your branch of the District Government. I will faithfully discharge the duties assigned me. Your obedient Servnt, Noah Sedwick. 13 Have you ever been indicted and convicted of any crime? March 11th, 92.
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