CHURCH, Robert R. – Contributes $1,000 for Confederate Veterans Reunion Entertaiment (1901)

The announcement comes from Memphis, Tenn., that Robert R. CHURCH, believed to be one of the wealthiest colored men in the South, has contributed over $1,000 for the entertainment of the Confederate Veterans at their annual reunion in that city in May next.  CHURCH was born a slave in Mississippi and spent his early days on a Mississippi steamboat , of which his master was the owner and captain,. (pg. 1)

Source: Roanoke Beacon newspaper of Plymouth, NC.  February 15, 1901.  pg. 1

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