Family: James Carroll Napier/Nettie DeElla Langston (F38)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male Hon. James Carroll Napier

  
  

  Born	09 Jun 1845	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Died	21 Apr 1940	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Buried	24 Apr 1940	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Married	02 Oct 1878  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]	District of Columbia  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Father	William Carroll Napier | F37 Group Sheet
  Mother	Jane Elizabeth Watkins | F37 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Nettie DeElla Langston

  
  

  Born	17 Jun 1860	Ohio
  Died	27 Sep 1938	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Buried	30 Sep 1938	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Father	John Mercer Langston | F39 Group Sheet
  Mother	Caroline "Carrie" M. Wall | F39 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Carye Cornelia Langston Napier

  
  

  Born	01 Feb 1894	Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama
  Died	10 Oct 1918	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Buried	13 Oct 1918	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

  
  

• Notes

  They raised Carrye, daughter of Nettie's brother Frank.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Profiles of African-Americans in Tennessee, Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History, (http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/digitizing.html). [S32] James C. Napier, (The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 25, No. 3. (Jul., 1940), pp. 400-401.), http://tinyurl.com/2kajpf.. has 1878 as marriage year. [S35] African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1790-1930: elites and dilemmas, Lovettt, Bobby, (University of Arkansas, 1999), 222. [S38] Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003, (Ancestry.com), http://tinyurl.com/ywh65u.. Washington Post, 3 Oct 1878. [S47] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, Lovett, Bobby L., (The Southern Elite and Social Change, University of Arkansas Press, 2002), 82. [S64] Golden Wedding of JC Napiers, (Chicago Defender, 20 Oct 1928). [S65] JC Napier: Who Is He?, (Chicago Defender, 15 Jun 1935).