Nettie DeElla Langston^[1]

1860 - 1938

• Born	17 Jun 1860	Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Sep 1938	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [2]
  	Agency: Hubbard Hospital
  	Cause: Congestive Heart Failure
  Buried	30 Sep 1938	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I114	Nashville
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	John Mercer Langston,   b. 14 Dec 1829, Louisa County, Virginia ,   d. 15 Nov 1897, District of Columbia
  Mother	Caroline "Carrie" M. Wall,   b. 1833, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Mar 1915, District of Columbia
  Married	25 Oct 1854	Ohio
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Carroll Napier,   b. 09 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Apr 1940, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [3]
  Married	02 Oct 1878	District of Columbia   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  	Agency: Congregational Church
  Notes	They raised Carrye, daughter of Nettie's brother Frank.
  Children	1. Carye Cornelia Langston Napier,   b. 01 Feb 1894, Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama ,   d. 10 Oct 1918, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2008
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		James Carroll Napier & Nettie Langston Napier Originally submitted via Afrigeneas. Picture provided by T. McKnight.
  		James Carroll & Nettie Napier unknown picture of woman at bottom
  		Nettie (Langston) Napier Picture from obituary in newspaper. Taylor, Rebecca S. "Obituary: Nettie Langston Napier." Chicago Defender [Chicago, IL] 8 Oct. 1938.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1860 OH Census: John M & Carrie Langston Enumeration Date: 18 Jun 1860 Page: 48 Location: Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio #347 1. John M. Langston - age 30, lawyer, real estate $12,000, personal estate $5,000 2. Caroline M. - age 25 3. Arthur - age 5 4. Ralph - age 3 5. Chin? - female, age 2 + 3 non-relatives Link to full image.
  		1870 OH Census: John M. & Caroline Langston Enumeration Date: 24 Nov 1860 Page: 70 Location: Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio #493 1. Langston, John M - age 40, lawywer, real estate $40,000 2. Caroline M. - age 36 3. Arthur - age 14 4. Ralph - age 13 5. Nettie - age 10 6. Frank - age 6 7. Langston, Jennie -age 18, black, 8. Percival, Jane - age 23, day servant Link to full image.
  		1880 TN Census: Wm C & Jane Napier Enumeration Date: 2 Jun 1880 Dwelling #130 North Cherry Street Page 5 Location: District 39, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1. Wm C. - head, age 50, livery stable keeper 2. Jane E. - wife, age 54 3. James C. - son, US Gauger, age 30 4. Nettie L. - daughter-in-law, age 19, born in Ohio 5. Rebecca Watkins - age 90, mother-in-law, born in Maryland Link to full image.
  		1900 TN Census: JC & Nettie Napier Enumeration Date: 2 Jun 1900 Enumeration District: 84 Sheet: 2A Location: Ward 6, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1. Napier, James C. - Head, age 54, born Jan 1845, married 21 years, lawher 2. Nettie - wife, age 40, born Jan 1860 3. Carrie L. - adopted, age 5, born Feb 1894 in Ohio. 4. Jane E. - mother, age 75, born Apr 1825, mother of 5 kids w/ 2 still alive
  		1910 TN Census: James & Nettie Napier Enumeration Date: 20 Apr 1910 Enumeration District: 30 Sheet: 4B Location: Ward 6, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 514 Gay Street 1. James - Head, age 64, married 31 years 2. Nettie - wife, age 49, no kids 3. Carrie L - niece, age 16 Link to full image.
  		1920 TN Census: James & Nettie Napier Enumeration Date: 10 Jan 1920 Enumeration District: 35 Sheet: 9A Location: Ward 9, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 120 15th Avenue North 1. James C. - head, age 74 2. Nettie L. - wife, age 58 Note: they are enumerated as white. Link to full image.
  		1930 TN Census: James & Nettie Napier Enumeration Date: 2 Apr 1930 Enumeration District: 4 Sheet: 1A Location: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 120 15th Avenue North 1. James C. - Head, age 84, real estate $12,000, married at 31 2. Nettie L. - wife, age 67, married at 17 Link to full image
  		Notice of Marriage License: James & Nettie Napier Appeared in the 3 Oct 1878 issue of Washington Post.
  		Death Certificate: Nettie Langston Napier Birth date: 17 Jun 1861 Father: John Mercer Langston born in VA Mother: Carrie M. Wall born in NC Informant: JC Napier Note: birth year does not match 1900 census.

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone: Nettie L. Napier
  		Family Headstone: Napier

  
  

  Histories		From the Nashville Globe - 25 Jan 1907 Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Napier left Wednesday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where they will remain for two weeks visiting relatives. Mr. Napier will spend a while with his mother and sister, while Mrs. Napier will remain over a week longer as the guest of her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Langston.
  		Obituary: Nettie (Langston) Napier From Chicago Defender, 8 Oct 1938, page 3, col. 2.

  
  

• Notes

  Born: grave marker has 1861 as birth year.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Death Certificate. [S141] Taylor, Rebecca S. "Obituary: Nettie Langston Napier." Chicago Defender [Chicago, IL] 8 Oct. 1938. [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).