Ida M. Napier

1859 - 1937

• Born	02 Jan 1859	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Oct 1937	St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri   [1]
  	Cause: chronic myocarditis
  Buried	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I119	Nashville
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	William Carroll Napier,   b. 24 Sep 1824, Tennessee ,   d. 05 Jan 1896
  Mother	Jane Elizabeth Watkins,   b. 11 Apr 1825, Tennessee ,   d. Sep 1909, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  Married	1844
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Arthur D. Langston,   b. 03 Aug 1855, Ohio ,   d. 07 Apr 1908, St. Louis, Missouri
  Married	26 Dec 1878	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Children	1. John Mercer Langston,   b. 10 Dec 1879, Missouri > 2. Carroll Napier Langston, Sr.,   b. 11 Aug 1881, Missouri ,   d. 09 Mar 1972, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2008
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1860 TN Census: William & Jane E. Napier Date: 4 Sep 1860 Location: Ward 4, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1. William - age 37, hackman, born in TN 2. Jane - age 36 3. James - age 15 4. Elias W. - age 11 5. Henry Alonzo - age 9 6. Ida M. - age 2 Link to full image.
  		1870 TN Census: WC & Jane Napier Date: 2 Jun 1870 Dwelling: 81 Location: Ward 4, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee 1. W C Napier - age 46, teamster, real estate $5000, born in AL 2. Jane - age 46 3. James C. - age 24, real estate $1000 4. Elias W. - age 21, barber 5. Henry Alonzo - age 19, at school 6. Ida M. - age 12 Link to full image.
  		Freedmen's Bank Record: Ida M. Napier Date: 4 Mar 1874 Born in Nashville, TN Age 16 Residence: N. Cherry Street, Nashville Father: WC Napier Mother: JAE Napier Siblings: James, Lonzo, Elias Remarks: Mother can draw on presenting <...> book.
  		1880 MO Census: Arthur & Ida Langston Enumeration Date: 9 Nov 1880 Enumeration District: 435 Page: 5 Location: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Family #50 1. Arthur D. - head, age 25, school teacher, born in Ohio, father born in Virginia, mother born in Ohio. 2. Ida N. - wife, age 20, born in TN, parents born in TN 3. Mercer - son, age 6 months, born in Dec Link to full image.
  		1880 DC Census: Caroline Langston Enumeration Date: 3 Jun 1880 Enumeration District: 4 Page: 15 Location: District of Columbia #126 1. Langston, Caroline - age 42 2. Ralph - son, age 23 3. Frank - son, age 16 4. Ida - daughter-in-law, age 23 5. John M. - grandson, born in Dec Note: Ida and John M. were also enumerated in Missouri. Link to full image.
  		1900 MO Census: Arthur & Ida Langston Enumeration Date: 5 Jun 1900 Enumeration District: 144 Sheet: 7A Location: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 3340 S. Jefferson Avenue 1. Arthur D. - Head, age 44, born Aug 1855, married 21 years 2. Ida M. - wife, age 41, born Jan 1859 3. John M. - son, age 20, born Dec 1879 4. Carrol N. - son, age 18, born Aug 1881 5. Beatrice - niece, age 18, born Feb 1882 Link to full image.
  		1920 MO Census: Ida N. Langston Enumeration Date: 10 Jan 1920 Enumeration District: 179 Sheet: 10A Location: Ward 10, St. Louis, Missouri 3540 S. Jefferson Street 1. Ida Langston - age 61, widowed 2. John M. - age 40, single, Principal @ public school Link to full image.
  		1930 MO Census: John M. Langston Enumeration Date: 16 Apr 1930 Enumeration District: 9 Sheet: 14B Location: St. Louis, Missouri 2354 Michigan 1. John M. - Head, age 40, Principal @ public school 2. Ida N. - mother, age 70, married at 20 years old Link to full image.
  		Death Certificate: Ida N. Langston Age: 79 Father: William Carrol Langston Mother: Jane Elizabeth Watkins Informant: Mr. John Mercer Langston Widow

  
  

  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.

  
  

• Notes

  was the only girl [4] Class of 1877 from Fisk University. [5] Born: death certificate and grave marker has birth year as 1858, while 1900 census says 1859.

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] Missouri Death Certificates Index 1910-1956 , (Missouri State Archives), http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcert.. Cert #36509 [S34] Aristocrats of Color: the Black Elite, 1880-1920, Gatewood, William B., (University of Arkansas Press, 2000), 120. [S7] Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905 , (http://library.nashville.org/localhistory/his_lochisindexes.asp#marriages). book 7, pg. 71 [S42] From the Virginia plantation to the national capitol, or, The first and only Negro representative in Congress from the Old Dominion, John Mercer Langston, (American Publishing Company, 1894), http://books.google.com/books?id=Ro8hAAAAMAAJ., 525. [S18] Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Fisk University, Nashville TN 1897-1898, (http://books.google.com/books?id=tfE2AAAAMAAJ).