Arthur D. Langston

1855 - 1908

• Born	03 Aug 1855	Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	07 Apr 1908	St. Louis, Missouri   [1]
  Buried	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I123	Nashville
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2008

  
  

  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	Ida M. Napier,   b. 02 Jan 1859, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Oct 1937, St. Louis, St. Louis County, 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 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 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.
  		Obituary: Arthur D. Langston From the Dallas Morning News - 10 Apr 1908
  		Cemetery Burial Cards - C. Langston Provided to T. McKnight by the Greenwood Cemetery
  		Educated Negro Family From the New York Times 23 Jun 1903

  
  

  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

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• Sources

  [S44] Negro Educator Dead, (Dallas Morning News, 10 Apr 1908). [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., 524. [S86] Educated Negro Family, (New York Times, 23 Jun 1903).