Frank Mercer "Lamb" Langston

abt. 1864 -

• Born	abt. 1864	Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I159	Nashville
  Last Modified	24 Feb 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	India Watkins,   b. abt. 1876, Alabama
  Married	abt. 1895  [1]
  Notes	according to 1880 census, they had two kids alive.
  Children	1. Carye Cornelia Langston Napier,   b. 01 Feb 1894, Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama ,   d. 10 Oct 1918, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2008
  Family ID	F53	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Frank Langston and wife India Watkins Langston Originally submitted on Afrigeneas. Picture provided by T. McKnight. Written on the back (some words cut off) "Merry Christmas to you all. Lovingly your cou India and Fra Xmas 1"

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		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.
  		1910 DC Census: Carrie Langston Enumeration District: 158 Page: 20A Location: District of Columbia # 1. Carrie - head, 65, widowed, mother of 5 kids, three still living 2. Frank - son, age 23 3. India B. - daughter-in-law, age 34, married 15 years, 2 children and both alive 4. Nettie N. - granddaughter, age 13 Link to full image.
  		1920 DC Census: Frank & India Langston Enumeration Date: 10 Jan 1920 Enumeration District: 208 Sheet: 13B Location: District of Columbia #259 1. Frank M. - Head, age 42, clerk 2. India - wife, age 40 Link to full image.

  
  

• Sources

  [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., 530.