James
Robert Lincoln
Diggs
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's, Maryland, USA
Son of John Henry Diggs
and Mary Virginia (Clark) Diggs
Brother of
Mamie (Diggs) Broadus
Husband of
Alberta Matilda (Pack) Jones
— married
5 Jun 1901 (to 1923) in Hinton, Summers, West Virginia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Biography
James Diggs is Notable.
James Diggs was a civil rights leader, college president, pastor, football coach, and one of the 29 founders of the Niagara Movement.
James was born on 7 Nov 1866 in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's, Maryland, United States of America.[1]
James married Alberta Matilda Pack on 5 Jun 1901 in Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia.[2] They had at least six children.[3]
He passed away at his home in Balitmore, Maryland on 14 Apr 1923.[4]
Sources
- ↑ L'Agenda, 1910 Bucknell University yearbook, page 17, Dr. James R.L. Diggs bio and photograph in Alumni Section; database with images, "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999," Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 1265 #244378447, requires subscription; view free Ancestry Sharing Link on Ancestry.com.
- ↑ West Virginia, Summers County, Marriage Records, Volume [unknown], page 49, line 66, James R.L. Diggs and Alberta M. Pack, 5 Jun 1901; image copy, "Vital Research Records," West Virginia Archives and History (http://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=589346&ImageNumber=173 : accessed 21 Feb 2022).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", ED224, Baltimore Ward 14, Maryland, USA; sheet 1A, family 2, dwelling 2, 713 Mosher St, James R.L. Diggs household; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6QM-WM9
- ↑ Rev. James R.L. Diggs death notice, The Sunday Star [Washington, D.C.], 15 Apr 1923, page 5, column 7; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96083163/obituary-for-james-r-l-diggs/ : accessed 21 Feb 2022).
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robert_Lincoln_Diggs
- "United States Census, 1910," ED 21, Brookville, Campbell, Virginia, USA; sheet 1B, family 19, dwelling 19, James R L Diggs household; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPD-5Z1
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