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By Craig Swain, January 12, 2008
John Mercer Langston Birthplace Marker
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| On West Main Street (U.S. 33) at Courthouse Square (State Road 208), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. |
| | John Mercer Langston was born 5.5 miles N.W. of here on 14 Dec. 1829, son of plantation owner Ralph Quarles and his former slave Lucy Langston. A graduate of Oberlin College (1849), in 1855 Langston became township clerk of Brownheim, Ohio - the . . . — — Map (db m41698) HM |
| On Patrick Henry Highway (U.S. 360) at Tower Road (County Route 623), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Henry Highway. |
| | Blanche Kelso Bruce, African American political leader, was born into slavery south of here on 1 Mar. 1841. He grew up in Virginia, Mississippi, and Missouri before escaping slavery during the Civil War. In 1869 Bruce moved back to Mississippi and . . . — — Map (db m41699) HM |
May. 6, 2024