Taylor & Co. funeral procession for "Colored" firemenin Nashville
English: Preston Taylor, Funeral Director, Nashville, Tennessee Identifier: 25822752.4742.emory.edu Title: Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race (electronic resource): embracing addresses, lectures, biographical sketches, sermons, poems, names of universities, colleges, seminaries, newspapers, books, and a history of the denominations, giving the numerical strength of each : in fact, it teaches every subject of interest to the colored people, as discussed by more than one hundred of their wisest and best men and women : illustrated with beautiful half-tone engravings Year: 1895 (1890s) Authors: Haley, James T Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. Mind and matter Settle, William B., former owner. GEU Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950, former owner. GEU Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, former owner. GEU Subjects: African Americans African Americans African Americans Publisher: Nashville, Tenn. : Haley & Florida Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: T that manu-factures his own goods. He works sixteen men in his establishmentand often is compelled to call in extra help. He has the honor ofmanaging the largest funeral that ever passed through the streets ofNashville, it was the three colored firemen that were killed on Janu-ary 2, 1SD2, in a great conflagration. He builded a large catafalquewith his own men, which held all three of the caskets, which weredrawn by six beautiful black horses, followed by sixty carriages, twoahreast, accompanied by all the officials of the city, the police andfire departments, the schools, the lodges and citizens by the thou-sands. In all his business enterprises he ascribes his marvelous suc-cess to his Heavenly Father, and he never neglects his chosen call-ing, the preaching of the word of God. In the last few years he hasbought and builded one of the most handsome and convenientchurches in the city, the Lee Avenue Christian Church, of which heis now the paste >r. 1J c!W> « o ow to Text Appearing After Image: v ■ . ^ ,;i>;,;-t Jt£*f^J^A*. *■ mm, .v - - \ 4 •»o AFROAMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA. RS. GEORGIA GORDON TAYLOR was born in Nashville, Tenn. Atan early age she left home with the Original Fisk JubileeSingers, traveling extensively in this country and abroad inthe interest of Fisk University. Mrs. Taylor possesses a sopranovoice of rare quality that is always pleasing and in demand. Afterretiring from public life she became the wife of Elder Preston Tay-lor, minister of the Lee Avenue Christian Church at Nashville,Tenn. In this capacity she has proven herself an efficient helpmetein church work, entering into it with all the zeal of an ardentChristian. Jj.EV. J. F. BAULDEN, of Natchez, Mississippi, was the first manto petition Congress, asking the right of franchise, and the firstEmancipation celebration. The petition was granted and the firstcelebration took place January 1, 1866. He made the first Republicanspeech that was ever delivered in his town, and was a member of thefirst Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.