George Boyer Vashon (1824 - 1878)

Born 25 Jul 1824 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1878 at age 54 in Rodney, Jefferson, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

George Vashon is Notable.

George Vashon was a Freemason and a member of Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio.

George Boyer Vashon was an American scholar, poet, and abolitionist.^[1]

George Vashon was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1824. He was the son of Ann and John Vashon.

"At age sixteen, Vashon enrolled in Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Ohio. On August 28, 1844, Vashon earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with valedictory honors, becoming the college’s first black graduate. Five years later, Vashon was awarded a Master of Arts degree in recognition of his scholarly pursuits and accomplishments." -- www.blackpast.org

George married Susan Paul Smith in 1857.

From 1867 to 1868, Vashon taught at Howard University, becoming the university’s first black professor.^[2]

He died from yellow fever while he was at Alcorn College in Rodney, Mississippi on October 5th, 1878.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boyer_Vashon
2. ↑ BlackPast.org; George B. Vashon (1824-1878), Posted on June 17, 2008, by contributed by: Christopher Blue, accessed 24 Apr 2023.

• 1840-1843 Oberlin College Faculty & Students. Oberlin Collegiate Institute, 1840-41, (Oberlin: James Steele, 1840) p. 9; also subsequent years by same title: (1841), pp. 8-9, (1842), p. 7, (1843), p. 6, (1844), p. 6, Ancestry.com. U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, database with images
  • 1840 [1], image 9, Freshman Class. Name: George B. Vashon. Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa. Rooms: 21C
  • 1841 [2], images 8-9 Sophomore Class. Name: George B. Vashon. Residence: Pittsburgh, Pa. Rooms 88T
  • 1842 [3], image 7, Junior Class, George B. Vashon, Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Pelton’s
  • 1843 [4], image 6, Senior Class, George B. Vashon, Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Willard’s
  • 1844 [5], image 6, Theological Department, Junior Class, Name: George B. Vashon, A B, Residence: Pittsburg, Pa., Rooms: 56T

• 1850 Passenger Lists. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891, George B. Vashon, database with images, FamilySearch.org ([6] : 21 May 2014), 14 October 1850, image 374 of 613; citing NARA microfilm publication M237
  • George B. Vashon, age 26 years, 3 months. Attorney. Returning from a trip to Haiti.

• 1855 New York State census, Cortland County, New York, population schedule, Cortlandville ED 2, unpaginated, dwelling 240, family 263, George B. Vashon in the Leonard G. Calkins household, digital image 16 of 21, FamilySearch.org ([7]: accessed 5 December 2021)
  • George was 30 years old, mulatto, widowed, a teacher boarding with the Calkins family, born in Pennsylvania
  • George's nieces and nephews were living with him: Anna V. Colder age 15, John Vashon Colder age 12, Mary C. Colder age 8 or 9, George Vashon age 7, Georgianna V. Colder age 5.

• 1860 U.S. census, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Pittsburgh Ward 6, p. 56 (penned), dwelling 3430, family 5080, G. B. Vashon in the G. B. Vashon household, digital image 61 of 192, FamilySearch.org ([8]: accessed 4 December 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1059.
  • George was a 27 years old mulatto man. He was born in Pennsylvania. He was a teacher and owned personal property worth $80.

• 1862-1866 City Directories. Thurston, Geo. H.. compiler. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, City Directory. (Pittsburgh: Geo. H. Thurston, 1862), p. 312; also subsequent years by the same title: (1865), p.356, (1866), p. 384. Ancestry.com, U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, database with images, ([9]: accessed 4 December 2021)
  • 1862, image 167: Vashon, George B., (col) principal Colored School, Colwell bt Fulton and Townsend
  • 1865, image 190: Vashon, George B., principle Avery College, 63 Colwell
  • 1866, image 207: Vashon, George B., teacher, r. 63 Colwell

• 1865 Freedmen Bureau record. The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Records of the Superintendent of Education for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; Ancestry.com, database with images, image 893 of 1088, ([10]:accessed 4 December 2021), citing NARA microfilm publication M1056; Roll 24.
  • “List of teachers authorized to purchase Subsistence Stores (during the month of October 1868), from the Commissary Department under Circular I. Series 1865, Bureau R. F. and A. L….George B. Vashon.”

• 1868 Freedmen Bureau record. The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Records of the Field Offices for the District of Columbia, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870; Ancestry.com, database with images, image 193 of 918, ([11]:accessed 4 December 2021), citing NARA microfilm publication M1902; Roll 10.
  • George wrote a letter to request that a partition be built to separate his room from the rest of the building and to get access to the water closet and hydrant for his family.

• 1869 US Military Officers and Agents. US Secretary of the Interior, complier. Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United State on 30th September 1869, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870) p. 61, Ancestry.com. U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959, database with images.
  • 1869: [12], image 85 of 948. Treasury Department, Bureau of Statistics, Clerk, George B. Vashon, employed in Washington, born in Pennsylvania, appointed in District of Columbia, paid $1800.

• 1870 U.S. census, Washington County, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington City Ward 2, p. 22 (penned), dwelling 160, family 174, George B. Vashon in the George B. Vashon household, digital image 22 of 470, FamilySearch.org ([13] : accessed 3 December 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 501.
  • George was 45 years old.

• 1878 George Boyer Vashon Find a Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #133314512 : accessed 04 December 2021), memorial page for George Boyer Vashon (25 Jul 1824–5 Oct 1878), Maintained by FleshTo Bones (contributor 47733024) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Alcorn College campus in Rodney, Mississippi.