John Sunday Jr (1838 - 1925)

Born 20 Mar 1838 in Escambia, Florida, United States

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Died 7 Jan 1925 at age 86 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Black Pensacola Facebook Post, September 28, 2015

A little on John Sunday, Jr. (1838-1925)

•Born in Pensacola from the union of a white man & an enslaved woman, Jinny. John Sr. was murdered because the couple lived openly as husband and wife.

•Sergeant in the #CivilWar

•Second black legislator from Escambia County (1873)

•Pensacola alderman (1978-81)

•Made his wealth in real estate and construction; estimated worth in 1906 was $125,000 (over $3.3 million in today's money)

•Donated property to his sister, Mercedes, to build St. Joseph Catholic Church,

•Was an early builder & investor of the historic Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood after Black businesses were kicked out of downtown.

•Buried in St. Michael's Cemetery.

Many of the structures that are a testament to John Sunday's life are still standing, including some historical homes he built, downtown properties he owned, and sites listed on the #NationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces.

The John Sunday Trail tells the powerful story of #BlackPensacola from the Territorial Period to the Progressive Era.

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John Sunday, Jr

BIRTH 20 Mar 1838 Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA

DEATH 7 Jan 1925 Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA

John Sunday Jr., once an influential businessman in Pensacola, was the son of a Dutch cattleman and his wife, Jinny - a biracial slave with whom he fell in love after his first wife died in childbirth.

John Sunday Jr. grew up in Pensacola and was an apprentice to a Warrington cabinet maker, Ambrose Vaughn. He worked at the nearby Navy Yard until the Civil War's beginning, when Sunday enlisted in the Union army, serving with the troops in Louisiana where he met his future wife, Seraphin.

Sunday was elected to the state Legislature in 1873 and was the second black legislator from Escambia County. He was a city alderman for three years, during the same time that Salvador Pons (also buried at St. Michael's Cemetery), a Creole barber, was mayor.

In the late 1800s, he owned a restaurant on the corner of Garden and Palafox streets until Jim Crow laws forced black businesses to move from the main district.

The businessman's sister, Merced Ruby, founded St. Joseph's Catholic Church. ^[1]

Name: John Sunday. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [9] [10] [9] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]}

Born 20 MAR 1838. Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [10] [13] [15] [17] [18]}

Died 7 JAN 1925. Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^{[6] [10] [11] [14]}

Residence Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Husband. 1885 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. Map: Latitude: N30.4213. Longitude: W87.2169. ^{[5] [17]} Relation To Head: Soldier, Company K. BET 1861 AND 1865. Florida, USA. Map: Latitude: N27.75. Longitude: W82.2833. ^[12] 1850 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[8] Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. 1920 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[7] At the point, John Sunday was a Customs Inspector in Pensacola paid at a rate of $3.00 per day. 30 SEP 1873. Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[15] Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. 1870 ^[13] Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. 1910 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[4] Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. 1900 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[2] Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self. 1880 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[3]

Military Service: Company K, 78th Regiment, US Calvary "Colored Troops". Florida, USA. Map: Latitude: N27.75. Longitude: W82.2833. ^{[9] [9] [9]}

Buried Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. Map: Latitude: N30.4213. Longitude: W87.2169. ^{[6] [10]}

PNS Jrnl, John Jr, Pres of Negro Business League 23 SEP 1906. Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. Map: Latitude: N30.4213. Longitude: W87.2169. ^[19]

Probate: 24 OCT 1911. Escambia, Florida, USA. ^[14]

John Sunday, Jr sells property to niece, Belle Ruby -1903 24 OCT 1903. Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA. Map: Latitude: N30.4213. Longitude: W87.2169. ^[20]

1880 US Census, Pensacola, FL

John Sunday Self M 43 Florida, United States

Saraphine Sunday Wife F 34 Louisiana, United States

Samuel Sunday Son M 19 Louisiana, United States

Francis Sunday Son M 17 Louisiana, United States

John G Sunday Son M 13 Florida, United States

Edward Sunday Son M 11 Florida, United States

Emille Sunday Son M 9 Florida, United States

Charles S Sunday Son M 6 Florida, United States

Philip M Sunday Son M 3 NOT SHOWN

Cecelia Sunday Daughter F 1 Florida, United States ^[21]

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Source: #S10 Year: 1900; Census Place: Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 168; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1240168
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Source: #S11 Year: 1880; Census Place: Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 127; Family History Film: 1254127; Page: 55A; Enumeration District: 044; Image: 0112
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: #S6 Year: 1910; Census Place: Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T624_160; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 1374173
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: #S34
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Source: #S8
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Source: #S5 Year: 1920; Census Place: Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; Roll: T625_219; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 32; Image: 1115
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Source: #S110 Year: 1850; Census Place: Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; Roll: M432_58; Page: 133A; Image: 261
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5} Source: #S37
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Source: #S274
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Source: #S9
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Source: #S140
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2} Source: #S12 Year: 1870; Census Place: Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; Roll: M593_129; Page: 631B; Image: 410; Family History Library Film: 545628
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} Source: #S277 Wills; Author: Florida. Judge's Court (Escambia ); Probate Place: Escambia, Florida
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} Source: #S278
16. ↑ Source: #S50
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} Source: #S160
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Source: #S350 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 1736; Volume #: Roll 1736 - Certificates: 82500-82875, 13 Sep 1921-14 Sep 1921
19. ↑ Source: #S276 23 Sep 1906 Link: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7376784/the_pensacola_journal/?xid=637
20. ↑ Source: #S279 John Sunday, Jr sells property to niece, Belle Ruby -1903 Link: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17880995/john_sunday_jr_sells_property_to/?xid=637
21. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZ9-T1N : 22 August 2017), John Sunday, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 55A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0127; FHL microfilm 1,254,127.

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