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1. Johnson Archie's 3rd great grandmother Cintha (Monroe) Holliday was the mother of 20 children. Homer Thiel

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1. 🟧 Dowdell Activists Archie's 2nd cousin and his wife are notables. Dr. Ralph Wimbish was instrumental in desegregating Florida and his wife C. Bette Wimbish was one of the leading African-American woman activists in Florida with a long list of accomplishments. McBeth-165
2. 🟧 Dowdell 2nd cousin in jail for murder Archie's second cousin once removed (his father's second cousin) Glanton Dowdell started a prison fine arts program while serving a 20-year sentence for murder in Michigan. His most famous work is the 15-foot mural of a Black Madonna and Jesus at the Shrine of the Black Madonna, a church added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 for its important role in Black nationalism and the civil rights movement. Glanton worked to organize Black workers at Chrysler plants in Detroit, and was convicted of transporting weapons from the Afro-American Youth Association during 1966 race riots. He was again a Black leader during the "long, hot summer of 1967." Facing forgery charges he believed were politically motivated, he fled to Sweden. The Swedish Supreme Court denied the US request to extradite him back to the US for forgery in 1971. He died in Stockholm in 2000. Karen Lowe
3. Monroe Archie's 2nd great grandmother Susan Ann (Monroe) Peoples served her community as a midwife. In 1917 she assisted at the birth of Jacob R. Monroe. Homer Thiel
4. Berry Archie's great-great-grandfather Daniel Boone Berry studied at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, though it appears he did not graduate. Homer Thiel
5. 🟧 Berry Archie's great grandmother's brother Hassell Berry participated in sports tournaments, playing tennis and golf. Homer Thiel
6. Peoples Archie's great grandmother Pauline (Peoples) Johnson was suffering from pneumonia and influenza when she went into labor in 1923 with her son Willis Johnson. Tragically, both died before the doctor arrived six hours later. Her son Henry A. died from a gunshot wound at age 12. Kathy Rabenstein
7. Archie's maternal grandmother, Margaret Susan Johnson appears to have lost a set of triplets on 6 August 1946. Two were stillborn and the third lived for nine hours. Boyle-4376
8. Johnson The obituary of Archie's maternal grandmother Margaret Susan Johnson says that she is survived by her brother, 9 children and well over 200 grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Kathy (Urbach) Nava
9. 🟧 ✓ Peoples Archie's 2nd cousin once removed John Augustus Peoples, Jr was a Sonar Technician 3 aboard the U.S.S. Suwanee, an escort carrier. He was killed on 27 October 1944 when Japanese kamikaze planes struck the ship and a bomb exploded. He was buried at sea the following day. Homer Thiel

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• The Greats: Griffin, Brown, Dowdell, Davis, Monroe, Berry, Johnson, Peoples

1. ✓ As a side note: Archie had asked if Carrie Blanche was an abolitionist. She was born too late for that, but her grandparents Isham Berry and Mary Ann (Burton) Berry may have been.
2. 🟧 ✅ Berry Humiliation by fiance Archie's great-great-grandfather Daniel Boone Berry sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad for $10,000 in 1921, claiming permanent disability from an accident while loading coal. In May 1924, Hattie Johnson sued Berry for $10,000, stating he had promised to marry her and had suffered "great humiliation, distress of mind and nervous shock" when he refused to do so. Berry subsequently received a judgment of $500 for his disability. It does not appear that Hattie received anything. Homer Thiel
3. Berry Not direct, but burglary story Archie's great grandmother's sister-in-law Charlotte (Smith) Berry was a victim of a burglary in Pittsburgh. In 1951, burglars broke into the offices of Firth Sterling Steel and Carbide Corporation where Charlotte worked as a cleaner and bound her and another employee to chairs while they broke into the vault. After the burglars left, Charlotte was eventually able to chew off the rags binding her arms and free herself and the other employee. The ordeal lasted about three hours. Melick-229
4. ✅ Johnson Miss Chief Co-pilot Archie's second cousin three times removed Lt. Reginald Cloyd Holliday Holliday-2610 was the co-pilot of the Flying Fortress "Miss Chief" during World War II. A photo of Lt. Holliday is available online. https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/42-31895-miss-chief/ Homer Thiel
5. ✓ Johnson Archie's 2nd cousin twice removed Tate Joel Holliday passed as White throughout most of his adult life, listed only once as Black after 1917. Homer Thiel
6. ✓ Peoples Henry Watkins Page was married to Pocahontas Monroe. He served with the 24th Infantry, Company C of the U.S. Infantry. He was a Coal Miner most of his life but in the Army he was an artificer. He served in the Spanish-American War. His first wife (Pocahontas) divorced him in 1928 on grounds of desertion. He was already living with his 2nd 'Wife' Lucy Elizabeth she appears with him in the 1920 Census. In 1930 he his living with his 'wife' Minnie. Henry was Archie's great-great-Uncle. Jenkinson-562
7. ✅ Peoples Horse Dispute Archie's 2nd and 3rd great grandfather Pharoah Peoples has a record with the Freedmen's Bureau, which was set up after the Civil War to help formerly enslaved people by providing banking services, locating relatives, contracts, and other things. Peoples applied to the Freemen’s Field Office for help because Mrs. P. Clark held a horse that had been given him by Mr. John Clark, who was deceased. Mrs. Clark was claiming that Mr. Clark was insane when he gave away the horse. The record does not indicate whether Pharoah was successful. Karen Lowe
8. ✓ Peoples Archie's 2nd great grandmother Mariah A. (Peoples)Monroe's mother Jane (Taylor) Peoples was "sold away" by her owner, John Clark, sometime between 1854 and December 1864. No evidence has been found to suggest she ever returned to her family. Homer Thiel