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Rattley Photographs -- Page Two |
| This is
Sarah Butler's brother Augustus "Gussie" Butler (1868-1911) in
an undated photo. He was a brickmason like his father Joseph. |
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| This
is Sarah Butler's sister Mary Lincoln Butler (1865-1928). She
married Thaddeus Lincoln Tate in Charlotte in 1886. This photo was
taken in 1884. |
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| This photo was taken in the
Baumgarten Studio presumably on June 6, 1881---the date of the marriage of
John Rattley to Sarah Butler. Stephen Mattoon of Biddle Univ
performed the ceremony in Clinton Chapel. |
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| This is a
remarkable photograph. The woman is Mrs. Stephen Mattoon, wife of
the president of Biddle Institute, now Johnson C. Smith University.
Many people do not realize that initially the entire faculty of what is
now Johnson C. Smith University was white. Dr. Mattoon, a
Presbyterian minister from the North, raised the money to build Biddle
Hall, which was completed in 1883. These dedicated Christians felt
duty bound to provide an excellent education to the young African American
men who attended the school. Caption written by Dan Morrill.
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N.W. Harlee is an 1879 graduate of Biddle Memorial Institute. N.W. Harlee Elementary School in Dallas, Texas is named in his honor. |
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W.I. Lewis
is an 1877 graduate of Biddle Memorial Institute. |
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