2007 Mail

Gail,

It was just great to read your letter about Maude Coleman. She is one of my favorite Harrisburg personalities for research. She lived across the street from my great grand mother, Mary Strickland.

I have a great picture of her with my mother and Marian Anderson. I also have a copy of her marriage license. Maude B. Dearing and John Coleman were married in Harrisburg, by Rev. Isaac Bagley on Sept 5, 1897. Their only child, Priscilla Coleman is buried in Lincoln Cemetery. I forget the date, but it was before 1900. Maude lived near the old Booker T. Washington Hotel, located at 7th and Boas Streets.

I also know Mrytle Hudson Hicks. The Hudson family lived at Boas and Ash Streets. Her mother was a great seamstress, who made dresses for my mother. Perhaps you remember me. My father owned Jack's Hairdome, next to the Curtis Funeral home at 6th and Boas. He later opened Jack's Hotel at 1208 N. 6th Street.

I was in contact with and shared information with a professor at Millersville who gave a presentation on Maude Coleman a few years ago. This professor picked up on Maude from reading the Phila Tribune during the 1930s.
Keep in touch, there is more!

Calobe Jackson, Jr.

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