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Brigid

(17,621 posts)
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 08:59 PM Feb 2013

IN's First Black Physician Is Finally Honored With Headstone

He died in 1902, after practicing in an office on Indiana Avenue, once a major African-American neighborhood here in Indy, for decades. I don't know why his gravesite remained unmarked for so long, especially in such a large, well-known cemetery like Crown Hill; but better late than never, I guess.

http://www.thegrio.com/2013/01/28/indianas-1st-black-physician-is-honored-with headstone/

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IN's First Black Physician Is Finally Honored With Headstone (Original Post) Brigid Feb 2013 OP
K&R ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #1
Thanks for Posting Brigid I Live in Indy and Did Not Know About This Indykatie Feb 2013 #2
I ran across this story in that little Local Living weekly today. Brigid Feb 2013 #3

Indykatie

(3,697 posts)
2. Thanks for Posting Brigid I Live in Indy and Did Not Know About This
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 11:11 PM
Feb 2013

I actually lived near the Indiana Ave community when I relocated to Indianapolis in 1997. It's a beautiful area that has seen much expansion in the past 10 years or so.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
3. I ran across this story in that little Local Living weekly today.
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 11:27 PM
Feb 2013

Section 20, plot 7 at Crown Hill if you want to pay your respects. I think I'll do you that when the weather gets warmer. John Dillinger is in there somewhere too.

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