“The most moving part was getting to see Mary Edelen, my 3rd Great-great grandmother’s mark on multiple documents. Seeing the X in place of her signature made the X, from a legal name change in my own name, even more significant.” Frank X Walker
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Biographical Profile of Pvt. John Wesley Burks
Burks was stationed from 1866 to 1867 at Fort Craig, New Mexico, home to Buffalo Soldiers of the 125th Infantry. After the War, troops were used in conflicts with Indians deemed at the time to be hostile.
Biographical Profile of Sgt. Elijah P. Marrs
Elijah P. Marrs became a well-known politician, educator, and minister after the Civil War, but like many Black people born in Kentucky before 1865, he started his life enslaved.
Biographical Profile of Sgt. Major Henry C. Marrs
Marrs eventually moved to Louisville where he convinced his brother Elijah to join him in forming the Baptist Normal and Theological Institute, which would become today’s Simmons College.