John Wesley Childress   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This photograph shows John Wesley Childress, maternal grandfather of Felma Harper Washington. He stands facing the camera wearing a long dark buttoned coat, one arm to his side and one in front of his waist. He stands in front of his house, probably in Bellefontaine, Ohio. This photograph is part of the Felma Harper Washington Collection. Felma Harper Washington was a leader, minister, musician, writer and historian in Bellfontaine, Ohio. Born in Bellefontaine in 1903, she traveled the country working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and married Reverend Edward Washington. She founded the Harper Memorial Library and the Museum of African-American Historical Research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2034_B12_F08_003
Subjects: African Americans; Portrait photography;
Places: Bellefontaine (Ohio);