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Evva Kenney Heath Papers
Description: Evva and Henry Heath photographed with their foster child, Harry. Harry lived with the couple for while they practiced law in Washington, D.C. Evva Kenney was born and grew up in Cardington, Ohio, where she attended the predominantly white Cardington-Union Schools and graduated from high school in 1897. After teaching for a year in West Virginia, Evva moved Columbus in the spring of 1898 and began taking business courses at Parsons Community College. She later married Henry Heath and the couple attended Howard University Law School. She and Henry founded their own law firm, Heath & Heath Attorneys and Counselors at Law, and practiced in Washington, D.C. In 1907, Evva returned to Cardington to care for her ailing mother. Evva became ill early in 1908 and died in 1909 at the age of 29. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1274_B05F05_01
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Families; Lawyers; Law firms
Places: Washington (District of Columbia)