Robert Reed Church, Sr. (1839-1912)
[…] a Union steamer during the Civil War. Church married Louisa Ayres, also a former slave, in 1862. The couple had one child, Mary Eliza, who became a prominent civil rights and women’s rights advocate. After his marriage to Louisa ended in divorce, Church married […] … Read MoreRobert Reed Church, Sr. (1839-1912)