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While researching for a client, I found “African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary” by John N. Ingham and Lynne B. Feldman published in 1994. This books hits on my combined interests in genealogy and careers, so I bought a used library book on Amazon.

Since I thought it would be beneficial for other genealogists, I’ve started an index of the book that I’ll use to check whether there are matching profiles in WikiTree and whether the book is listed as a source.

Full book description
“The only biographical dictionary on African-American business leaders, this volume provides biographies on 123 individuals. Covering significant Black business leaders from the early days in America to the present, it includes many individuals who do not appear in general African-American biographical collections, and provides extensive information that is not available in other sources. Each biographical profile provides comprehensive coverage of the individual, and includes comprehensive bibliographical information. The volume also includes appendices classifying the business leaders by place of birth, principal place of business, type of business, and women business leaders. An extensive general bibliographical essay provides information on works giving background information, and the volume concludes with a full subject index.”

This is currently a partial, unsorted index. As I check whether a profile exists in WikiTree and a profile has the book as a source, I will add the link to the table.

I will skip biographies without a death date unless I find a death date through additional research. If you have a particular interest in a person without a link, let me know.

INDEX

Last, First Name	Years	Page	WikiTree
Abbot, Robert Sengstacke	1868 – 1940	p 1	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Abbott-11018
Sengstacke, John Herman Henry	1912 – 1997	p 1	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sengstacke-5
Alexander, Archie Alphonso	1888 – 1958	p 17	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Alexander-13711
Amos, Wallace, Jr (Wally)	1936 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 24
Antoine, Cesar Carpentier	1836 – 1921	p 31
Banks, Charles	1873 – 1923	p 37
Montgomery, Benjamin Thornton	1819 – 1877	p 37
Montgomery, Isaiah T.	1847 – 1924	p 37
Bartholomew, Joseph Manuel	1890 – 1971	p 54
Beavers, George Allen	1891 – 1989	p 58
Houston, Ivan James	1925 – YYYY	p 58
Houston, Norman Oliver	1893 – 1981	p 58
Nickerson, William, Jr	1879 – 1945	p 58
Binga, Jesse	1865 – 1950	p 75	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Binga-2
Blayton, Jesse B	1897 – YYYY	p 80
Milton, Lorimer D.	1898 – 1986	p 80
Yates, Clayton R	YYYY – YYYY	p 80
Boutte Alvin Joseph	1929 – 2012	p 91	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boutte-422
Boyd, Richard Henry	1843 – 1922	p 97
Boyd, Henry Allen	1876 – 1959	p 97
Browne, William Washington	1849 – 1897	p 112
Burrell, Thomas J	1939 -Living	p 120
Chase, W[illiam] Calvin, Sr.	1854 – 1921	p 130	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chase-8957
Church, Robert Reed	1839 – 1912	p 134	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Church-4302
Cohen, Walter I	1860 – 1930	p 145
Lewis, James	1832 – 1914	p 145
Lewis, James, Jr	1867 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 145
Coleman, Warren Clay	1849 – 1904	p 151	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coleman-12617
Fitzgerald, Richard Burton	1843 – 1918	p 151	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fitzgerald-2634
Johnson, Edward Austin	1860 – 1944	p 151
David, White D.	1934 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 168
DeJoie, Aristede	YYYY – 1917	p 174
DeJoie, Paul H.	1872 – 1921	p 174
DeJoie, Ella Brown	YYYY – 1929	p 174
DeJoie, Constant C.	1881 – 1970	p 174
DeJoie, Constant C., Jr	1914 – YYYY (?Liviing?)	p 174
DeJoie, Prudomme John Earl	YYYY – 1955	p 174
Geddes, Clem J.	YYYY – 1913	p 174
Geddes Willis, Gertrude	YYYY – 1970	p 174
Geddes George D.	YYYY – 1915	p 174
Geddes, Joseph P.	YYYY – 1948	p 174
Misshore, Joseph Osceola, Jr.	1932 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 174
Misshore, Willis Joseph	YYYY – 1967	p 174
Dickerson, Earl Burrus	1891 – 1986	p 198	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dickerson-3932
Gibson, Truman Kella, Sr.	1882-1972	p 198	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibson-22513
Gibson, Truman Kella, Jr.	1912 – 2006	p 198	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibson-22514
Gillespie, Frank L.	1876 – 1925	p 198
Durnford, Andrew	1800 – 1859	p 220	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Durnford-132
Dutrieuille, Peter Albert	1838 – 1916	p 225
Dutrieuille, Albert E.	1877 – 1974	p 225
Ellison, William	1790 – 1861	p 227
Forten, James	1766 – 1842	p 236	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Forten-12
Fuller, S. B.	1905 – 1988	p 244
Gardner, Edward G.	1925 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 250
Gaston, Arthur George	1892 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 258	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gaston-964
Gates, Clifton W.	1923 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 271
Hurt, James, Jr.	1923 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 271
Gidron, Richard D.	1938 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 280
Graves, Earl	1935 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 287
Greenlee, William Augustus (“Gus,” “Rig Red”)	1897 – 1952	p 293
Posey, Cumberland Willis (“Cum”), Jr	1890 – 1946	p 293
Griffey, Dick	1943 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 307
Henderson, Henry F., Jr.	1928 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 313
Herndon, Alonzo Franklin	1858 – 1927	p 322	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Herndon-2136
Herndon, Norris Bumstead	1897 – 1977	p 322
Hill, Jesse, Jr.	1927 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 322
James, Charles Howell	1862 – 1929	p 339	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/James-15644
James, Edward Lawrence, Sr.	1893 – 1967	p 339	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/James-16408
James, Charles Howell, II	1930 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 339
James, Charles Howell, III	1959 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 339
Johnson, Albert W.	1923? – YYYY (?Living?)	p 351
Johnson, George	1927 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 357
Johnson, John Harold	1918 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 366	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Johnson-47627
Johnson, William	1809 – 1851	p 379
Kennedy, William Jesse, Jr.	1889-1985	p 387	Maybe https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennedy-2
Kennedy, William Jesse, III	1922 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 387	Maybe https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennedy-3
Spaulding, Charles Clinton	1874 – 1952	p 387
Spaulding, Asa T.	1901 – 1990	p 387
King, Horace	1807 – 1885	p 402	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/King-30381
Lafon, Thomy	1810 – 1893	p 410
Lee, George W[ashington]	1894 – 1976	p 414
Leidesdorff, William Alexander	1810 – 1848	p 424
Lewis, Edward T.	1940 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 429
Lewis, Reginald F.	1942 – 1993	p 434
Llewellyn, James Bruce	1927 – YYYY (?Living?)	p 440
Merrick, John	1859 – 1919	p 450
Mitchell, John, Jr.	1863 – 1929	p 457
Moore, Frederick Randolph	1857 – 1943	p 465
Nail, John Bennett	1853 – 1942	p 476	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nail-713
Nail, John E.	1883 – 1947	P 476	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nail-714
Napier, James Carroll	1845 – 1940	p 483	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Napier-2824

Table updated 21 June 2021

* NOTE: In WikiTree, profiles with birth dates after 1940 can only be searched within the Watchlists of logged-in members. If death information is found, life span was edited.

Table updated – 25 July 2021

REFERENCE
“African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary” by John N. Ingham and Lynne B. Feldman published in 1994″ Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/African_American_Business_Leaders/TTha3NavN-sC?hl=en : accessed 19 June 2021)