Alex Helper

Alex, an older black man dressed formally in a jacket and tie
1900 census records of Alex Helper. Alex Helper, a 70 year old day laborer and widower, is listed with his 53 year old housekeeper Sarah White and boarder Maggie Conner, a 26 year old washerwoman.
Title
Alex Helper
Description
Listed among college custodial staff/"servants" in the 1890s
birthday
c. 1830
Relation
Alick Helper
Occupation
Day Laborer
Custodial Staff
"College Servant"
Biographical Text
Born c. 1830. Listed among "college servants" in the1890s. In 1900, he is listed as living in Davidson with his housekeeper Sarah White and boarder Maggie Conner.
Bibliography
Beaty, Mary D. A History of Davidson College. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1988, 196.
Beaty, Mary D. Davidson: A History of the Town from 1835 until 1937. Davidson, NC: Briarpatch Press, 1979, 70.
“Locals.” The Davidson Monthly 8, no. 1, October 1892.
Item sets
"College Servants" Portrait, 1895 Quips and Cranks
Named Black Individuals, 19th Century
Site pages
Named Individuals
Media
Alex, an older black man dressed formally in a jacket and tieAlex, 1895
1900 census records of Alex Helper. Alex Helper, a 70 year old day laborer and widower, is listed with his 53 year old housekeeper Sarah White and boarder Maggie Conner, a 26 year old washerwoman.1900 Census, Alex Helper

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The 1895 College Servants, eleven black men in formal dress posing in front of the wall of a buildingCollege Servants, 1895

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