THE PARENTS OF MAGGIE LENA MITCHELL WALKER 1ST WOMEN PRESIDENT BANKER MOTHER: ELIZABETH DRAPER AND ECCLES MAX CUTHBERT
Name: Elizabeth
Draper
Born: December 11, 1851 Virginia, USA
Died: February 12, 1922, 110 ½ East Leigh St. Richmond,
Independent Cites, Virginia, USA
Spouse: William H. Mitchell
Partner: Eccles Max Cuthbert
Parents: Patrick Draper
Occupation: Washer Woman /Midwife
Cause of Death: Cerebral Softening Due to Embolism
Date of Burial: February 14, 1922
Funeral: First African Baptist Church
Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Mortuary: A.D. Price Jr. Funeral Home
Mortuary: A.D. Price Jr. Funeral Home
210-12 East Leigh St.
Richmond, Independent Cites, Virginia, USA
Informant: Maggie Lena Walker [Deceased daughter]
110 ½ East Leigh St.
Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Findagrave.com: 9104631
Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Richmond, Independent
Cities, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Mitchell in the
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Elizabeth
Mitchell [Elizabeth Draper] Gender: Female
Race: Black Age at Death: 70 Birth Date:1852 Death Date:12 Feb 1922 Death
Place: Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA Registration Date: 14 Feb 1922 Father: Patrick Draper
Spouse:Wm Mitchell
Source:
Maggie Lena
Walker Family Tree
Source:
Eccles Max
Cuthbert
1840-1902
Dispatch Times
Correspondence Editor
Photo
Name: Eccles William
Max Cuthbert
Born: 1840 Kildare, Ireland
Died: July 13, 1902 Garfield Memorial Hospital Washington,
District of Columbia, USA
Partner: Elizabeth Draper
Parents: William Montgomery Cuthbert, Mary Daly
Occupation: New Paper Reporter
Military: Confederate Army
Confederate
Soldier South Carolina Regiment: 1st Company: H, Ref: Cemetery Records
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
Date of Burial: July 15, 1902
Age at Death: YRS: 62
Funeral: Grace Episcopal Church
Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Mortuary: Mortuary Chapel at Hollywood
Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 92989248
Interment: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Independent
Cities, Virginia, USA Plot: Section: Soldiers Section East
The Washington
Times [Washington, District of Columbia] July 14, 1902 Page: 1
Source:
Death of Colonel
Eccles Cuthbert
Well-Know
Correspondent Dies of Heart Disease
Had Been Ill at
Garfield Hospital Prominent in Newspaper Circles and Well Known by Statesman.
“Colonel” Eccles Cuthbert, one
of the best-known newspaper men in the country, who had been correspondent at
Washington for a number of out-of-town papers for many years past, died at
Garfield Memorial Hospital about 5 O’clock yesterday afternoon. He had been affected with heart trouble for
some years and had been compelled to relinquish his duties several times during
that period. He reported the recent
session of Congress, but about a week ago he again went to the hospital suffering
from heart trouble. He had been able to receive his friends there, and an hour
before his death he had conversed with several of them.
Born in Ireland.
Born in Ireland, Colonel
Cuthbert came to this country when a boy and settled in the Carolinas. At the outbreak of the civil war he took up
arms with the South and rose from the ranks to a captaincy, which he held at
the close of the conflict. He took up
newspapers work and was one of the most successful men in the business.
Years ago he had charge of the “New York
Herald’s “staff of correspondents in the South, with headquarters in Richmond,
and later he was connected with the United Press at the Virginia Capital. He also filled several positions
on the “Richmond Dispatch,” and came to Washington some years ago as its
correspondent. He also covered the field
for the “Norfolk Ledger” and the “Richmond News.”
Very Familiar Figure.
“Colonel” Cuthbert was one of
the most familiar figures on newspaper row, and on account of his quiet manners
and amiable disposition made friends of all he met. He was well acquainted with all the
statements, politicians, and Government officials of the day, and knew more
Southern people probably then any man in Business. Among many he was called familiarly “Max.”
Colonel Cuthbert was sixty-two
years of age, and was never married. He
has a brother living in San Francisco, who is engaged in commercial
business. Funeral arrangements have not
been made, but the remains will probably be taken to Richmond for
interment. A special committee of
Correspondents will probably look after the funeral.
MAGGIE LENA WALKER
1ST FEMALE PIONEER BANK PRESIDENT
Maggie L
ena Walker
1864-1934
Familytree
Evergreen Marker
Source:
Name: Maggie
Dalena Cuthbert
Alias: Maggie Lena Mitchell, Maggie Lena Walker
Born: July 15, 1864 Richmond, Independent Cities,
Virginia, USA
Died: December 15, 1934 Richmond, Independent Cities,
Virginia, USA
Spouse: Armstead Walker
Parents: Eccles Max Cuthbert, Elizabeth Draper
Occupation: Financial Business Woman
First Woman to open, Operate & President of a Major Bank
Cause of Death: Diabetes & Gangrene
Date of Burial: December 19, 1934
Age at Death: YRS;
70 MOS: 5 DYS: 0
Funeral: First African Baptist Church
Richmond,
Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Mortuary: A.W. Price Jr.
210
Leigh Street
Richmond,
Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Informant: Melvin Dewitt Walker Deceased Son
110 E. Leigh Street
Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 9104631
Interment: Evergreen
Cemetery Plot: Section Y, Plot 2
Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Maggie Lena Walker in the
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Maggie
Lena Walker [Maggie Lena Mitchell] Gender: Female Race: Black Age at Death: 63
Birth Date: abt 1871 Death Date: 15 Dec 1934 Death Place: Richmond, Virginia,
USA Registration Date: 19 Dec 1934 Father: William Mitchell Mother: Elizabeth
Draper Spouse: Armstead Walker Jr
Source:
Web Source Image:
Familytree
Date: Sunday, December 16, 1934 Paper: Richmond
Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) Page: 1
Source:
Maggie L. Walker, Noted Leader of Negroes, Dies at Home Here
Mrs. Maggie L. Walker,
Richmond’s most distinguished Negro Citizen died at 8:30 O’clock last night at
her home at 110 East leigh Street. She
has been active for more than 50 years in the business and educational life of
the city.
Mrs.
Walker, acclaimed by many the greatest Negro race leader since Booker T.
Washington, was honored by members of her race in every part of the country.
Builder of the
Independent Order of St. Luke, a fraternal Insurance Company and the oldest and
second largest, Negro organization in the United States. Mrs. Walker and also the distinction of being
the only American Negro woman to be president of a
bank.
She was chairman of the
board of directors of the Consolidated Bank and Trust Company, formerly the St.
Luke Penny Savings Bank. And institution founded in 1902 which has weathered
every financial cribs and still stands, a monument to Negro business ability.
It has resources of more than $500,000.
Mrs. Walker was president of the Bank for 25 years and retired to assume
the chairmanship of its board two years ago.
Respond one of the wealthiest of American Negro Women, Mrs. Walker was
also a leader in Negro Education and a pioneer in Negro Social Work.
Date: Sunday, December 16, 1934 Paper: Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) Page: 6
Source:
MAGGIE L. WALKER,
Negro Leader, Dies
Continued From
First Page
As head of the order of St. Luke, she
found the St. Luke Educational Fund, to assist Negro boys and girls to get
educations.
She was also organizer and president of
the Council of Colored Women, trustee of the National Training School in
Washington, national director of the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, board member of the National Urban League, the Negro
Organization Society and the Virginia Interracial Committee.
HONORED
BY GOVERNORS
She served for some years upon appointment
of various Governor of the Virginia as the Negro member of the board of
trustees of the Virginia Industrial School for Girls and the Virginia Manual
Labor School in Hanover County.
Her great life achievement, however, was
the building up of the Independent Order of St. Luke from a struggling
insurance society to an extensive organization covering 24 States and touching
the life of Negroes in every population center in the country.
With this Society, Mrs. Walker has been
connected in various capacities for nearly half a century. The order was founded in Baltimore in
1867. Mrs. Walker became connected with
it in 1886, became grand secretary in 1899, and built it up until it had
collected over $3,000, 000 in premiums and become a national institution.
In Richmond, Mrs. Walker was regarded by
her fellows with a veneration akin to awe.
She was the literal ruler of the Negro life of the city, and her word
was accepted as oracular by thousands of admires.
Parents
Were Slaves
Maggie Mitchell was born Maggie Lena
Mitchell, daughter of Elizabeth Draper and William Mitchell. Who were Slaves belonging to Van-Lew family
of Richmond.
Her early life was lived in the Shadow
of on Church Hill, of the Celebrated Miss Elizabeth Van-Lew who conducted an
“Underground railway” for runaway slaves in pre-war days and furnished the
Union Army with information during the days of 1861-1865
As a girl she attended the Richmond
Public Schools and in 1888 graduated from the Colored High and Normal School at
the head of her class. For three years
after her graduation she taught school in Richmond schools.
On September 14, 1890, she married
Armistead Walker, who died about 20 years ago.
One son, Melvin DeWitt Walker, survives her and for grandchildren,
Maggie Laura, Armistead, Nannie Evelyn and Elizabeth Mitchell Walker. A foster daughter, Pollie Payne, also
survives.
Injured by a fall some years ago. Mrs. Walker was confined to a wheel chair the
later years of her life. Nothing
daunted, she went everywhere in a wheel chair, and even had a special limousine
constructed to carry her chair with her in trips to other cities.
HONORED
BY WHITE RACE
Ill health, forced Mrs. Walker to
discontinue many of her activities in recent months. In October she was honored by the Negroes of
the United States when the whole month was observed, by all Negro
Organizations. As “Maggie L. Walker
Month,” and a thousand statuettes of her placed in Negro homes, schools and
business houses.
She was the recipient of several
honorary degrees and was as much respected by the white race as she was
venerated by her own. She headed the Negro section of the Community Fund drive
a number of times and was prominent in all community enterprises.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been
completed.
Date: Sunday, December 16, 1934 Paper: Richmond
Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) Page: 2
Source:
Walker—Maggie L. Walker died Saturday, December 15, 1934, at 8 P.M.
at her residence, 110 East Leigh Street.
She leaves to mourn their loss one son, Melvin DeWitt Walker; four
grandchildren, Maggie Laura Walker, Armstead Walker, Evelyn Walker and
Elizabeth Mitchell Walker; a foster daughter, Polly A. Payne; two
daughters-in-law, Hattie M.F. Walker and Ethel M. Walker, and a host of other
relatives and friends. Funeral notice
later.
A.D. Price Jr., Funeral Director.
Maggie L. Walker
THE passing of Mrs. Maggie L. Walker removes from
the scene one of the greatest Negro leaders in America, and probably the
foremost member of the colored race ever born in Virginia, with the single
exception of Booker T. Washington. The
Founder of Tuskegee was a native of Franklin County, while Mrs. Walker was born
here in Richmond.
Mrs. Walker was an important influence in the up
building of her race, a sane counsellor in time of stress, a wise and
successful business executive, a generous-hearted contributor to charitable
causes, and a wholesome influence in interracial relationships.
She was so quiet and unobtrusive in manner, that
many Richmonders were perhaps unaware that she was a national figure, an
outstanding Negro leader whose career was inspiration to the members of her
race from coast to coast.
Few representatives of any race come into the
world with more native ability, more sound business acumen than that with which
Mrs. Walker was endowed. The child of
former slaves, she began life with few advantages, but she made the most of her
opportunities and her influence soon was felt in the community. Her Richmond
bank successfully weather the depression, and the Independent Order of St. Luke
was brought to its present state of usefulness through her efforts.
I t is doubtful if any Negro now living in the
South has attained to greater eminence than Maggie L. Walker had achieved when
she died on Saturday, with the possible exception of Dr. Robert R. Morton, the
retiring head of Tuskegee Institute. The
esteem in which she was held by Negroes Through-out America is attested by the
observance of “Maggie L. Walker Month” in October by Negro organizations in all
parts of the country.
Her death, following a protracted illness in which
she bore her sufferings with notable fortitude, leaves a gap in the ranks of
American Negro leadership which can be filled only with difficulty. Certainly here in Richmond there is no one at
the moment who can replace her. She was
subgenres
MARRIAGE
Married: September 14, 1886: Richmond,
Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
Maggie L. Mitchell in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Maggie L. Mitchell Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single Age: 22 Birth Date: 1864 Birth Place: Richmond Marriage Date: 14 Sep 1886 Marriage
Place: Richmond, Virginia Father: William Mitchell Mother: Elizabeth Mitchell
Spouse: Armistead Walker Jr. FHL Film Number:2048498 Reference ID: p 69
Source:
Issues:
Russell Eccles Talmage Walker
Armstead Mitchell Walker
Melvin DeWitt Walker
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