Unmarked memorial for Otho "Tobe" Johnson
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Unmarked memorial for Otho "Tobe" Johnson
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Otho “Tobe” Johnson, former Davidson College janitor and significant African American businessman serving the college campus, passed away at the age of 40 on November 15, 1924. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage.
His funeral occurred on November 16, 1924. Notable attendees include his wife Mattie, his son Odell, his nephew Ralph Johnson (a prominent Davidson barber), his siblings Alice and Will, and community members, white and black. He was buried at Torrence Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery in Davidson. His grave now stands unmarked with no headstone. He is buried next to his wife.
Tobe Johnson was buried at Torrence Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery. His grave now stands unmarked with no headstone. He is buried next to his wife Mattie Viola Johnson.
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Unmarked memorial covered with grass located near the gravesites of other family members.
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Friends and family of Otho "Tobe" Johnson
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November 16, 1924
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Friends and family of Otho "Tobe" Johnson
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"Untitled," The Davidsonian, November 20, 1924, 8.
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"Death Certificate of Otho Johnson," North Carolina, U.S., Deaths, 1906-1930, Ancestry.com
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Ralph W. Johnson, David Played a Harp: An Autobiography of A Free Man’s Battle For Independence (Davidson: Blackwell, Inc, 2000).
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