Ancestry of
Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

John Alexander Darden

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• • Great-grandfather of Angela Y. Davis — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Uriah Addison Darden 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Logan   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Jul 1850 
  • Birth Location:
  • near Hanover, Coosa, Alabama 
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Jan 1884 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Poplar Springs Cemetery, Hanover, Coosa, Alabama 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Georgia Elizabeth Webb
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Feb 1878 
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Austin Darden (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  William Anderson Darden

  Georgia Hester Darden

  Annie Alexander Darden

• Sources for John Alexander Darden

  • ¹ Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, Death record for son John Austin Darden.
  • ² Federal Census, AL, Coosa County, 1860, Subdivision 2, p. 88, Image 88 of 136.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/26/2023).
  • ⁴ DuBose, Joel C., ed., Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits, Vol. 1, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Publishers (1976), 430.
  • ⁵ PBS Television, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 21 FEB 2023, Season 9, Episode 8, Angela Y. Davis.

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