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Burr Plato obituary, October 3, 1905
An obituary from the October 3, 1905 edition of the Welland Tribune and Peoples Press about Burr Plato, who died September 27, 1905. He was an escaped slave who fled to Niagara through the Underground Railroad. In 1886 he was elected councillor for…
Charles Davis obituary, June 2, 1903
An obituary from the June 2, 1903 edition of the Welland Tribune and Peoples Press about Charles Davis. He was an escaped slave from Maryland who settled in Niagara Falls, then part of Welland County. It states he was a respected and prominent…