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AFRICAN-AMERICAN LATTAS There's a book by Morgan London Latta -
Biography 1853-African Americans it is a 600 page book with
illustrations. It has been reproduced on microfiche as it has been considered
a rare book. It is on microfiche at the A C Bilbrew-BRC Collections at
the Los Angeles Library. the call
number is Mfi92-L364 if you choose to call them. The "tag" lines under Title states "The history of my life and work
autobiography/M.L. Latta, introduction by George Daniel - illustrations by Sterns
Engraving Company. I was born in 1853, at Fishdam, on one of Cameron quarters, near Neuse River, about twenty-five miles from the city of Raleigh, N. C., as near as I can ascertain, as there were no records kept at that time. I was a slave, and was only seven years old when my father died, leaving my mother and thirteen children. Soon after the war, my oldest brother was drowned, leaving the responsibility of supporting the family on my shoulders. I was hired out for several years for one dollar per month. My mother was so very poor that she was unable to send me through school. I had to work hard all day and get knots of lightwood to study my books by at night. We were not able to buy a horse, so I had to plow an ox. The only time I had to go to school was when the ground was too wet to plow.
The complete autobiography of M L Latta is online at:
The Rev. Morgan L. Latta, a freed slave, who in 1892 established Latta University on a farm adjacent to Oberlin, near Beaver Dam Creek. Today, just one building--known as the Latta House--remains from the school that Latta established, and efforts are under way to refurbish the house and preserve it as a historic landmark.
WV Archives & History Certificate of Death #1051 - Charlie Latta, died Jan. 23, 1956 in Wayne County, WV. Residence - 1412 Second Ave., Charleston, Kanawha County, WV. Place of death - VA Hospital, Huntington, WV (length of stay in this place - 44 days); occupation - miner. date of birth: March 17, 1894 in North Carolina. Father's Name: Clay Latta; mother's name: Mary Fowling. Was deceased ever in Armed Forces: Yes, WWI; SS # 233-10-0021. Disease or condition - "encephalomalacia , due to cerebral thrombosis". Burial - Spring Hill Cemetery. Williams Funeral Home, Huntington, WV. Certificate of Death #8287 - Mary Latta, 1715 Kemp Avenue, Charleston, WV. Husband: Charley Latta. Born 1898 in Farmville, VA. Age 28. Date of Death - June 7, 1926 of "mutral Rugnigitation" - 90 days duration. Father - Andrew Jones, born in Farmville, VA; mother's maiden name - Ellen Stroke, born in Farmville, VA. Informant - Lulu Stessler, 1715 Kemp Ave. Certificate of Death #"skip" - Jerry Latta, female, colored, born dead, Oct.
14, 1921, Cedar Grove, Cabin Creek District, Kanawha County, WV. Father Charlie
Latta, born in Certificate of Death #6158 - Gwendolyn Latta, age 1 day, found dead in bed "hemorrhage of umbillical", b. May 2, 1942, died May 3, 1942 at 10:30 a.m. at 213 Clark Drive, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV. Mother Edna Latta, born in Gallipoils, OH, father Raymond White, born in Charleston, WV. Mother's marital status not marked, but left blank. Informant - Mr. Don Bennett, 213 Clark Drive, Charleston, WV; burial at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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