Wilbur Wyatt Hamilton was born January 28, 1931, in San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of E. E. Hamilton and Bessie Fields. Hamilton had a younger sister, Ruth Ella, who was born in 1933. However, she passed away in 2007. Hamilton also had other siblings that were known as his half-siblings. His half-siblings were Gene Jr. and Primrose. Gene Jr. was his father’s daughter from the first marriage and Primrose was his mother’s daughter from her first marriage. There was an issue that was kept very quiet within the Hamilton family. The issue was about the multiple miscarriages that Bessie had. This was barley talked about in the family, but there still were talks about Bessie having a stillborn set of twins. This was only kept within the family, but the people close to the family did know about the “Baby Brother” that was born and had a very short life. He was born sick and because of that he lived a short, sickly life and died after a few months. His father was a preacher and was part of COGIC. In fact both his parents worked for COGIC. However, Bessie Fields played a …show more content…
different role, she was a “missionary” and an “evangelist”. She would go from place to place carrying word of a new message of Holiness, and she also help spread word of the gospel. Then in 1923 they married and brought both their families together. E.E Hamilton and Bessie Fields met one another as they were doing work related things for COGIC and spreading religion to people in Texas. Later the entire Hamilton family moved to Hearne, Texas, so that his parents could work in the first COGIC school, Page Normal School, which was a Christian K-12 school. Wilbur’s father took up the position of principal of the school, while his mother worked as a teacher and taught classes. After a few years they moved to San Francisco and settled there. Wilbur Wyatt Hamilton, better known as Bishop Hamilton, holds an A.A. Degree from San Francisco City College, Bachelors Degree in Social Science from Simpson College, M.B.A. Degree from Golden Gate University, and a Doctor of Divinity Degree form Simpson College in San Francisco. He married Joy Helena Coleman, who later took his name and became Joy Helena Hamilton and has been his wife for 45 years. Once the Hamilton’s arrived in San Francisco, Wilbur’s father bought a church that had been vacated by the Japanese community. His father held gospel readings and mass there, for the people of the Western Edition. Which later Wilbur had to tear down because of an urban renewal plan known as A-2. Wilber was a member of a protest group known as WACO, which was established by Mary Rogers and Dr.
Hannibal Williams. Which protested the plan of urban renewal brought about a man known as Justin Herman. He wanted to demolish the old Western Edition in order to make better houses and businesses there. So that the people lived in a better and healthier environment. However, he was doing this against the needs of what the people there needed. Even if the community was “fixed up” the people living there would not be able to live in the houses or apartments because it would be too expensive and they would not be able to afford them. The agency was having great problems with WACO, the Western Addition Community so Herman decided to start to hire people from WACO in order to give the people jobs and have them help in the reconstruction of the Western Edition, also as an attempt to take power away from
WACO. Herman later called upon a meeting filled with African Americans from the Western Addition. This was where Herman decided to go all out on his plan and it angered many members of the Community. Among them was Wilbur Hamilton, who quickly opposed Herman and stood up for the Western Edition. Herman then stood up in his chair and bellowed at Hamilton, "If you're so damned dissatisfied with what's going on, why don't you come out to the Western Addition and run the program?" Hamilton then said, "You've got a deal." And I became the director of A2. He took this job thinking that he should be making changes that would benefit the community but things just did not work that way. He started to be hated as well and all the time he felt that he was trying to help, although it just wasn’t able to be shown. He later acquired his dad's church when he moved from the building and into a new one. He moved from 1760 to 1540 Post Street where he bought land and built a new church. He felt that he had the responsibility to negotiate the acquisition of his dad's church and to demolish that building. Now that he had the building on his hands, he noticed that is was not being defended by the congregation but by a group of people who felt the building should be preserved because of the murals on the wall. This caused him to contact Aaron Miller, the muralist, to ask him what to do about the murals. Miller told Hamilton that when the church got demolished, that the murals should be destroyed with it. Hamilton had misgivings about demolishing the first church and the church of his father, but when the demolition occurred he went through the site and retrieved a number of old copper items that he later had refinished. Hamilton now has them in his home as mementos from that church. After being part of San Francisco Redevelop Agency and being in charge of A-2, 1977-1987, he went on to do more things associated with religion. He was the founding Bishop of California Northwest Jurisdiction, Church of God In Christ. He served as founding Pastor of the Hamilton Memorial Church Of God In Christ in San Francisco, California, and has held a succession of state and national appointments in the Church Of God In Christ, culminating with his Consecration in 1987 as Bishop and Prelate of the California Northwest Jurisdiction. In 1980 Bishop Hamilton, was appointed to serve as Pastor of the Victory Temple Church of God In Christ, Seaside, California. In November 1990, he was elected General Secretary of the Church Of God In Christ, Inc. He was then re-elected in 1992 and 1996. In November 2000, he was elected General Board Member and appointed by Presiding Bishop G.E. Patterson to the position of General Board Secretary. In 2004 he was re-elected to the General Board and re-appointed to the position of General Board Secretary. Bishop Wilbur Wyatt Hamilton earned a spot on the “inspiration” Mural because of importance that he played in the Western Edition and the reconstruction of it. He lead the A-2 plan and was responsible for the demolishen of parts of the community and he reconstruction of it as well. This is still being felt today because African Americans can’t afford to live in the places that were constructed in the A-2 plan. However, I also feel that he is on the wall because of another huge role he was involved in. That role being religion and preaching about the Gospel. He founded a lot of churches and was a Pastor and Bishop for most of them as well. This was another way that he helped in uniting the community that he was in and also the communities that were outside of the Western Edition.
Clarence Earl Gideon was born on August 30, 1910 in the state of Hannibal, Missouri. His father’s name was Charles Gideon and his mother’s was Virginia Gideon. In 1913 Charles Gideon died just a few days after the third birthday of Clarence. Virginia remarried a man named Marion Frances Anderson when he was five. After this second marriage Clarence became siblings with Roy E Ogden, his half-sister and a half-brother named Russell Lee Anderson. Clarence thought his step-father was a really good man, despite being uneducated. This was, of course, the case until Clarence reached the eighth grade of school in Hannibal. His...
In the little town of Corinth Texas, on November 22, 1898, Mae Post gave birth to Wiley Hardeman Post. Wiley’s family were small time cotton famers who were struggling to feed Wiley and his five siblings. This forced Wiley’s family to try their luck elsewhere, they moved several times throughout Texas and Oklahoma before finally settling down on a farm in the town of Maysville, Oklahoma. Post died at the age of 37, but not before making several very important contributions to aviation as well as space travel.
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was born on January 26, 1892 to Susan and George Coleman who had a large family in Texas. At the time of Bessie’s birth, her parents had already been married for seventeen years and already had nine children, Bessie was the tenth, and she would later have twelve brothers and sisters. Even when she was small, Bessie had to deal with issues about race. Her father was of African American and Cherokee Indian decent, and her mother was black which made it difficult from the start for her to be accepted. Her parents were sharecroppers and her life was filled with renter farms and continuous labor. Then, when Bessie was two, her father decided to move himself and his family to Waxahacie, Texas. He thought that it would offer more opportunities for work, if he were to live in a cotton town.
William Bradford was born in 1590. He was a very smart child, and taught himself how to several languages. He also studied the bible quite frequently. When he turned 18, he was in a separatist group and they broke away from the church. They went to Holland so they wouldn't be killed. He then was one of the members on the Mayflower heading to America. He made it there in December 1620.
Bessie was born April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to a part time Baptist preacher, William Smith, and his wife Laura. The family was large and poor. Soon after she was born her father died. Laura lived until Bessie was only nine years old. The remaining children had to learn to take care of themselves. Her sister Viola then raised her. But it was her oldest brother, Clarence, who had the most impact on her. Clarence always encouraged Bessie to learn to sing and dance. After Clarence had joined the Moses Stokes Minstrel Show, Bessie got auditions. Bessie's career began when she was 'discovered' by none other than Ma Rainey when Ma's revue, the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, was passing through Chattanooga around 1912 and she had the occasion to hear young Bessie sing. Ma took Bessie on the road with the show and communicated, consciously or not, the subtleties and intricacies of an ancient and still emerging art form. (Snow).
Alexander Hamilton was born on the island of Nevis of the British West Indies January eleventh in 1757. He lived with his brother and a single mother. In 1772, Hamilton moved to the United states. He entered the Continental Army in 1776 as the captain of artillery while in New York where he also studied law at King’s College. He was married to Elizabeth Schuyler in 1780. Elizabeth was from a wealthy land holding family, this helped Alexander hold ties to rich and powerful leaders in New York. Alexander Hamilton died in 1804 on July 12. Aaron Burr was the man who killed him in a duel because Mr. Hamilton help Thomas Jefferson win the election for becoming the 3rd president of the United States.
wrote a pamphlet to the people in England and told about all the good things
In the 1840’s, the Perkins’ family worked in the brick-making factory, and they were wealthy for a short period of time. Many businesses collapsed and were bought out, so the wealth didn’t last long. In 1870, the Perkins’ turned to dairy farming to get their money. Shortly after, Frances’ father, Frederick married a woman by the name of Susan Bean. On April 10th, 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts Fannie Coralie Perkins was born. In 1884, when Fannie was four years old, Frederick and Susan had a second child, Ethel (Downey 7). Fannie was very close to her family her entire life. She often spoke of ancestors, she adored and their ways of thinking helped her when she had to make big decisions later on in her life.
On March 2, 1793, Samuel Houston was born to Major Sam Houston and Elizabeth Paxton Houston. He was the fifth of nine children. Born at Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County, in the Shenandoah Valley. At the age of thirteen, his father, Major Sam Houston, died suddenly at Dennis Callighan's Tavern near present-day Callaghan, Virginia in Alleghany County, 40 miles west of Timber Ridge while on militia inspections. Mrs. Elizabeth Houston took her nine children to a farm on Baker Creek in Tennessee. Samuel was unhappy with farming and storekeeping, so he ran away from home to live with the Cherokees on Hiwasee Island in the Tennessee River near present-day Dayton, Tennessee. At the age of seventeen, Sam returned to his family for a short period of time and then returned back to the Cherokees where, he was adopted by Chief Oo-Loo-Te-Ka and given the Indian name, "The Raven." Two years later, Sam returned to Maryville, Tennessee, where he opened a successful private school.
On the matter of finding a wife, Hamilton wrote, “she must be young, handsome sensible, well-bred chaste and tender of some good nature, a great deal of generosity.” (Freeman 60). Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton had seven children. Philip, Eliza, Angelica, John, James, William, and Alexander Jr. After the first-born child, Philip, Hamilton began to study law. Coincidently, his son Philip was killed in a duel around the same place that his father was shot. Philip Hamilton was only nineteen when he died. Alexander’s wife lived to be ninety-seven and like her husband did many good deeds. She was the founder of the first private orphanage in New
Wilbur was the older brother born in Millville, Indiana 1867 and Orville was born after him in Dayton, Ohio 1871. (Cite) Wilbur and Orville were very close and both enjoyed tinkering and had an interest in learning how mechanical devices worked. These interests lead them to their future career in working with bicycles and eventually lead them to the idea of flying. The brothers started off by entering the newspaper business. Orville built a printing press and started the newspaper the West Side News. (Cite) Wilbur, who was undecided, joined him. But as the career in newspaper began to slow down, the brothers began to look for another way to earn a living and like much of America fell in love with bicycling. Wilbur and Orville began to think that a career in the bicycling business would provide a better income. They began a bicycle shop where they would sell, rent, and repair bicycles. In the summer of 1896 though, Orville was diagnosed with typhoid fever. While Orville was sick, Wilbur would discuss the news with his brother. One day he came across the news of Otto Lilienthal who had been killed in a glider crash. The idea of flying had been an interest to the brothers when they were children, and as Orville began to heal, the brothers discussed the idea of flying and the ...
Although there is little information on Nelly Butler during her life, the evidence gathered from the time Nelly was alive suggests she was a kind woman. One interesting piece of information about Nelly when she was alive was given by her spirit when she explained that she had received an experience of spiritual salvation on her deathbed, possibly the reason she came back to Sullivan (“Testimony” 101). Nelly was legally named Eleanor Hooper, and born on 25 April 1776 (“Genealogical” 115). Her parents were David and Joanna Hooper, and she had eight siblings (115). Some time during 1795, Nelly married George Butler at the age of nineteen and lived on Butler’s Point in Franklin, Maine (115). While giving birth to their first child, Nelly tragically passed away on 13 June 1797, only to be followed shortly after by her baby (115). Although there are no headstones to confirm this, it is said that Nelly’s grave is located on Butler’s Point in Franklin, next to her child and husband (LiBrizzi 8).
The first-born son being Phillip Hamilton. Phillip was born on January 22, 1782. Phillip did not live a very long life when he passed away in 1801 only making him 19 years old. He was killed a very similar death of his father’s when he was killed in a duel. The second child, and oldest daughter, was Angelica Hamilton. Angelica was born on September 25, 1784. Next was Alexander Jr. who was named after his father. He was born on May 16, 1786 and later in life became a lawyer who served as Aaron Burr’s wife’s attorney when filing for a divorce. On April 14, 1788, their third son, James Alexander was born. He followed his father’s footsteps and resembled him tremendously. After James, another son came and was named, John Church. John church was born on August 22, 1782 and served in the War of 1812. Just like James, he resembled his father. The sixth child was William Stephen. William was born on August 4, 1797 but died at the age of 53 due to cholera. Finally, another girl came and was named Elizabeth Holly, after her mother. She was born on November 20; however, she was the last girl. Another son came in June of 1802 and was also named Phillip Hamilton. He, just like his other brothers resembled his father and lived in the spotlight of him. While the sons were in spotlight, this was not the case for their daughters. The girls of the family were very shadowed in order to protect
Architecture, the practice of building design and its resulting products, customary usage refers only to those designs and structures that are culturally significant. Today the architecture must satisfy its intended uses, must be technically sound, and must convey beautiful meaning. But the best buildings are often so well constructed that they outlast their original use. They then survive not only as beautiful objects, but as documents of history of cultures, achievements in architecture that testify to the nature of the society that produced them. These achievements are never wholly the work of individuals. Architecture is a social art, yet Frank Lloyd Wright single handily changed the history of architecture. How did Frank Lloyd Wright change architecture?