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Sources consulted for the biography of:Marion Edward Davis (1862–1946)
Primary Sources
- Birth date of January 1862 in United States Census Schedules, Coahoma County, Miss., 1900, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Some Davis correspondence in Negro Organization Society Papers, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.
- Negro Organization Society, Hand Book and Annual (1936), 7–8.
- Annual of the Negro Organization Society (1937), 7.
Secondary Sources
- Arthur B. Caldwell, ed., History of the American Negro, vol. 5: Virginia Edition (1921), 286–289 (with marriage date and portrait on 287).
- Richard R. Wright, comp., Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1916), 80–81 (with variant birth year of 1864)
- Richard R. Wright, comp., Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1947), 86–87 (with birth date of January 19, 1862)
Newspapers
- Southern Workman 50 (Nov. 1921): 489, and 55 (Jan. 1926): 6
- Norfolk Journal and Guide, November 23, 1929; November 22, 1930; November, 21, 1931; November 12, 1932; November 21, 1942
Obituaries
- Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, June 22, 1946
- Norfolk Journal and Guide, June 29, 1946
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