Vintage West Virginia; On This Day in West Virginia History, October 19th

October 19, 2022

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Vintage West Virginia

Booker T. Washington, Byrd Prillerman and Kelly Miller

Noted educator Byrd Prillerman, one of the founders of West Virginia Colored Institute, was born on October 19, 1859.

Learn more: Biography of Byrd Prillerman "Byrd Prillerman, Educator, Is Dead" Letter, Byrd Prillerman to Governor William Glasscock, 16 April 1912 (photocopy), Ms84-178 Byrd Prillerman Death Certificate Document-Based Questions