James Francis SHOBER

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AmericanBorn James Francis SHOBER

African-American doctor

Born on August 23, 1853 in Waughtown, North Carolina, USA , United States

Died on January 1, 1889 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

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Dr. James F. Shober was an African-American doctor and the first Black Physician In North Carolina. From Waughtown, N. C. his father was the white Francis Edwin Shober. He was a co-founder of the first Sunday school in North Carolina and a law graduate of the University of North Carolina. His mother was a slave named Betsy Ann. Betsy Ann died in 1859 when James Francis was between the age of 6 and 7 and he was probably sent back to the Waugh Plantation in Waughtown where his grandmother and his mother's other siblings were living. He graduated second in ...   Dr. James F. Shober was an African-American doctor and the first Black Physician In North Carolina. From Waughtown, N. C. his father was the white Francis Edwin Shober. He was a co-founder of the first Sunday school in North Carolina and a law graduate of the University of North Carolina. His mother was a slave named Betsy Ann. Betsy Ann died in 1859 when James Francis was between the age of 6 and 7 and he was probably sent back to the Waugh Plantation in Waughtown where his grandmother and his mother's other siblings were living. He graduated second in his class from Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania in 1875 with an A. B. Degree.


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