Cataline Simmons
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Comment: Ok here's where this one stands: I wouldn't be surprised if it was notable, but it definitely needs more in the way of sourcing, since as WP:NPOL doesn't apply, it needs to pass via WP:GNG. The NPS and book source are merely passing mentions, while the Archives source is just the image. The Jacksonville.com source also doesn't work. Curbon7 (talk) 22:22, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- I understand your concerns. I added additional quite substantial coverage. Google amp messes up the cites and Wikipedia doesn't allow them in straight. It's frustrating. FloridaArmy (talk) 22:37, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
C.B. Simmons and C. B. Simmons should redirect here.
Cataline B. Simmons (1806 - July 13, 1883) was a businessman, politician, and religious leader in Florida.
He was born in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1806. He was brought to Florida while.he was enslaved.[1] He served as the first pastor of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in Jacksonville, Florida.[2][3] He served as its pastor from 1868 to 1880.[4]
He served as Duval County Commissioner from 1868 to 1870. He and William T. Garvin then became the first African Americans to serve on Jacksonville's city council[5] and served from 1870 to 1872.[3] He also served as a tax assessor. At the time of his death he was noted as one of the wealthiest "colored men" in Jacksonville.[1]
References
- ^ a b Florida's Black Public Officials 1867-1924 by Canter Brown Jr. pages 125 and 126
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/25740398-334a-461f-8ef7-9947d0738c96
- ^ a b Bartley, Abel A. (April 16, 2000). "Keeping the Faith: Race, Politics, and Social Development in Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1970". Greenwood Publishing Group – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/853
- ^ https://www.jacksonville.com/11521165007