Suggs

Slave Narrative of Adah I. Suggs

Interviewer: Lauana Creel Person Interviewed: Adah Isabelle Suggs Location: Evansville, Indiana Date of Birth: 1862 Stories from Ex-Slaves 5th District Vanderburgh County Lauana Creel 1415 S. Barker Avenue, Evansville, Indiana ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE OF ADAH ISABELLE SUGGS Among the interesting stories connected with former slaves one of the most outstanding ones is the life story of Adah Isabelle Suggs, indeed her escape from slavery planned and executed by her anxious mother, Harriott McClain, bears the earmarks of fiction, but the truth of all related occurences has been established by the aged negro woman and her daughter Mrs. Harriott Holloway, both … Read more

Curtis C. Suggs

Private, Co. C, 30th Div., 119th Inf. Born in Wayne County; son of M. M. Suggs and Mrs. Ella Suggs. Husband of Mrs. Annie C. Suggs. Entered service July 9, 1916, at Selma, N.C. Sent to Camp Glenn, transferred to Camp Sevier, from there to Camp Royster, from there to Camp Merritt and then to Camp Wadsworth, sailing from there for France May 11, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Bellicourt, and was in all engagements. Returned to USA April 2, 1919. Served six months on Mexican border. Mustered out at Camp Jackson May 19, 1919.