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TAINT IN BLOOD.fct. Louis Society Is Shocked by the Discovery*Tbat Prominent Family Is Descended From Negroes.the birth op a childWith Marked Characteristics Reveals the Secret.Had Posed as Descendants of a Spanish Grandee.Si. 1-oulfl. Jun.* 9.— When John B. Collina. non ,f a wealthy r.-altv holder, found out likl.i I hut he li.ul married Into a family with re-*rlt;» blood in their veins, jui attorney wn» employed by the Collins family to institute proceedings in the circuit court to have theninrrlagy unnullortFor four years the family «f Louia I* Glamorgan hua lived at 7222 Marie avenue in EUontlaie. in the extreme western part of the city and has become iK'tivo in eociui circles. No one thvr? until recently. suspected there ataint of negro bllt;**l in the Glamorgan family.A daughter of ClHmorgan. Cora Cla-mnrgHn. was married to John B. Colli tw August IB. 1920. Collins at that time lucked a few days of being 1* years old and his wife wit* 18. Thu Glamorgan* had told acquaintance*I ha l they had descended from the Rp.-mish nobility and were claimant* to a vast estute. granted to their an-C'^tors many year* aso by the Spanish government in recognition for valiant F-ervieeo rendered by of therrrliiT tnitniorgrtne Thu* nc«rount.*«lfor the unusunlly dark complexion ofthe beautiful Glamorgan girls. and for their wavy hair.There are Fix of the Glamorgan children. Five ar? girls Two now ar© pupils In the St. T,nuis schools and the superintendent of school-, a*id today ne vouid take stops to see that the lew prohibiting the education of white and nrgr.i pupils in I he same schools was enforced.Chb'tilda Glamorgan »s attending the lt;v »«t i »•! high school nud Grace attends tli« I.onefeilow school.Blench- Glamorgan b a stenographer. Cora Glamorgan was married to• -otliiis and Maud Glamorgan was rnar-jled to 1*. hi J Davis, a postofhee cle-k Walter Glamorgan, the son. who was graduated from the high school as awrite person, is employed by » motor• ar company on Olivo street west of Vanrieventer nvenue.The marriage of Maud Glamorgan to Mr Davis has ndded to the complexity nf the situation and It was largely due to (he child that was born to them that the suspicion of the neighbors was aroused. Anyone who saw the child ■ ould not fall to detect the peculiarities of the negro raco. And the DavifUW hav© been given notice that they must vacate the premises they occupy tit ?ll» Old Manchester avenue. Strangely• stough, the property La owned by C. I-Collins, the father of John B. Colins, v. ho married Cora Glamorgan. Blnncho Glamorgan is engaged to a wealthymotor car dealer and it is understood the engagement will be broken.T.ouis P. Glamorgan, til© father of the Glamorgan girls, is carried on the pay roll or the city as a negro. He is a clerk in thr office of the board of public Improvements. His father was a mulatto and ran a negro barber shop here 50 years ago. Louis Glamorgan’s wife was a UoDougall. a family generally known In negro circles. Blanche Glamorgan helped organise the Christian Science church of Maplewood and acted as reader. The Clamorgnna entertained some of the best families lr. M a pie wood, who were unaware of the n.-srrn blood.II'iIiiJ«i
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Topeka State Journal
Topeka, Kansas, US
Fri, Jun 09, 1911
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