Tucker Essily Wilson collection

Collection — Folder: Wilson, Tucker E., DePauw Alumni Vertical File

Identifier: MSD-1888-039

Scope and Contents

This collection includes a portrait photograph of Tucker Essily Wilson, newspaper articles, a program, invitations, and biographical material.

Dates

Creation: circa 1888-2006

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Legal title, literary rights, including copyright reside with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote must be submitted to the DePauw University Archives and Special Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission from the copyright holder.

Biographical Sketch

Tucker Essily Wilson was born in 1859 in Shelby County, Kentucky, and died in 1925 in Indiana. He married Priscilla U. Bolden in 1891, and they had a son, Faustin A. In 1888, Tucker Wilson became the first black graduate of DePauw University. He was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1889-1925), serving churches in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. As a student and as a minister, he was recognized for his pioneering spirit, his gifts of oratory and leadership.