Entry/Object ID
NP.0682Collection
Newspaper ArticlesArchive Items Details
Description
Platte City Argus: Aunt Violet Tolly (Tolley) - commonly called Fleshman – died last Wednesday. She has been in the Fleshman family as a servant nearly 40 years, and was so faithful that at the death of Larkin Fleshman last summer, he willed her 80 acres of land, a nice residence and other property. She bought her liberty and that of her husband before the Emancipation Proclamation.Date(s) of Creation
3/8/1894Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
EnslavedOther Name
VioletName Type
Free BlacksOther Name
Tolley, VioletName Type
EnslaverOther Name
Fleshman, LarkinOther Numbers
Number Type
Source CitationOther Number
St. Joseph Herald (St. Joseph, MO, 1862-1900): 03/08/1894, p. 4Copyright
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ResearcherPerson
Bill NicholsDate
7/6/2026General Notes
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Platte City, MissouriNote
1894.03.08 Violet Tolly Fleshman _Servant_ The_St_Joseph_Weekly_Herald_1894_03_08_4.pdfNote
BAAC workbook: 1839-(open) Newspaper Articles CatalogIt version.xlsx [Newspapers begun 04.16.26]Create Date
September 2, 2026Update Date
September 16, 2026Name/Title
03/08/1894: Violet Tolly (Tolley) Died
