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Black Home Owners of Truxton Circle: Thomas Dyson 1645 NJ Ave and 36 Bates Street NW October 12, 2026
This post is part of the InShaw blog's Black Home Owners of Truxton Circle series. In this post we look at NAMES OF PEOPLE, from the 1930 census, who were African Americans who owned their home in this Washington, DC neighborhood.
Truxton Resident- Louis J. Graser (1875-1955) 140A Q St NW October 8, 2026
Louis John Graser was born the son of German immigrants, Christian and Catherine Graser on November 6, 1875 in Washington, DC. Looking at his parents’ ages from the 1880 census, when the family lived at the edge of Shaw, he may have been a surprise baby. His mother would have been about 42 years old, […]