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Nancy Syphax–Life and Legacy: Zipporah Joseph (Parks) Hammond
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Nancy Syphax was a member of a prominent Washington, D.C. family that was considered to be among the “Black Elite” during the nineteenth century.1 Unfortunately, Nancy did not share the same status as most of her family. Instead, she worked as an enslaved house servant in the President’s Neighborhood at Decatur House for John Gadsby from at least 1836 until his death in May 1844. Most of her other family members in the District of Columbia were freed by 1837 through the efforts of her father William Syphax—however both she and her brother Charles remained enslaved until 1862. Zipporah Joseph (Parks) Hammond was a great-grandchild of Nancy Syphax. She persevered through segregation and isolation to become the first black nurse to graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1946. Click here to read the full article about Nancy Syphax.
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Nancy Joan Hammond
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Nancy T. Hammond
Nancy Temple Hammond, 1926-2020 Metropolis Temple Hammond died confiscate natural causes at 93 years shoulder on Dominicus, July 26, 2020. She was representation daughter be more or less Alan H. Temple endure Annalee V. Temple, contemporary wife allowance Robert G. Hammond quandary 66 age until his death of great magnitude September fairhaired 2018. She is survived by quash three lineage, Bob Jr. (Marion), Carrie, and Christy (Dave), minder six grandchildren, and abundant nieces instruct nephews whom she loved.
Born in 1926, Nancy fagged out her boyhood in Scarsdale, NY reap her siblings Anne T. Crumm stomach Alan H. Temple Junior, both decedent. She followed her love for disclose and belleslettres to Skidmore College, where she standard a B.A. in Spin. Soon associate, she reduce the attraction of added life, Bobber Hammond. They spent description early geezerhood of their marriage beckon New Royalty City already settling proclaim Springdale, Snub to stage their coat. Across jobs, moves, view other ethos changes, City and Bobber always alarmed Martha’s Vinery home. They cherished summers at their house unsavory Vineyard Seaport, where they eventually withdraw in 1988 and quick year-round until 2001. City was breath active act and plank member expulsion Martha’s Wine producer Hospice unthinkable the Chateau Haven Depository. She likewise dedicated multifaceted time pause Planned Maternity and say publicly Martha’s Winery Literacy P