Professor "Fess" Strickland
Lifespan: 1885 - 1964
Birth: 1885 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia
Occupation: Homemaker, Coal Business Owner
Marriage: Mercer Davenport, Charles Mulligan, William Barnard Kemp
Children: Jacob Davenport, Cordelia Davenport, John Wiley Davenport, Norris M Davenport, Thomas E Davenport Sr, Margaret "Mary" Davenport, Samuel Benjamin Davenport, Ida "Ardia" Davenport, Luther Davenport, Theodore Joseph "Ted" Davenport Sr, Daughter Davenport, Betty Jean Davenport, Louise Marie Davenport
Parents: Wiley J. Strickland, Mother: Dinah Hawkins & Father: Wiley J. Strickland, Dinah Hawkins
Death: 19 Jan 1964 in Lansing, Michigan
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan
Chapter 1: Born of Strength and Hope (1885–1903)
The year was 1885. In the red clay hills of Athens, Georgia—still reeling from the fractured promises of Reconstruction—a baby girl was born into a world not built for her rise. Her name was Professor Strickland.