Oral history interview, 21 May 1979.

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Oral history interview, 21 May 1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8594342

Transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Jean Spears with Delores Nolcox and her family, concerning the history of Blacks in Lyles Station, Ind. In the interview, the Nolcox family talks about Lyles Station, their neighbors, and agriculture.

1 folder, 1 cassette tape.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Spears, Jean E.

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The Spears family has been resident in Indianapolis for three generations, beginning with Jean Spears' parents Louis Joseph Douglas and Marion Elizabeth Brabham Douglas Burch. Spears was born in Indianapolis. In 1946, she married Sherman J. Polley. They had three children, including Claudia Anne (1949- ) and John Evan (1952- ). They divorced in 1952; she married John Holliday Spears in 1956, and they had another child, Lucia Marion (1957). Spears attended Crispus Attucks High School...

Nolcox family.

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Nolcox, Delores.

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Lyles Station, Indiana, dates back to the early 1840s when a Tennessee slave-owner freed slaves Joshua and Sanford Lyles. The two brothers came to Indiana, settled near the Illinois border, and established a prosperous farm. They returned to Tennessee after the Civil War and encouraged newly freed slaves to join them in Indiana. By 1886, the community was prospering. The spring of 1913 brought tragedy to the community when the Patoka River flooded and devastated the town. Many residents fled to ...