Ruth Virginia Poindexter

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• Name	Ruth Virginia Poindexter  [1, 2]
  Born	22 Jun 1891 Kearneysville, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Sep 1892 Kearneysville, Jefferson, West Virginia, USA [4]
  Residence	1900 543 Chow Alley, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]  –  Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Boarder
  Negro Held For Court	5 Feb 1906 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 5]
  Broke Up Beer Party	24 Sep 1910 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6]  –  Police Run in Two White Men Drinking With Negro Women
  Name	Ruth Andrews [4]
  Name	Ruth Pondextar [3]
  Name	Ruth Pondexter [1]
  Residence	1913 Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 3]
  Person ID	I24619 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Robert Andrews (Age 41 years) b. 1866, Virginia, USA d. 24 Nov 1907, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Mary Andrews b. 1876, Virginia, USA
  Relationship	Adopted
  Family ID	F8288 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S5138] Pennsylvania, U.S., Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Pennsylvania, U.S., Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971 Record. [S5994] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Daily Independent - 1906-02-05 - Negro Held For Court, (Name: Harrisburg Daily Independent; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1906-02-05;), Negro Held For Court 1906-02-05. NEGRO HELD FOR COURT. Serious Crime Is Charged Against Him. Robert Andrews, a negro, was arrested and locked up on Saturday night on a serious charge preferred by Ruth Virginia Pondexter, a 13-year-old colored girl, by Detective Joseph Gore. Andrews adopted the girl several years ago at Martinsburg, W. Va., and when his relations with the girl were discovered his wife made information against him. Andrews skipped out, taking the girl with him. On Saturday night he applied at Mumma's Row for shelter and when refused he and the girl boarded a trolley car for Middletown. They went to the home of some friends in Rife's row, where they asked to occupy one room. They were refused. A telephone message was sent to Steelton and Detective Gore was sent for them. When the officer arrived they were about to leave the town. Andrews was given a hearing this morning before Squire Dunkle and held without bail for court. He was taken to the Harrisburg jail by Detective Gore. The girl was given in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hamilton, who stood good for her appearance at court. https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-daily-independent-negro-held/155337237/?xid=637 [S333] Pennsylvania, U.S., Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Convict Reception Registers; Series: 15.56. [S11] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1403; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0104. [S5994] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Daily Independent - 1906-02-05 - Negro Held For Court, (Name: Harrisburg Daily Independent; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1906-02-05;), Negro Held For Court 1906-02-05. https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-daily-independent-negro-held/155337480/?xid=637 [S6000] Newspapers.com - The Patriot-News - 1910-09-24 - Broke Up Beer Party--Police Run in Two White Men Drinking With Negro Women, (Name: The Patriot-News; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1910-09-24;), Broke Up Beer Party--Police Run in Two White Men Drinking With Negro Women 1910-09-24. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-patriot-news-broke-up-beer-party-po/155339389/?xid=637