was an active member of the Republican Party. He was one of the two African-American delegates who formed part of the Cox delegation, which was dismissed from the Luray Convention in 1922. In the 1920's Coles and his sons had the largest black construction company in Charlottesville.
was born in Pittsylvania Co. in 1860. He taught in Albemarle County for two years before opening a grocery store at 333 West Main Street. In 1900, he became chairman of the Republican Party and also formed part of the Cox delegation dismissed from the Luray Convention in 1922. He was quoted to have said that he aims "to live an upright life and do all I can to better the condition of my fellow man who may not be so well favored."
was an active member of the Republican Party and served as an alternate for the Cox delegation that was dismissed from the Luray Convention in 1922. He was a public school teacher and the editor of Charlottesville's Messenger, an African-American, weekly newspaper.
was born in 1840 and died in 1918. His father, who was once a slave, bought himself and moved to Charlottesville. Father and son were both shoemakers. Taylor enlisted in the Civil War and returned to Charlottesville with one thousand dollars cash, paving the way for property ownership. He was elected to the 1867 Constitutional Convention and became the only African-American elected representative from the Charlottesville area during Reconstruction.