c. 1867-May 4, 1915
Only student from the Colored School to test into the High School in 1881 with an 82.7%, higher than many other students. When she graduated in 1884, the Newark News wrote, “among them was a young colored girl Julia A Mason who was highly applauded as the diploma was handed to her”.
Assisted James Baxter at the Colored School as a teacher until she married John Voorhees in 1889.
Bibliography
1887 Board of Education Report, 1888, 1886
“Honors for Scholars” Newark News Jun 20, 1884, pg. 1
Newark News, Death Notices, May 6, 1915 and Star Eagle