c. 1867-May 4, 1915
Only student from the Colored School to test into the High School in 1880 with an 82.7%, higher than many other students. She was the first Black student to graduate from the High school, directly from the Colored School, since 1877.
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, 1880
“Honors for Scholars” Newark News Jun 20, 1884, pg. 1
Newark News, Death Notices, May 6, 1915 and Star Eagle