Charles Diggs [SEP] educated at
14 months of a three-year sentence for mail fraud, although he maintained his innocence. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Michigan.
Early life.
Born in Detroit, Charles was the only child of Mayme E. Jones Diggs, and Charles Diggs Sr. He attended the University of Michigan, Detroit College of Law (1952-52) and Fisk University. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. After his discharge, Diggs worked as a funeral director. He served
Charles Benjamin Tayler
Charles Benjamin Tayler (1797–1875) was a Church of England clergyman and writer for the young.
The son of John Tayler, he was born at Leytonstone, Essex, 16 Sep. 1797 and baptised at St Botolph Bishopsgate 11 Nov. following. He was educated at Guildford under the Rev. William Hodgson Cole, and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a fellow commoner on 23 Oct. 1815, graduating B.A. in 1819 and M.A. in 1822.
Taking holy orders, he was licensed to a curacy at Hadleigh