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Simon Lazarus was the founder of what was to become The F&R Lazarus & Co. He opened the Lazarus store in Columbus in 1851, assisted by his wife Amelia and sons Fred and Ralph. The Civil War demand for uniforms expanded the men's clothing industry and…

Columbus Dispatch founder Robert F. Wolfe originally began work as a shoemaker and founder of the Wolfe Brothers Shoe Company. In 1903, Robert and his brother Harry P. Wolfe, purchased the Ohio State Journal . In 1905, they acquired the Columbus…

Sgt. Ardel Poindexter, an African-American TEC 5 in the U.S. Army during World War II, purchased this home in 1946.

Joseph L. Harrell, an African-American World War II veteran, purchased this home in Hanford Village in 1946.

Joel W. Travis, an African-American veteran of World War II from Tennessee, purchased this home in Hanford Village in 1946.

Thomas S. Embry, an African-American World War II veteran, purchased this home in 1946.

Cpl. Arthur L. Blackwell, an African-American U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, purchased this home in 1947

Granville R. Miller, an African-American World War II veteran, purchased this home in 1946.

Charles R. Otey, an African-American World War II veteran, purchased this home in 1947.

Wendell D. La Fleur, an African-American U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, purchased this home in 1946.

Henry Bolden, Jr., an African-American U.S. Army veteran who drove supply trucks in Belgium and France during World War II, purchased this home in Hanford Village in 1946 with help from the GI Bill.

Master Sgt. James Blackstone, an African-American U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, purchased this home in 1946. Blackstone was a Tuskegee Airman and the chief mechanic for a crew that supplied items such as gloves, headsets, and…

Technical Sgt. Alonzo B. Anderson, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, purchased this home in 1946.

Sgt. George E. Cheaney, an Army Air Coprs veteran of World War II, purchased this home in 1946.

Marker Text: Hanford Village was founded in the early 1900s just east of Columbus proper with its own mayor, police force, fire department, businesses, and park. After World War II, a subdivision of Hanford became a segregated community for returning…