Rosa Lula Barnes

Rosa Lula Barnes (August 22, 1868 – 1917) was a grocer, real estate investor and community leader Savannah, Georgia, United States.[1][2][3]

Biography

Barnes was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1868 and was educated at Huntsville Normal and Industrial Institute. She moved to Savannah, Georgia,[1] where she married Richard Barnes in 1884 and opened a grocery store on Price Street, running the business for ten years until it closed in 1893.[3] During this time, she invested in real state and stock as well as serving as the Director to the Wage Earner’s Bank of Savannah and the Afro-American Company.[3] She was a leader in the Order of Calanthe, the women's auxiliary organization to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.[1][2]

Her husband died in 1911.[1] She died in 1917.[4]

Barnes owned a residence on East Henry Street, twelve rental houses and five vacant lots in Savannah.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Richardson, Clement (June 21, 1919). "The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race". National Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Celebrating Black History: Rosa Lula Barnes". February 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Jones, Jae (2021-09-13). "Rosa Lula Barnes: Leading Businesswoman and Social Worker". Black Then. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  4. ↑ Bois, William Edward Burghardt Du (June 21, 1917). "The Crisis". Crisis Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Richardson, Clement, ed. (1919). The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race. National Publishing Company. pp. 109–110.


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