About Samuel A. Elbert
Lived 1832 – 1902 (aged 69–70). Samuel A. Elbert was an American physician and politician.
Samuel A. Elbert (April 9, 1832 – July 15, 1902) was an American physician and politician in Indiana. He was the Republican nominee for a state house seat in 1882. He was the first African American to receive a medical degree in the state of Indiana.
Biography Samuel A. Elbert was born in Maryland to parents who were not enslaved. He worked as a servant, and studied at Oberlin College.
He married and had six children. He was a prominent A.M.E. Church member. He died at his home at 512 North Senate Avenue. In 2013 a grave marker was added at Crown Hill Cemetery for Elbert.
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