Historically Black College
Bertha May Shaver
Both of Bertha May Shaver's parent were teachers at Bishop College when she was born at Marshall, Texas, Feb. 25th, 1882. In a period when delivery was usually perform by a midwife, there is a good chance that she was born on the Bishop College campus.
Below is an except from "Genealogy of the Tennant family by Albert Milton Tennant - 1915."
1. Bertha May Shaver was born at Marshall, Texas, Feb. 25th, 1882. This daughter was a very promising young woman. She received an excellent education under the guidance of her father and teachers. She studied the Latin and Greek languages and hoped to prepare herself for the profession of teaching. The author was well acquainted with her and regarded her as a young woman of fine culture, of high ideals, of a pure and gentle character, and an ambition to make the best use possible of her gifts and opportunities. Bertha died at the home of her grand-mother, her father's mother in the city of Dunkirk, N. Y., in Jan. 1903. She was buried in the cemetery at Fredonia, N. Y.