Mignon Callaway was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Henry C. Callaway and Annie Moon.
The census of 1920 locates Mignon Callway as an inmate of the Leonard Street Orphanage in Atlanta. She later moved to Cincinnati, where she attanded high school by taking night classes. She graduated from East Night High School in 1927.
She married Frank Cavalier Braxton, and they moved California. They were there by 1929, when their son Frank, Jr., was born. They are recorded in the 1930 census of Los Angeles, living with Frank Sr.'s parents Emma and Elisha Braxton.
In Los Angeles, Mignon Callaway Braxton became part of Black society and was often mentioned in the society columns of the California Eagle. An article from September 14, 1961, refers to "her Cincinnati family."
The census of 1920 locates Mignon Callway as an inmate of the Leonard Street Orphanage in Atlanta. She later moved to Cincinnati, where she attanded high school by taking night classes. She graduated from East Night High School in 1927.
She married Frank Cavalier Braxton, and they moved California. They were there by 1929, when their son Frank, Jr., was born. They are recorded in the 1930 census of Los Angeles, living with Frank Sr.'s parents Emma and Elisha Braxton.
In Los Angeles, Mignon Callaway Braxton became part of Black society and was often mentioned in the society columns of the California Eagle. An article from September 14, 1961, refers to "her Cincinnati family."
Mignon Callaway was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Henry C. Callaway and Annie Moon.
The census of 1920 locates Mignon Callway as an inmate of the Leonard Street Orphanage in Atlanta. She later moved to Cincinnati, where she attanded high school by taking night classes. She graduated from East Night High School in 1927.
She married Frank Cavalier Braxton, and they moved California. They were there by 1929, when their son Frank, Jr., was born. They are recorded in the 1930 census of Los Angeles, living with Frank Sr.'s parents Emma and Elisha Braxton.
In Los Angeles, Mignon Callaway Braxton became part of Black society and was often mentioned in the society columns of the California Eagle. An article from September 14, 1961, refers to "her Cincinnati family."
The census of 1920 locates Mignon Callway as an inmate of the Leonard Street Orphanage in Atlanta. She later moved to Cincinnati, where she attanded high school by taking night classes. She graduated from East Night High School in 1927.
She married Frank Cavalier Braxton, and they moved California. They were there by 1929, when their son Frank, Jr., was born. They are recorded in the 1930 census of Los Angeles, living with Frank Sr.'s parents Emma and Elisha Braxton.
In Los Angeles, Mignon Callaway Braxton became part of Black society and was often mentioned in the society columns of the California Eagle. An article from September 14, 1961, refers to "her Cincinnati family."
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