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Ferdinand Havis
1846–1918
United States
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Biography
Ferdinand Havis (November 15, 1846 – August 25, 1918) was an American barber, state legislator, businessman, government official, and state militia member in Arkansas. Havis was born into slavery, the son of his enslaver and enslaved mother. He was a Republican.
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