The home at 211 in 2013. This is most likely the home of Sarah Ambrose.
James Embrose (sometimes spelled Ambrose), a colored Ypsilanti barber, had the misfortune to lose his house and goods two weeks ago to-day by a fire which injured him$500 worth.
Ann Arbor Argus, September 14 1888.
Sarah Ambrose (also written as Embrose) lived alone at 211 South Adams, which she also owned. She divorced James C. Ambrose, a barber and son of local Civil War veteran William Ambrose, in the 1890s. Sarah was born in 1858 in Michigan. A 1901 city directory states that Sarah “removed to Detroit.”
Argus. December 23, 1898.
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