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From: "Richard L. McReynolds" <>
Subject: NC, Rowan County, Calvin Black
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 20:08:25 -0600


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If you have information on this family, please contact me.

James Madison BLACK was born circa 1869 probably near Salisbury, Rowan =
County, North Carolina. He later assumed 1 January as his birthday =
because he did not know the actual date. His parents were Calvin and =
Betty BLACK. Very little is known of his parents or siblings because he =
was orphaned at age six. His obituary mentions three brothers and one =
sister but does not gives names. One brother was Robert Lee BLACK who =
lived in Chicago. The 1870 census for Rowan County, Providence Township, =
NC lists a family which includes an entry for Elizabeth BLACK age 22, =
James BLACK age 2, and Calvin BLACK age 37, mill wright, deceased =
November (1869) of typhoid fever. Others listed in the household were: =
Amanda BLACK age 28, Linza BLACK age 13, Cicero BLACK age 11, Nancy =
BLACK age 9 and Cornelia BLACK age 9. His father is thought to have been =
a Confederate veteran of the Civil War. After his parents died, James is =
thought to have lived with an uncle. The uncle promised him an education =
but instead worked him very hard. Because of this treatment, he left at =
an early age and began to support himself. He worked in the mines near =
Birmingham, Alabama. Later he attended business college and excelled in =
penmanship. He also learned carpentry. He moved to Jacksonville, Morgan =
County, Illinois in 1891. James Madison BLACK and Jane "Jennie" ATKINSON =
were married at 8 o'clock in the evening on 14 November 1893 at the home =
of her father in Jacksonville.

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