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From: Gordon Case <>
Subject: [BLACK-L] Andrew J. Black and Mahaley Blair
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 08:42:59 -0700

Desperately seeking ANY bit of info:

Born somewhere in Tennessee, about 1827, was one Andrew Jackson Black, who
grew up to be a school teacher and a preacher. A. J. Black married
Mahaley Blair in Benton County Alabama, in 1846. Mahaley was born in
Tennessee about 1824, and I know nothing of either of their backgrounds.
about her background:

I have no doubt that the Andrew J. Black and Mahaley Blair married in
Benton county are my ancestors, but there is an entry in the LDS IGI by
another decendant, indicating her maiden name was Whiteside. Mahaley was
about 22 when she married A. J., which was somewhat old for those
days when girls normally were married at 15. It's possible she was born
a Whiteside, married a Blair, and was a widow when she married A. J.
Black. Or--maybe I really don't have a clear idea, at all, on what her
maiden name really was...

Andrew Jackson Black and Mahaley had a daughter, Sarah Percy Black, born in
Alabama on December 20, 1847, and shortly thereafter they migrated to
Arkansas. They were in Big Rock, Pulaski County for the 1850 census, and
had moved to Clark County for the 1860 census. In 1870 they were in Hot
Springs
County. A. J. and Mahaley had another daughter, Alice Black, born in
Arkansas about 1867.

Sarah Black married Charles Edward Spencer in Hot Springs. They had 3
children there and then moved to Decatur, Texas, where my grandmother
Margaret Etta Spencer was born.

Anyone familiar with this family, please, please, please contact me.

Gordon Case
Oakloand, CA

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