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From: Linda WJ <>
Subject: Re: [BLACK-L] Jane Black VA
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 01:46:28 -0600


Hi Sara and Karna,

> Sara writes:
> I know this is a long shot, but.... Based on the names of these
> siblings, I'm wonder if it's possible that they might be the
> grandchildren of Abraham Black who lived in Greenbrier Co,
> VA/WV but died in Cabell Co, VA/WV in 1828

My BLACK family lived in Washington Co PA > Champaign Co OH > Henry Co
IA. The following info is NOT on my BLACKs but I thought it might help.

From ~Portrait & Biographical Album of Henry Co IA~, Acme Publishing Co,
Chicago, 1888, p. 215

William BLACK, one of the early settlers of Henry County, was born in
Greenbriar County, Va., in 1805. He was married to Miss Rebecca BENSON
about 1832. In an early day he moved to Knox County, Ill. and in 1840
removed to this county, and settled near Trenton, in what is now
Jefferson Township. Here he purchased 160 acres of prairie and forty
acres of timber land, and made many improvements on his farm. He was
compelled to haul his flour and lumber from Burlington with an ox-team.
In early life Mr. Black was an old-line Whig. Mr. and Mrs. Black are
parents of seven children: Joseph, now of Kearney, Neb., enlisted in the
war of the Rebellion, was elected Captain, and after serving eighteen
months resigned; John, who now resides in Mt. Pleasant; Samuel, of
Kearney, Neb.; William, who enlisted in the 25th Iowa Regiment, died in
this county in 1870; Asbury, of Mt. Pleasant; Charles, of Kearney, Neb;
Emma, wife of G. C. Wilson, of Wayne Township. Mr. and Mrs. Black were
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were widely known, and
no couple were more highly respected.

on p. 211 is a biographical sketch for William's son, John BLACK.

Without typing up the whole thing, John was b. 14 Mar 1838 in Knox Co IL,
m. Mar 1865 to Harriet JAMESON (d/o James JAMESON & Cordelia SCOVILLE)
and had these children: Charles, Delia, Birdie, and Maggie.

As it happens, I know someone who lives in Kearney, NE. If these people
turn out to be relatives, she may be able to find some additional
information for you there.

Linda WJ
<>

Genealogy without documentation is mythology.


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