Morgan-Fayette County AlArchives Biographies.....Black, William B. 1823 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  WILLIAM B. BLACK, M.D., son of James and Sarah E. (Thompson) Black, was born
in Lincoln County, N. C. September 10, 1823. He lived on a farm until he was 18
years of age, when he began studying dental surgery, at which pursuit he spent
two years. After this, he studied medicine and practiced several years on a
certificate. He attended medical lectures in Mobile in 1859, and located at
Fayette C. H., Fayette County, Ala., in 1860. He practiced there until 1866,
when he removed to Decatur, and has been a successful practitioner there ever
since. He is a member of the State and County Medical Associations, and,
although quite busy in his professional work, found time to direct the
management of a farm until the last four years.

  Dr. Black was married in April, 1848, to Miss Martha A., daughter of Henry 
and Frances (Lowe) Shelton, of Lincoln County, N. C. and has ten children, 
viz.: James H., George S., .Julius G., W. A., Samuel A., Sarah F., Martha J., 
Chas. B. and Elizabeth.

  The Doctor and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
he is a Mason.

  James Black was born in Lincoln County, N. C., in 1802; came to Alabama in 
1838, located first in Cherokee County, and subsequently in Pickens County, 
where he died in 1855. He had eight children.

  William Black, the Doctor's grandfather, was born at the same place, and 
was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was of Irish descent.


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Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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