Georgia   Biographies Baptist  James Edgar Black

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JAMES EDGAR BLACK

James Edgar Black was born January 29th, 1844, in Screven
County, Georgia.  He is the oldest child of J. J. and J. C.
Black, both of them zealous and devoted members of a Baptist
Church.  His parents let no opportunity pass to train their
son in the way he should go, and his usefulness in the
ministry is one of the results of this pious culture, and an
answer to the prayers of his godly parents...  His education
was obtained principally in Screven County and the city of
Brunswick, Georgia.  He is quite advanced in the English
branches, and for one of his parts and opportunities, is
unusually well read...

He was married in 1866 to Miss Mary A. Burns, of Screven
County.  Of six children, the fruit of this marriage, only
three are living.  In his private relations he is kind and
considerate, and ardent husband, an affectionate father, a
fast friend.

He is now, in the spirit of Paul, supporting his family by
personal labor, but preaching, when he can, to destitute
neighborhoods in the vicinity of Jessup, Georgia.

Ref:  HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA, 1881,
Atlanta, GA, pp. 34-35.



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