James L. Black Obituary of Villisca, Page County, Iowa I would like to contribute this to the Archives. I do not know the exact date this appeared in the newspaper as I only have a copy. ______________________________________________________________________ EARLY PIONEER GONE James L. BLACK died Saturday at his home southwest of Villisca after an illness of several weeks. He was born in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1824, and moved onto the farm, where he died, over forty years ago, having homesteaded 80 acres and purchased the other 80 of the railroad company. He was married to Miss Susan WOLFE in 1850 and to them were born seven children, three of whom preceded their father in death. The living are S. T. BLACK of Pierce, Nebraska; Mrs. Fannie MAYBURN of Beatrice, Nebraska; Mrs. C. W. SPARGUR of Omaha and Mrs. Lizzie SOBERS of Clay County, Kansas. The wife and mother passed away about thirteen years ago and in January 1895 Mr. BLACK was married to Miss Mellissa CALHOUN who survives him. Deceased had been a member of the U.P. Church of North Page since 1869. The funeral was held on the home lawn Sunday afternoon at two o'clock and the remains were interred in the North Page cemetery, the services being conducted by Rev. DRIVER of this city and Rev. WHITEHILL of Hepburn. Villisca Review 1905 ______________________________________________________________________ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Holly Vonderohe November 11, 1998 USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. --------------------------------------------------------------------