Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Black, George W.
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Biography for George W. Black, Bureau County, Illinois

George W. Black, Walnut, was born November 22, 1829, in Perry County, 
Ohio.  He is the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Skiuner) Black.  The father 
was born in Pennsylvania August 1, 1808.  At an early day he removed to 
Ohio, and died in Sandusky County, Ohio, April 11, 1846.  The mother was 
born in Perry County, Ohio, April 22, 1912.  She now resides in Bureau 
County, Ill., wife of a Mr. Ferguson.  George W. Black is the oldest 
child and only son of a family of nine.  The daughters are Mary Black, 
who lives with her mother; Lucinda (deceased); Emeline, wife of William 
Ferguson of Walnut, Ill.; Elizabeth, wife of James Brown, of Whiting, 
Kan.; Rhoda, wife of Alonzo Rider, of Adel, Iowa; Sophia, wife of 
William Cronkwright, of Adel, Iowa; Eliza J., wife of George B. Jones, 
of Princeton; Rebecca, wife of William Catherman, of Walnut Township,  
April 18, 1850, Mr. Black was married to Mary C. Paden, who was born in 
Middletown, Md., December 31, 1829, and is the daughter of Alexander and 
Mary (Remsberg) Paden.  The father was born June 8, 1806, in Funkstown, 
Washington Co., Md., and now resides in Bureau County, Ill.  The mother 
was born August 10, 1810, in Middleton, Frederick Co., Md., and died in 
Bureau County, Ill., December 9, 1875, whither she had come with her 
husband in 1860.  She was the mother of six daughters and five sons.  
Mr. and Mrs. Black are the parents of two sons, viz.: George F. and 
George W. Jr., George F. was born July 7, 1853, in Sandusky County, 
Ohio; October 12, 1875, was married to Laura F. Remsburg, of this 
country.  They are the parents of four children, viz.: Harvey O., born 
October 16, 1876; Charles W., born February 13, 1878; Edward V., born 
September 7, 1879; Morris F.,  born October 25, 1881.  George W. Black, 
Jr. was born in Cass County, Mich., August 30, 1856.  December 23, 1877, 
was married to Miss Emma Wymer, of this county.  They are the parents of 
two children, viz.: Foster, born July 7, 1881; and Mabel C.,  born June 
26, 1883.  George W. Black was reared on a farm in Sandusky County, 
Ohio, but in 1853 removed to Cass County, Mich., where he remained till 
1865, when he came to Bureau County, Ill.  Mr. Black's farm in  Walnut 
Township contains 320 acres and is under a good state of cultivation.

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