Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Black, Charles D. 1852 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

CHARLES D. BLACK, M. D. This prominent physician of Akron Township, Tuscola
County, is engaged in the active practice of his profession and is the son of
Allen D. and Lucinda (Wilbur) Black, natives of Broome County, N. Y. and Rhode
Island respectively. His grandfather was Dougald Black and his
great-grandfather, John Black, was a native of Islay, Scotland, who emigrated to
the United States in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The father of
the Doctor brought his family to Michigan in 1864 having located land here in 1852.

  The Doctor was born December 9, 1852 in Alleghany County, N. Y. and resided
there up to the age of twelve years, when his parents came into Michigan. Until
1875 the youth attended the district school and then entered Alfred University
in New York. In December, 1877, he began teaching and taught at various times,
being employed fully seven years in this profession. In 1881 he made a tour of
the Western and Southwestern States, and attended lectures at the Homeopathic
Medical College, at Kansas City, Mo., for three years, graduating therefrom. He
entered upon the practice of his profession in 1884.

  Dr. Black returned on July 4, 1891 to Akron, this county, where his parents
reside. They are both in possession of all their mental faculties although the
father has reached the advanced age of eighty-six and the mother has counted
seventy-six years, and they feel that they need the comfort and care of their
son. There were eight children in their family and five of them are now living,
namely: Joseph, who was in the service during the late war and now resides in
Wisconsin: Sophronia, who has married Mr. Neuber and resides at Lum Station,
Lapeer County; C. P., an attorney at law, who resides at Detroit and who was
United States Attorney under President Cleveland for the Eastern District of
Michigan; Viola Anthony, who resides near Unionville and our subject who is the
youngest. The mother is a Seventh Day Adventist and a devout and earnest
believer in the doctrines of Christianity. When the Doctor was preparing for
college he studied winters and worked during the summer and in the same manner
he made his way through college and deserves great credit for his perseverance
and ambition.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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