LEWIS BLACK, farmer, P. O. Russellville. John Black, father of our subject, was born November 24, 1800 in Pennsylvania. His father having died, his mother, with the remainder of her family, emigrated to Ohio. They were among the first who settled on the main branch of Eagle Creek, near where our subject at present resides. After living there several years, she married William Smith, and she remained where she settled until her death, in March 1849. John was married about the year 1824-25, to Catherine Moore, by whom he had eight children, two of whom are still living. He remained on the old homestead farm during the remainder of his life, in the peaceful avocation of farming, and died April 1856. His wife died in May of 1844. Lewis Black, son of John and Catherine Black, and subject of this sketch, was born October 11, 1832, in Brown County, on the homestead farm, where he still resides. He received but a rudimentary education in his youth, but being a man of good intellect and being able to grasp a subject with commendable readiness, he has, by continual reading and study, become familiar with many important topics of the day. In December, 1869, he married Miss Jane Richey (deceased), born in June, 1833, and daughter of Sauel and Ellen Richey. This union has been blessed with eight children, six of whom are still living – John W., Brice, Felicie M., James T., Catherine C. and Hester C. Mr Black has a fine farm of 141 acres, and is recognized as a good farmer.
