Person:Samuel Black (21)

"Wm. Black & His Descendants" 100.SAMUEL CROCKETT BLACK (Dick) was born in Champaign County, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1849. He married Frances Miller, of West Liberty, March 18, 1884. She was reared in the home of Harrison M. Black No. 37. They resided in and around West Liberty for several years and then went to Spink County, South Dakota, where they lived on a farm for several years. Later they moved to Mellette where he devoted his time to auctioneer and other enterprises. He died at Aberdeen, South Dakota, October 20, 1930. She died several years earlier. Both are buried at Mellette, South Dakota.

263Jessie Belleborn Nov. 21, 1885 264Lola Berthaborn May 7, 1888

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(Error - Alexander H. is his father, not grandfather!) SAMUEL CROCKETT BLACK, secretary of the South Dakota & Iowa Land & Loan Company, with headquarters in Mellette, was born on a farm in Champaign county, Ohio, on the 23d of September, 1849, and is a scion of one of the old and honored families of the Buckeye state, where his grandfather, Alexander H. Black, who was a native of Kentucky and of Scotch lineage, took up his residence in 1809, taking part in the early Indian wars and serving as captain of a company in the command of General Wayne, known to history as "Mad Anthony Wayne," by reason of his intrepid daring. In this connection Captain Black accompanied his doughty general on the march to the lakes and saw not a little of active service in conflict with the Indians. He became possessed of a large tract of land in Champaign county, and there passed the closing years of his life, while his son Samuel C., Sr., the father of the subject, also lived on this ancestral homestead and became a prominent and influential farmer and stock grower. He likewise was a native of Kentucky and died in Ohio, as did also his devoted wife, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Grant. They became the parents of nine children, while of the number five are living at the time of this writing.

Mr. Black was reared on the home farm and received his early educational training in the common schools, after which he continued his studies in Wittemberg College, in Springfield, Ohio. He then resumed his association with agricultural pursuits, and also took up the study of medicine, to which he devoted his attention for a short time. After the death of his father he took charge of the homestead farm and in connectiol1 with its operation also continued to deal in live stock until 1882, when he came to the present state of South Dakota and purchased land in Spink county, where he became the owner of three quarter sections of land eleven and a half miles northeast of Mellette.

He removed his family to South Dakota in 1886, and there continued to be engaged in farming and stock growing until 1898, when he took up his residence in Mellette and turned his attention to the handling of grain and live stock, with which important line of enterprise he has since been prominently identified controlling a large business, while in 1902 he associated himself with the South Dakota & Iowa Land & Loan Company, with headquarters in Mellette, and he has since been secretary of said company, which controls a large real-estate and loan business throughout North and South Dakota. He served for two terms as mayor of Mellette, giving a most satisfactory administration of municipal affairs. He has passed the commandery, Scottish-rite and Shrine degrees in the Masonic fraternity, being secretary of his lodge at the time of this writing, He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

On the 18th of March, 1884, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Black to Miss Frances Miller, who was born and reared in Ohio, and they have two daughters, Jessie, who is a graduate of the Holy Angels Academy, in Minneapolis, and Lola.

548 - HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY. CHAPTER XXIV.* LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - TOPOGRAPHY - PIONEER SCHOOLS - PREACHERS- GEOLOGICAL- WEST LIBERTY. http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Logan/LoganChapXXIV.htm

1. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).
2. ↑ Doane Robinson. Samuel Crockett Black Biography. (History of South Dakota)
   Vol. II, 1653-1654.
3. ↑ 1860 Ohio Census.