Person:William Black (43)

Source: "William Black and his Descendants" 31.WILLIAM BLACK was born in Clark County, Kentucky, February 19, 1796. He came to Ohio, with his parents, in 1809. He married Mary Ann Petty on May 23, 1824. She was born October 8, 1806. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio. William, with his wife and family, left Ohio in 1842 and emigrated to Iowa. They emigrated by wagon train to Iowa, and settled on a farm near Eddyville, on the banks of the Des Moines River. He settled on a tract of land on the Des Moines river in Wapello County. They were pioneer settlers of that locality and made the trip from Ohio entirely by wagon train. William Black died July 5, 1856, his wife, Mary Ann, having died April 28, 1849.

There on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful river valley, neath a great tree on the old farm where they settled before the Civil War, he and his good wife are buried. No others there, just these two in silent watch over the river which they fought all their lives, for all too often the fine crops in the fertile valley were swept away by flood.

68 Nancy Jane born March 7, 1825 69 George W.born Jan. 23, 1827 70 John M.born Feb. 5, 1829 71 Louisaborn Dec. 23, 1830 72 Samuelborn Aug. 31, 1833 73 Mary Janeborn Apr. 3. 183"3 74 Martha Annborn July 22, 1838 75 William H. H.born Oct. 15, 1840 76 Alexanderborn Mar. 24, 1843 77 Winfield S.born Aug. 1, 1848

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 (Unpublished.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).