Person:Alexander Black (14)

"William Black & His Descendants" 33.ALEXANDER BLACK was born in Clark County, Kentucky, November 30, 1800. He was only nine years old when his parents moved to Ohio. He married Lucy Culbertson (sister of Caroline Culbertson in No. 32) April 27, 1827. She was born in Erie County, Pa., Dec. 13, 1811, daughter of John Boyd and Susanna Douglas Culbertson, who were early settlers of Champaign County. Alexander Black and his wife moved to his farm in Logan County shortly after their marriage. They had no children of their own but they took their niece, Jane Black, daughter of James and Caroline Black, No. 32, to raise when she was two years old. After her marriage and death they took her two daughters, Emma Kiser and Mary (Molly) Kiser to raise and these two girls lived with them until Alexander died. He also kept his niece, Mary Elizabeth Culbertson for several years after the death of her mother in 1853.

His wife, Lucy C. Black died on September 14, 1840 and Alexander married a second time Mary Wilson, of Logan County, on Feb. 19, 1841. Alexander Black died May 6, 1866. Mary Wilson Black born Feb. 18, 1811; died Mar. 4, 1875. All three are buried in Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio. Alexander had no children by either wife.

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 (Unpublished.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. ↑ Biographical Sketches. History of Logan County And Ohio. (Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. 1880).