Judge William Thomas Black
BIRTH
17 Dec 1818
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH
20 Mar 1897 (aged 78)
Craddock, Phelps County, Missouri, USA
BURIAL
Black Cemetery
Phelps County, Missouri, USA
Father: Joseph Onesimus Black b: 10 JAN 1792 in Greene Co, TN, died 5 May 1861 Greene Co, TN
Mother: Mary Ann Clark b: 15 APR 1794 in TN, died 17 Sep 1851 Greene Co, TN
William's (Joseph parents) Grandparents were William b. June 16, 1764 Charlotte Mecklenburg, NC d. bef. 1830 Green Co. Tenn. & Ellender (Miller) b. Oct. 13, 1770 Rowan Co. NC.
"Judge BLACK DEAD; Died at his home near Craddock, in Phelps County, Missouri, March 20th, 1897, at 12 o'clock (noon), Judge William BLACK aged seventy-eight years, three months and three days.
Brother BLACK was born in Greene County, East Tennessee, December 17th, 1818, where he was raised by his parents. At the age of eighteen years he commenced teaching school and taught many years both in Tennessee and Missouri. August 18th, 1841, in Tennessee he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Ann HURLEY who survives him. In 1843 with his wife and one child he came to what is now Phelps County, Missouri, and settled on the farm where he has lived until death called him to that better home on high."
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