BLACK, WILLIAM
, born about 1793, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He came to America when young, landing at Philadelphia. A stone cutter by trade, he was employed on some of the banks and other public buildings in that city, finishing with a contract on Girard College. Anna Young was born April 6, 1798, in the city of Philadelphia. William Black and Anna Young were there married, Dec. 7, 1820. Their nine children were born in Philadelphia, one of whom died young. Mr. Black came to Springfield in the fall of 1839, and April, 1840, his family arrived and moved to a farm he had purchased, six miles northeast of Springfield. Of their eight children--JOHN, born April 12, 1822, is unmarried. He went to California in 1849, and now resides in San Francisco.
WILLIAM, Jun., born April 21, 1824, in Philadelphia, was drowned, April 9, 1849, in a slough near where the Gilman and Clinton railroad crosses the Sangamon river.
HENRY, born July 23, 1826, in Philadelphia, married, May 3, 1871, in Humboldt, Kansas, to Mrs. Artenecia A. Chambers, whose maiden name was Bradshaw. They have two children ANNA A. and BLANCHE, and reside at Humboldt, Kansas.
JAMES, born July 8, 1828, in Philadelphia, was married March 2, 1852, to Amanda A. Cartmell. They had one child, and Mrs. Black died, Jan. 11, 1854. Mr. Black was married, Feb. 5, 1862, to Eliza A. Cartmell. They have four children. Of his five children, WILLIAM L., by the first marriage, and the other four, WALTER B., ALVIN F., AMANDA M. and EMMA T., reside with their father, on the farm settled by his father in 1840, six miles northeast of Springfield.
GEORGE W., born August 15, 1830, married Sept. 21, 1858, to Sarah A. Mann. They had eight children, two of whom died young. MARY E., ELIZABETH, ANNIE L., HENRY F., THOMAS M. and CHARLES W., and reside on Round Prairie, five miles east of Springfield, between the mouth of Spring Creek and South Fork.
ANNA E., born Sept. 26, 1832, married, Jan. 1, 1852, to Marion F. Whitesides. (See his name.)
FRANCIS G., born Feb. 27, 1835, married, Oct. 4, 1859, to Elizabeth Hammond. They had two children, JOHN W. and ELIZA J., and Mr. Black enlisted August, 1862, in Co. G., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, and died of disease at Vicksburg, just after the surrender by the rebels, July 4, 1863. His remains were brought home and interred near German Prairie Station. His children reside with their mother, who married A. R. Welch.
WALTER C., born Sept. 22, 1837, enlisted in Co. G., 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, August 5, 1862, was twice slightly wounded, served full time, and was honorably discharged, August 10, 1865. He was married, Feb. 5, 1866, to Permelia F. Cartmell. They have three children, ANNA C., FRANCIS E. and ORA EVA, and reside two miles southeast of Riverton.
Margaret Allison lived as one of the family of William Black, in Philadelphia. She came with the family to Sangamon county, and died Sept. 20, 1840, aged 29 years.
William Black died Dec. 15, 1858, and his widow died July 25, 1874, both on the farm where they settled in 1840. Mr. Black became a member of the Scots Thistle Society soon after his arrival in Philadelphia, and remained a member as long as he lived.