Black, Lewis F.
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Black, Lewis F.
| Celia Davis (View posts) | Posted: 24 Aug 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Black, Kendall, Hutt, Swank
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 156
LEWIS F. BLACK, residing on section 29, Liberty township, was born October 20, 1837, in Vermillion County, Illinois, his parents, Samuel and Nancy Black, being pioneers of that county, coming from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where they were born and reared, in the fall of 1832. The father died in September, 1869 and the mother is still living at her home, aged eighty years. They had a family of ten children, Lewis F., being the sixth child and fourth son.
He was reared to a farm life, receiving fair educational advantages, of which he made the best possible use, fitting himself for a teacher. He has followed the teacherÂ’s profession for twenty-six terms, commencing in Illinois at the age of twenty-two years. He has taught several terms in Liberty Township, and during the winter of 1885-Â’6 he taught in Victory, district No. 8 of said township.
June 13, 1861, Mr. Black was united in marriage to Miss Frances A. Kendall, who was born December 2, 1841, in Vermillion County, Indiana, a daughter of John and Isabella Kendall. Her father settled in Indiana in 1837, where he died in 1864, and her mother makes her home with our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Black have been born ten children-- Samuel W., and John S., residents of Liberty Township; Jacob M. and Ida A., at home; Charles F., died, aged six mnthsÂ’ Bertha May, Albertus, Nancy I., George C., Mary Ann, all living at home.
In 1880 Mr. Black settled with his family on section 29, Liberty Township, where he has since made his home, his homestead containing 120 acres of choice land under good cultivation. Mr. Black is an enterprising and influential citizen of Liberty Township, and is at present holding the office of magistrate, to which he was elected in 1884. In National politics Mr. Black generally votes the Democratic ticket, but in local elections he votes for the man whom he considers best fitted for office. Mr. Blackhas two sisters in Iowa--Mrs. Marilda Hutt, living in Warren County, and Mrs. Lucinda Swank in Creston, Union County.
LEWIS F. BLACK, residing on section 29, Liberty township, was born October 20, 1837, in Vermillion County, Illinois, his parents, Samuel and Nancy Black, being pioneers of that county, coming from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where they were born and reared, in the fall of 1832. The father died in September, 1869 and the mother is still living at her home, aged eighty years. They had a family of ten children, Lewis F., being the sixth child and fourth son.
He was reared to a farm life, receiving fair educational advantages, of which he made the best possible use, fitting himself for a teacher. He has followed the teacherÂ’s profession for twenty-six terms, commencing in Illinois at the age of twenty-two years. He has taught several terms in Liberty Township, and during the winter of 1885-Â’6 he taught in Victory, district No. 8 of said township.
June 13, 1861, Mr. Black was united in marriage to Miss Frances A. Kendall, who was born December 2, 1841, in Vermillion County, Indiana, a daughter of John and Isabella Kendall. Her father settled in Indiana in 1837, where he died in 1864, and her mother makes her home with our subject. To Mr. and Mrs. Black have been born ten children-- Samuel W., and John S., residents of Liberty Township; Jacob M. and Ida A., at home; Charles F., died, aged six mnthsÂ’ Bertha May, Albertus, Nancy I., George C., Mary Ann, all living at home.
In 1880 Mr. Black settled with his family on section 29, Liberty Township, where he has since made his home, his homestead containing 120 acres of choice land under good cultivation. Mr. Black is an enterprising and influential citizen of Liberty Township, and is at present holding the office of magistrate, to which he was elected in 1884. In National politics Mr. Black generally votes the Democratic ticket, but in local elections he votes for the man whom he considers best fitted for office. Mr. Blackhas two sisters in Iowa--Mrs. Marilda Hutt, living in Warren County, and Mrs. Lucinda Swank in Creston, Union County.