Morton Black

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Husband Morton Black ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA
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         Father: Marcus Black (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Matilda Morton (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Morton Black

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He spent his early boyhood days on the farm and in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public schools until fifteen years of age. He then worked for G. G. Kearn, a grocer of Monongahela City for five years, after which he clerked one year in the R. C. King drug store, then went to Montana for a short time. He was then employed six years by a wholesale grocery house at St. Joe, Missouri, first as a shipping clerk, then for two years as a traveling salesman, and about 1873 returned to Monongahela City, where he was for a time engaged in the real estate business. In 1876 he entered the employ of Alexander & Co., bankers of Monongahela, and was promoted with the growth of that institution, from clerk to paying teller.
Mr. Black was actively interested in the Democratic party and served as treasurer of Monongahela City, and two terms as school treasurer. He was a director and treasurer of the Bellewood and West Monongahela Natural Gas Company, being a charter member of the same; was treasurer of the Cemetery Company of Monongahela City, and was fraternally a charter member of the B. P. O. E., of which he was treasurer. He held membership with the Presbyterian Church.

1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1243.

2 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 154.

3 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 151.