Ephraim Black and Sarah M. McCoy

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Husband Ephraim Black ¹

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           Born: 1841 - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: Robert C. Black (1804-1850) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Nancy Ann Kerr (1806-1892) 1 2 5

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       Marriage: 2 May 1866 6

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Wife Sarah M. McCoy ^{6 7}

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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Father: Hon. Hiram Craig McCoy (1811-1893) 8 9
         Mother: Sarah "Sally" McCallen (      -1837) 7 10

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Children

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1 F Fannie May Black ⁶

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           Born: 28 Mar 1867 6
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           Died: Bef 1919
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         Spouse: Rev. William P. Hollister (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA

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2 M Lewis E. Black ⁶

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         Spouse: Ethel Jenny (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Ephraim Black

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He enlisted August 4, 1862, in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, and was discharged, by reason of disability, February 14, 1863. [HBC 1883, 431]

He was reared at the old homestead place in Butler County, PA, and had such educational advantages as the neighborhood afforded. His father dying when he was a mere boy, he began work early, taking charge of the farm when but fifteen years old, and operating it for his mother for several years. When but twenty years old he was appointed postmaster at Anandale, Butler County. He offered himself for military service there Aug. 4, 1862, becoming a member of Company F, 134th Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was sent to Camp Curtin, Washington, D. C., and Arlington Heights, but being taken sick was honorably discharged Feb. 14, 1863, on account of disability. It took him some months to regain his health after reaching home, but when well enough to resume work he decided to try the oil region, and came to Venango County in 1864. His first work there was teaming, which he followed for a year, though he also began drilling in 1864, continuing to work at the wells until his removal to Franklin in 1870. He immediately entered the employ of the Franklin Pipe Line Company, which was started by Taft & Pain, and within a few years had become one of the stockholders in the company, of which he was elected a director in 1880, at the same time becoming manager. He was one of the board of directors thereafter, and was chairman of the board for at least five years, with E. E. Grimm, treasurer, and H. F. Grant, secretary. At that time he gave all his business hours to the pipe line business, formerly devoting considerable attention to the production of oil, in which he was equally successful.
He took a keen interest in securing good government for his home city, and himself served a term in the city council, where his work was characterized by the same practical ideas dominating his private affairs. As a veteran of the Civil war he was long a member of Major Mays Post, of Franklin, and served the organization as trustee. He was a past grand of the I. O. O. F., which he joined in 1872. His religious connection was with the Presbyterian Church, which he formerly served as trustee and elder. Possessing a fine voice, he also assisted with the music, singing in the choir for many years. [CAB, 541]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 541.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 53.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1305.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 35.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 36.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 542.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1285.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 429.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1284.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 423.