Isaiah Black

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Husband Isaiah Black ¹

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           Born: 1842 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Black (1808-Aft 1895) 2 3 4
         Mother: Nancy A. Russell (Abt 1814-Aft 1879) 2 5 6

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General Notes: Husband - Isaiah Black

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In response to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers, he enlisted April 25, 1861, as musician of the Hancock County (Illinois) Guards. This company, just a few days later, was designated Company D, of the Sixteenth Regiment, Illinois Infantry, and May 9, following, was mustered into the service of the state for a period of thirty days. On the 24th of May, 1861, however, the regiment was mustered into the United States service for three years, being the first volunteer organization mustered for three years in the United States, and when it left its camp of instruction at Quincy, Illinois, June 12, 1861, and began its campaigns in Northern Missouri, it was the first regiment to leave the limits of the state. Upon the organization of the regiment, Mr. Black became one of its principal musicians, i. e., Fife Major; and from that time until February 16, 1865, the date of his discharge, he was known as the best fifer in all the armies operating in the West and Southwest. He re-enlisted as a veteran December 23, 1863, and was present at all the battles in which the regiment was engaged, to the time of his discharge, viz.: New Madrid, Island No. 10, siege of Corinth, Farmington, Stone River, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Chattahoochie River, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and many others, during the Atlanta and preceding campaigns. [HBC 1883, 431]

He was discharged at Quincy, Illinois, and there studied his profession. He remained in Quincy until 1871, and then removed to Franklin, Pennsylvania. His rooms were well termed an "art gallery," for there could be found exquisite specimens of the beautiful photograph, the plas-tic crayon, and the preserving India ink. It was the best ap-pointed gallery in north western Pennsylvania, and was an honor to the city, as well as a credit to the artist. [HVC 1879, 496]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 496.

2 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.

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

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

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1306.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 254.