Brig. Gen. John Charles Black and Unknown

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Husband Brig. Gen. John Charles Black ¹

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         Father: Rev. John Black (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Josephine Louisa Culbertson (1813-Bef 1923) 2

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Children

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1 F Helen Black ¹

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2 F Grace Black ¹

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3 M John D. Black ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Brig. Gen. John Charles Black

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He was in college when the Civil war broke out. He was the first man to enlist in the Company, which became Co. 1, of the 11th Ind. Zouaves, and served three months. After this he entered the 37th Ill. Regt. for three years. At the organization of the 11th Ind., he was made the Sergeant-Major. At the organization of the 37th Ill., at Chicago, he was elected Major. He was later promoted to Lieut. Col., then Col. of the Regt. He served until the close of war and was in command of a brigade, and as Brig. General, led the charge upon the Blakely Batteries at the Capture of Mobile, the last general engagement of the war. He was in Texas a short time and mustered out in summer of 1865. He was seriously crippled while in the army.
He was Commissioner of Pensions under Cleveland's first administration, and became one of Chicago's most noted lawyers. He at one time resided at Urbana, Ohio, and later at Danville, Illinois.
He was Congressman-at-large from Illinois.

1 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 148.

2 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 142, 148.