Matthew Black and Eliza Curry

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Husband Matthew Black ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Oct 1800 - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: 8 Jun 1850 - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: John Black (1770-1832) 2 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Jane Criswell (1775-1864) 4 5 6

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   Other Spouse: Charlotte Tinker (      -      ) 1

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Wife Eliza Curry ¹

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Children

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1 M John A. Black ¹

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2 M James C. Black ¹

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3 M Mathew I. Black ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Black

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He was reared in the old log cabin erected by his father in the primitive forest of Marion township, Butler County, PA, and received a meager education in the pioneer schools of that period. He made farming his life vocation, and owned a portion of the original tract entered by his father, to which he added thirty-three acres, owning at his death a farm of 110 acres of well improved land. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics, was a supporter of the Whig party.

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General Notes: Wife - Eliza Curry

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from Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA

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

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

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

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 430.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1304.

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