George Black and Julia Shaffer

---

---

Husband George Black ^{1 2}

---

           Born: 1793 - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1862 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Daniel Black (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: 

---

       Marriage: 1832 2 3

---

---

Wife Julia Shaffer ³

---

            AKA: Julia Schaffer 2
           Born: Abt 1809
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1865 3 4
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Jacob Shaffer (Abt 1754-1850/1852) 3
         Mother: 

---

---

Children

---

1 M Jacob S. Black ^{3 4}

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1889 - California 3
         Buried: 

---

2 F Martha G. Black ^{4 5}

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andrew Jackson Montgomery (      -1902) 4 6

---

3 M George W. Black ^{1 4}

---

           Born: 26 Mar 1842 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Myra Belle Crall (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 1866 - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA 3

---

4 F Mary Black ^{3 4}

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elbridge G. Cracraft (      -Bef 1893) 3 4

---

---

General Notes: Husband - George Black

---

He was reared to agricultural pursuits from boyhood. He also learned milling, which he followed in connection with farming, and drew many a load of flour to Baltimore and Philadelphia in his day. About the year 1820 he learned the tobacco and cigar business in Adamsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1823 came to the borough of Washington, Pennsylvania, where he opened a business in that line, carrying on same until he retired in 1852. In 1856-57 he built a house, in which A. B. Caldwell later lived, and there resided until his death, he being then sixty-nine years of age. Mr. Black was no politician. For thirty or forty years he was a director of the First National Bank of Washington.
He was the originator of the "Stoga" cigar, so called from the old Conestoga wagons that were used in freighting over the National pike. The wagoners requiring a cheap cigar, and "plenty of it" for the money, having more regard for quantity than quality, Mr. Black gratified their wants by introducing his far-famed "Stoga."

Besides the children listed, there were four that died in childhood.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 705.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1185.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 706.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1186.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 149, 706.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 149.