John Black, Jr. and Laura Belle Dry

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Husband John Black, Jr. ¹

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           Born: 17 Jun 1876 - North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: James M. Black (      -1897) 2
         Mother: Rachel Hawkins (      -1886) 2

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       Marriage: 24 Sep 1907 2

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   Other Spouse: Catherine E. "Kate" Hunter (      -      ) 1 3 4 - 25 Oct 1922 2

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Wife Laura Belle Dry ²

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         Father: Oliver P. Dry (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Susan Miller (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M John Louis Black ¹

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2 F Helen Louise Black ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Black, Jr.

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He acquired his early education in the public schools and the high school of his native place, after which he entered the Central State Normal School at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, from which institution he was duly graduated. For ten years after he had entered practical life, Mr. Black taught school in Westmoreland County, and served as principal of the schools at Bolivar and at South Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He also taught for several years in Leech's Actual Business College at Greensburg, having charge of the bookkeeping department. In 1907 he came to the Court House of Westmoreland County as clerk in the office of John M. Hawk, clerk of courts. He then became chief clerk in the office of the County Commissioners, during the term of John D. Miller, Jas. L. McWilliams and H. Albert Lauffer. In 1912, he was made chief deputy sheriff under Sheriff Ben Steele, and was retained in that position by Sheriff John P. Kilgore, a staunch Democrat. In the autumn of 1919, Mr. Black was nominated for sheriff by the Republican Party and was elected to that office by a large majority. He served as sheriff of Westmoreland County during the years 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923.
In politics, Mr. Black was a Republican. During the first World War he was active in the Liberty Loan drives, and rendered valuable service to the Draft Boards.
He was prominent in Masonry, being a member of Shidle Lodge, No. 601, Free and Accepted Masons; of Kedron Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar; of New Castle Consistory, having attained the thirty-second degree; and of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Encampment. In religion, he was a Presbyterian, and a member of the board of trustees of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 310, 313.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 310.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 121.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 327.