John R. Black and Ida May Braham

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Husband John R. Black ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: Henry Calvin Black (1838-1894) 1 3
         Mother: Adaline Painter (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1897 - Harrisville, Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA 4

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Wife Ida May Braham ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1867 5
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         Father: Hon. William Patton Braham (1824-1907) 2 6 7
         Mother: Nancy Rebecca Snyder (1825-1904) 2 7 8

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Children

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1 F Helen Black ⁴

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2 M Carl Braham Black ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - John R. Black

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He was edu­cated at Grove City College, Mercer County, PA, and learned the dry goods business from his father by whom he was ultimately taken into partnership, the name of the firm being H. C. Black & Son. After the death of his father the firm assumed its present style of J. R. Black & Company, the junior partner being Florence E. (Black) Hood. In 1899 they moved from their native Butler County, where they had hitherto dwelt, to Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, where they succeeded to the business of King & Mullen. The establishment was enlarged in every respect until it was the largest of its kind in the borough. He be­longed to Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 868, B. P. O. E., the R. A., the Maccabees, and various other fraternal orders. He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1235.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1063.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 150.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 403.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 398, 402.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 546.

8 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 388, 402.