Robert Black and Sarah Courtney

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Husband Robert Black ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Adam Black 4
           Born: 1800 - Adams Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1848 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 5
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         Father: Adam Black (1763-1816) 1 3 6 7
         Mother: Polly Allegan (1769-1841) 1 3 6

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Uber (      -1846) 3

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Wife Sarah Courtney ³

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           Died: 1826 3
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Children

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1 U [Infant] Black ³

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           Died: in infancy
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2 U [Infant] Black ³

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Black

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He was reared on the homestead farm, which he afterwards purchased. He was a leading member of the Whig party, and served two terms in the legislature. He died at Harrisburg during his second term. His wife died on the homestead in Mercer county.
He was a captain of the Springfield Light Infantry when it was organized.
He had two children with his first wife, both died in infancy. He had eight children with his second wife, two of whom died in infancy.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 81.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 595, 1025.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1234.

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

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1025.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 595.

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