William A. Black

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Husband William A. Black ¹

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           Born: 1843 - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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           Died: 17 Jun 1864 - Petersburg, Fauquier Co, VA
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         Father: Squire William Black (1810-1891) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Isabella Mitchell (1817-Aft 1851) 1 3 6

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General Notes: Husband - William A. Black

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He enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers, March 29, 1864. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, South Anna, Cold Harbor, and on the 17th of June, 1864, was killed in an assault upon the enemy's works in front of Petersburg, Virginia. His comrades speak of him as a gallant soldier who died nobly battling for the rights of his country. [HBC 1883, 431]

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 436.

2 Karen S. Golden Rodgers, The Mitchell Family 1772 - 1989 (Self-published, 1990), Pg 5.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1282.

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

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

6 Karen S. Golden Rodgers, The Mitchell Family 1772 - 1989 (Self-published, 1990), Pg 3.