Hon. Chauncey Forward Black and Mary Dawson
Husband Hon. Chauncey Forward Black 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Judge Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) 3 4 5 6 7 Mother: Mary Forward ( - ) 7
Marriage:
Wife Mary Dawson 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Hon. John Littleton Dawson (1813-1870) 1 8 9 Mother: Mary Clark ( - ) 1 9
Children
1 M Jeremiah Sullivan Black 5
Born: 20 Oct 1869 - Fayette Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Isabel Church ( - ) 5 Marr: 1891 5
General Notes: Husband - Hon. Chauncey Forward Black
He was a distinguished journalist and served as lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania from 1882 to 1886. He was well known throughout the country as an ardent supporter of the political policies and principles promulgated by Thomas Jefferson, and for a period of ten years was president of an association of Democratic clubs in the United States.
1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 158.
2 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 512.
3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 537.
4 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 452.
5 —, History of York County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1907), Pg 20.
6 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 5.
7 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 102.
8 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 145, 464.
9
Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 511.
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