Ruth was born in Putnam, Indiana & married Rev. Edwin Black. Edwin was born b in Mt Sterling, Montgomery, KY, the eldest son of Alexander Black (94600559) & Eliza Bell Anderson (16889593). The Blacks migrated from KY to IN in the 1830s. Edwin died in Florida & Ruth migrated to New Mexico, possibly with her children.
"Wm. Black & His Descendants"
Howard Clifton Black & Raymond Finley Hughes
EDWIN BLACK was born March 29, 1823. He was a graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana and later took his Theological course at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. He was an able preacher, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Archer, Florida at the time of his death. He married Ruth Angell Bowman and to this union two sons were born. He died Nov. 12, 1886 and is buried at Archer, Florida. Issue:
Alexander born 1874
George Edwin born Feb. 12, 1877
Edwin Black - Archer Cemetery - Archer, Alachua, Florida
Black Rev. Edwin 29 Mar 1823 12 Nov 1886 "b. Mt. Sterling, Ky."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flalachu/Cemetery/Archer7.html
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Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Meets Death in Auto Mishap
Word received here this morning tells of death of Mrs. Ruth E. Black, a local woman in an accident which occurred between Gallup, New Mexico, and Fort Defiance, Arizona - is mother of George Edwin black of this city.
Particulars Are Unknown
A telegram was received here this morning by George Edwin Black, linotype operator in a local printing establishment, from his brother, Rev. Alexander Black, of Ft. Defiance, Ariz., notifying him that their mother, Mrs. Ruth A. Black, was killed in an automobile accident, which occurred between Gallup, N. Mex., and Ft. Defiance, Ariz., late Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Black was a resident of this city and was on her way from Greencastle to the home of her son at Ft. Defiance when the accident occurred. No particulars of the accident are known. Mrs. Black left here Tuesday noon for her son’s home in Ft. Defiance, going by way of Chicago, a 1500-mile trip, and was scheduled to reach Gallup Friday morning. From Gallup she was to take an automobile for the completion of her trip to Ft. Defiance, a distance of thirty miles. It was while on this last section of the trip that her death occurred. She would have gone there sooner had not the impassable condition of the road between Gallup and Ft. Defiance prevented. Her household goods had been shipped earlier in the spring and had been arranged in the house at Ft. Defiance, awaiting her arrival.
Mrs. Black was horn in White county, this state, 63 years ago, and was the daughter of the late Capt. George Bowman, of Monticello, who commanded a company of infantry in the Civil war. She was a sister of Mrs. Anna Bowman Hoffman, wife Professor Horace Hoffman of this Indiana State University; of Mrs.; Georgia Bowman Giles, wife of School Superintendent Giles of Richmond, and of Mrs. Phoebe Morrison of Chiepewa, Ontario. Her step-mother, Mrs. Mary I. Bowman, resides with M. Morrison. Mrs. Black was the widow , of Rev. Edwin Black, whose death 1 occurred in Florida in 1887. They had only the two sons. The interment will occur at Ft. Defiance.
Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Contributed by DePauw University Libraries
Contributor: Brenda Black Watson (46634709) • [email protected]
"Wm. Black & His Descendants"
Howard Clifton Black & Raymond Finley Hughes
EDWIN BLACK was born March 29, 1823. He was a graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana and later took his Theological course at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. He was an able preacher, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Archer, Florida at the time of his death. He married Ruth Angell Bowman and to this union two sons were born. He died Nov. 12, 1886 and is buried at Archer, Florida. Issue:
Alexander born 1874
George Edwin born Feb. 12, 1877
Edwin Black - Archer Cemetery - Archer, Alachua, Florida
Black Rev. Edwin 29 Mar 1823 12 Nov 1886 "b. Mt. Sterling, Ky."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flalachu/Cemetery/Archer7.html
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brendablack&id=I7115
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Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Meets Death in Auto Mishap
Word received here this morning tells of death of Mrs. Ruth E. Black, a local woman in an accident which occurred between Gallup, New Mexico, and Fort Defiance, Arizona - is mother of George Edwin black of this city.
Particulars Are Unknown
A telegram was received here this morning by George Edwin Black, linotype operator in a local printing establishment, from his brother, Rev. Alexander Black, of Ft. Defiance, Ariz., notifying him that their mother, Mrs. Ruth A. Black, was killed in an automobile accident, which occurred between Gallup, N. Mex., and Ft. Defiance, Ariz., late Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Black was a resident of this city and was on her way from Greencastle to the home of her son at Ft. Defiance when the accident occurred. No particulars of the accident are known. Mrs. Black left here Tuesday noon for her son’s home in Ft. Defiance, going by way of Chicago, a 1500-mile trip, and was scheduled to reach Gallup Friday morning. From Gallup she was to take an automobile for the completion of her trip to Ft. Defiance, a distance of thirty miles. It was while on this last section of the trip that her death occurred. She would have gone there sooner had not the impassable condition of the road between Gallup and Ft. Defiance prevented. Her household goods had been shipped earlier in the spring and had been arranged in the house at Ft. Defiance, awaiting her arrival.
Mrs. Black was horn in White county, this state, 63 years ago, and was the daughter of the late Capt. George Bowman, of Monticello, who commanded a company of infantry in the Civil war. She was a sister of Mrs. Anna Bowman Hoffman, wife Professor Horace Hoffman of this Indiana State University; of Mrs.; Georgia Bowman Giles, wife of School Superintendent Giles of Richmond, and of Mrs. Phoebe Morrison of Chiepewa, Ontario. Her step-mother, Mrs. Mary I. Bowman, resides with M. Morrison. Mrs. Black was the widow , of Rev. Edwin Black, whose death 1 occurred in Florida in 1887. They had only the two sons. The interment will occur at Ft. Defiance.
Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Contributed by DePauw University Libraries
Contributor: Brenda Black Watson (46634709) • [email protected]
Ruth was born in Putnam, Indiana & married Rev. Edwin Black. Edwin was born b in Mt Sterling, Montgomery, KY, the eldest son of Alexander Black (94600559) & Eliza Bell Anderson (16889593). The Blacks migrated from KY to IN in the 1830s. Edwin died in Florida & Ruth migrated to New Mexico, possibly with her children.
"Wm. Black & His Descendants"
Howard Clifton Black & Raymond Finley Hughes
EDWIN BLACK was born March 29, 1823. He was a graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana and later took his Theological course at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. He was an able preacher, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Archer, Florida at the time of his death. He married Ruth Angell Bowman and to this union two sons were born. He died Nov. 12, 1886 and is buried at Archer, Florida. Issue:
Alexander born 1874
George Edwin born Feb. 12, 1877
Edwin Black - Archer Cemetery - Archer, Alachua, Florida
Black Rev. Edwin 29 Mar 1823 12 Nov 1886 "b. Mt. Sterling, Ky."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flalachu/Cemetery/Archer7.html
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brendablack&id=I7115
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Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Meets Death in Auto Mishap
Word received here this morning tells of death of Mrs. Ruth E. Black, a local woman in an accident which occurred between Gallup, New Mexico, and Fort Defiance, Arizona - is mother of George Edwin black of this city.
Particulars Are Unknown
A telegram was received here this morning by George Edwin Black, linotype operator in a local printing establishment, from his brother, Rev. Alexander Black, of Ft. Defiance, Ariz., notifying him that their mother, Mrs. Ruth A. Black, was killed in an automobile accident, which occurred between Gallup, N. Mex., and Ft. Defiance, Ariz., late Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Black was a resident of this city and was on her way from Greencastle to the home of her son at Ft. Defiance when the accident occurred. No particulars of the accident are known. Mrs. Black left here Tuesday noon for her son’s home in Ft. Defiance, going by way of Chicago, a 1500-mile trip, and was scheduled to reach Gallup Friday morning. From Gallup she was to take an automobile for the completion of her trip to Ft. Defiance, a distance of thirty miles. It was while on this last section of the trip that her death occurred. She would have gone there sooner had not the impassable condition of the road between Gallup and Ft. Defiance prevented. Her household goods had been shipped earlier in the spring and had been arranged in the house at Ft. Defiance, awaiting her arrival.
Mrs. Black was horn in White county, this state, 63 years ago, and was the daughter of the late Capt. George Bowman, of Monticello, who commanded a company of infantry in the Civil war. She was a sister of Mrs. Anna Bowman Hoffman, wife Professor Horace Hoffman of this Indiana State University; of Mrs.; Georgia Bowman Giles, wife of School Superintendent Giles of Richmond, and of Mrs. Phoebe Morrison of Chiepewa, Ontario. Her step-mother, Mrs. Mary I. Bowman, resides with M. Morrison. Mrs. Black was the widow , of Rev. Edwin Black, whose death 1 occurred in Florida in 1887. They had only the two sons. The interment will occur at Ft. Defiance.
Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Contributed by DePauw University Libraries
Contributor: Brenda Black Watson (46634709) • [email protected]
"Wm. Black & His Descendants"
Howard Clifton Black & Raymond Finley Hughes
EDWIN BLACK was born March 29, 1823. He was a graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana and later took his Theological course at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. He was an able preacher, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Archer, Florida at the time of his death. He married Ruth Angell Bowman and to this union two sons were born. He died Nov. 12, 1886 and is buried at Archer, Florida. Issue:
Alexander born 1874
George Edwin born Feb. 12, 1877
Edwin Black - Archer Cemetery - Archer, Alachua, Florida
Black Rev. Edwin 29 Mar 1823 12 Nov 1886 "b. Mt. Sterling, Ky."
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flalachu/Cemetery/Archer7.html
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brendablack&id=I7115
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Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Meets Death in Auto Mishap
Word received here this morning tells of death of Mrs. Ruth E. Black, a local woman in an accident which occurred between Gallup, New Mexico, and Fort Defiance, Arizona - is mother of George Edwin black of this city.
Particulars Are Unknown
A telegram was received here this morning by George Edwin Black, linotype operator in a local printing establishment, from his brother, Rev. Alexander Black, of Ft. Defiance, Ariz., notifying him that their mother, Mrs. Ruth A. Black, was killed in an automobile accident, which occurred between Gallup, N. Mex., and Ft. Defiance, Ariz., late Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Black was a resident of this city and was on her way from Greencastle to the home of her son at Ft. Defiance when the accident occurred. No particulars of the accident are known. Mrs. Black left here Tuesday noon for her son’s home in Ft. Defiance, going by way of Chicago, a 1500-mile trip, and was scheduled to reach Gallup Friday morning. From Gallup she was to take an automobile for the completion of her trip to Ft. Defiance, a distance of thirty miles. It was while on this last section of the trip that her death occurred. She would have gone there sooner had not the impassable condition of the road between Gallup and Ft. Defiance prevented. Her household goods had been shipped earlier in the spring and had been arranged in the house at Ft. Defiance, awaiting her arrival.
Mrs. Black was horn in White county, this state, 63 years ago, and was the daughter of the late Capt. George Bowman, of Monticello, who commanded a company of infantry in the Civil war. She was a sister of Mrs. Anna Bowman Hoffman, wife Professor Horace Hoffman of this Indiana State University; of Mrs.; Georgia Bowman Giles, wife of School Superintendent Giles of Richmond, and of Mrs. Phoebe Morrison of Chiepewa, Ontario. Her step-mother, Mrs. Mary I. Bowman, resides with M. Morrison. Mrs. Black was the widow , of Rev. Edwin Black, whose death 1 occurred in Florida in 1887. They had only the two sons. The interment will occur at Ft. Defiance.
Greencastle Herald,Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 May 1915
Contributed by DePauw University Libraries
Contributor: Brenda Black Watson (46634709) • [email protected]
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