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Direct descendant of William Black & Sarah Hicklin.

"William Black and His Descendants"

ALEXANDER BLACK was born at Hopewell, Indiana., in 1874. He was a missionary among the Navajo Indians, and in 1895 established the Presbyterian Mission at Fort Defiance, Arizona. In October 1916 he married Nellie Damon, daughter of Anson G. Damon. He died at Fort Defiance, July 19, 1954. His wife, Nellie, July 31, 1955. Both are buried at Fort Defiance, Arizona.

531 Ruth Helen born Feb. 22, 1918
532 Alexander G, died age 18 months
533 Anna Angell born Oct. 9, 1921

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Arriving in the newly emerging "Navajo Nation" at the turn of the twentieth century, Alexander both experienced as well as contributed to the changing times of the Native Americans. He chose to live and stay in the area, marry a Navajo wife, and contribute to the community.

Son of Edwin Black & Ruth Angell Bowman born in 1874 in Indiana, Alexander migrated with his family to Archer, Alachua, Florida where his father was a missionary. After the death of his father in 1886, he graduated from college (5 years) (probably theology) and moved to Fort Defiance, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona. By 1905 he was a Presbyterian missionary. In 1910 was a practicing Clergyman in Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache, Arizona.

After the marriage of Ruth's other son, George Edwin Black, in 1911 Indiana, Ruth moved from Indiana to New Mexico and lived with her other son, Alexander, until her death in 1915. She was buried in Gallup, McKinley, New Mexico following a car accident.

Alexander married Nellie Damon (one-half blooded Navajo) on Oct 1916 in Fort Defiance, Arizona. She was the daughter of Anson C Damon, "Pioneer Indian Trader" of Fort Defiance. By 1920 Alexander had become an "Indian Trader." In 1930 he was a manager in a "Trading Store." In 1940 he was a General Merchandise Merchant. He died in Fort Defiance in 1954 and Nellie in 1955. Throughout these years he also taught the Navajo.

Issue:

1) Alexander Chandler Black (1917 Fort Defiance, Apache, Arizona - 1918 Fort Defiance, Apache, Arizona)

2) Ruth Helen Black (1918 Fort Defiance, Apache, Arizona - 21 Jun 1995 Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico). Her FAG is # 18845756. Ruth married Marvin LeRoy Seal (1915 - 1992) FAG # 60344398.

3) Anna Angell Black (b. 1921 New Mexico). She married 1) Ralph Baird and 2) Paul Clifford Sowers.