Biography
BURIAL: Cemetery near Kirkwood, Illinois

BIOGRAPHY: School teacher. "Past and Present of Warren County, Illinois.." Chicago: H.F. Kett and Company, 1877. SLFHL book # 977.34-15 H2P. in section on Monmouth College, p. 157, "connected with it are Professors and Instructors. . .Rev. A. M. Black, Miss E. Caldwell."

Hugh B. Moffett, Thomas H. Rogers, eds. "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois. History of Warren County."
Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co., 1903. Vol. II. SLFHL F 8969.4. p. 251. Extracted. John Black and Robert Black. The first school in Monmouth was private, taught by Robert Black, a native of Virginia who came from Massey's Creek, Ohio. He was an Elder in the suceder Church, taught children to read from the Bible. 44 scholars atted the
school, which were listed. {this is the same school in which Miss E. Caldwell waa a teacher] Among the list of students was John Black.
Facts
  • 1808 - Birth - ; Ohio
  • 1879 - Death - ; IL
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (U) ?
Birth
Death
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (U) ?
Birth
Death
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FEleanor M. Caldwell
Birth1808Ohio
Death1879IL
Marriage15 Sep 1831to John A. Black at Warren Co., Illinois
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) John A. Black
Birth10 Jan 1810Lexington,Rockbridge,Virginia
Death1886 ,Washington,Iowa
Marriage15 Sep 1831to Eleanor M. Caldwell at Warren Co., Illinois
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Eleanor M. Caldwell
Birth1808Ohio
Death1879 IL
Marriage15 Sep 1831to John A. Black at Warren Co., Illinois
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FMartha Joanna Black
Birth5 Jan 1842Washington Co. Iowa
Death27 Mar 1942
MarriageABT 1864to Edmund Rufus Powers at ,Iowa
Marriage29 Oct 1857to Sawin
FMary Elizabeth Black
Birth23 Jan 1845,Washington,Iowa
Death19 Sep 1922Pueblo,Pueblo,Colorado
Marriage22 Mar 1860to Henry Snowdall West * at Hannibal,Marion,Missouri USA
MJoseph Clokey Black
Birth29 Oct 1833,Warren,Illinois
Death9 Feb 1910Sterling,Rice,Kansas
Marriage29 Oct 1857to Nancy Ann Gordon
MJohn Ford Black
Birth4 Jul 1835,Warren,Illinois
Death
FEliza Black
Birth4 Nov 1837,Washington,Iowa
DeathBEF 1850
FMargaret A. Black
Birth9 Jan 1839,Washington,Iowa
Death
MarriageABT 1860to Scofield at ,Iowa
MWilliam J. Black
Birth12 Sep 1840,Washington,Iowa USA
Death
Marriage6 Sep 1866to Jane Mozier
FArminta L. Black
Birth23 Dec 1846,Washington,Iowa
Death
MJames Monroe Black
Birth12 Dec 1849,Washington,Iowa USA
Death
Marriage2 Jan 1879to Maggie E. Stevenson at ,Warren,Illinois
FEliza Ellen Black
Birth12 Dec 1849,Washington,Iowa
Death
Marriageto Woodruff
FFrances Virginia Black
Birth3 Aug 1851,Washington,Iowa
Death
Evidence
[S62] Census: 1850 Washington county, Iowa
[S64] Corr: David Faris
Descendancy Chart
Eleanor M. Caldwell b: 1808 d: 1879
John A. Black b: 10 Jan 1810 d: 1886
Martha Joanna Black b: 5 Jan 1842 d: 27 Mar 1942
Edmund Rufus Powers b: 1833 d: 12 Dec 1908
Mississippi Powers b: 29 Jan 1861 d: 22 Sep 1929
George Wood b: 1854 d: 28 Sep 1928
Clinton Rufus Wood b: 1891 d: 15 Jun 1937
Mathew Franklin Wood b: 1893 d: 6 Dec 1976
Pearl Gertrude Wood b: 1888 d: 2 Dec 1968
Mary Edith Wood b: 1880 d: 19 Aug 1947
George Edward Wood b: 1883 d: 21 Feb 1883
Helen Josephine Simmons b: 1903 d: 1993
J. Elton Ford b: 1894 d: 1966
William Lester Wood b: 1886 d: 21 Oct 1951
Myra Aletha Wood b: 1885 d: 20 Oct 1966
Merrell Ross Wood b: 1895 d: 26 Nov 1981
Sawin b: ABT 1837
Mary Elizabeth Black b: 23 Jan 1845 d: 19 Sep 1922
Henry Snowdall West * d: 22 Nov 1884
William Henry West * b: 11 Dec 1863 d: 23 Sep 1923
Minnie Lee Powell * b: 11 Mar 1866 d: 26 Nov 1906
Claire I. Bowers b: 1867 d: DECEASED
Samuel Wilson West b: 19 Nov 1861 d: 3 Jul 1863
Mary Ella West b: 25 Dec 1865 d: 3 Dec 1926
Joseph B. Burkholder b: ABT 1863
Kathryn May West b: 10 Apr 1869 d: 23 May 1949
Edward Newton Hill b: 6 Nov 1867 d: 4 Aug 1945
Charles Edward West b: 3 Oct 1872 d: 13 Sep 1947
Ella Marstiller b: ABT 1875
George Lawrence West b: 30 Jan 1875 d: 11 Dec 1945
Alma Leis b: ABT 1873
Jessie Sarah West b: 10 Oct 1877 d: 12 Mar 1934
Eugene Edward Fritsche Sr. b: 5 Dec 1876 d: 3 Jun 1959
Joseph Wallace West b: 8 Aug 1880 d: 6 Jul 1965
Maurie Green b: 15 May 1885
Joseph Clokey Black b: 29 Oct 1833 d: 9 Feb 1910
Nancy Ann Gordon b: ABT 1837 d: 1897
Flora Ellen Black b: 1870 d: 1952
Robert Craig Faris b: 1860 d: 1934
John Ford Black b: 4 Jul 1835
Eliza Black b: 4 Nov 1837 d: BEF 1850
Margaret A. Black b: 9 Jan 1839
Scofield b: ABT 1836
William J. Black b: 12 Sep 1840
Jane Mozier b: ABT 1840
Arminta L. Black b: 23 Dec 1846
James Monroe Black b: 12 Dec 1849
Maggie E. Stevenson b: ABT 1853
Eliza Ellen Black b: 12 Dec 1849
Woodruff b: ABT 1847
Frances Virginia Black b: 3 Aug 1851