Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 292
JACOB BLACK

Jacob BLACK, a farmer residing in Jefferson Township, has been a resident of Harrison County since September, 1882, having lived in the State since 1872. He was born in Armstrong, PA, May 15, 1841, and is the son of David and Anna (LENHART) BLACK, both natives of the Keystone State. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-seven years of age, after which he followed coal mining until he came to Poweshiek County, Iowa, when he commenced farming, continuing until he came to this county, after which he bought a piece of wild land consisting of one hundred and twenty-three acres, the same being located in Union Township. This he improved and lived upon until March, 1889, when he bought his present place."

He was married in Mahaska County, Iowa, in September, 1872, to Miss Anna SAUNDERS, a native of Ohio, by which union five children were born -- Jacob, Frank (deceased), Myrtle, Elizabeth and Molly. Mrs. BLACK died in Harrison County, Iowa, October 4, 1888, and was buried in the Harris Grove cemetery. For his second wife Mr. BLACK married Mrs. Ursula MCKINNEY, June 20, 1891.

Politically, our subject votes with the Republican party.

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