Family Group Sheet


Name William ("Willie") Black, Half GGG Uncle
Birth Jan 1873/1875, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 8 Nov 1929, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Father John A. Black (1831-1899)
Mother Martha Ann Riddle (1839->1910)
Marriage 19 Mar 1893, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Letha Jane Conn
Birth 1880, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death 20 Mar 1961, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Father Freeland Harrison Conn (~1846-)
Mother Mary "Angeline" Shelton (~1846-)
Children
1 F Sarah Belle Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 31 May 1894, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 18 Mar 1974, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Moses ("Mosie") Green Stamper
2 F Mary A. Black, Half 1C3R
Birth Apr 1896, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Bob Howard, 3rd Cousin
3 M Martin Black, Half 1C3R
Birth May 1899, Rowan Co., Kentucky
4 M Leander Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 1900/1901, Rowan Co., Kentucky
5 M John Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 1900, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 1931, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Ethel Conn
6 F Daisey Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Langley Wilson
7 F Peachy Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 1905, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Orville Howard
8 M Maston Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 1908, Rowan Co., Kentucky
9 F Arazona Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 5 May 1909, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 24 Jun 1989, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Ott Wilson
10 M Sherman Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 23 Aug 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 24 Nov 1914, Rowan Co., Kentucky
11 M Milzia Black, Half 1C3R
Birth 8 Aug 1914, Elliottville, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 25 Jan 1976, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Geneva Sturgill
12 F Alice Black, Half 1C3R  (Data Omitted)*
Spouse Cleophus Cox
13 F Lizy Black, Half 1C3R  (Data Omitted)*
14 F Murty Black, Half 1C3R  (Data Omitted)*
15 M Henry Black, Half 1C3R
Census Notes for William ("Willie") Black
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogstown, lists as family #160:
Willie Black, b. Jan 73, age 27; Litha J., b. 80, age 19, married 8 yrs, 4 children, 3 living; Sarah B., b. May 94, age 6; Mary A., b. Apr 96; age 4; Martin, b. May 99; age 1; Martha Black, mother, widow, b. Aug 40, age 59. William was listed as age 5 in 1880, so the year of birth may be wrong. Martha is listed as the mother of 1 child (& 1 living), which is obviously wrong. Maybe she thought the question was how many people in that household were her children.

1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogstown, E.D. 156, p. 6B, records as family #102:
Black, Willie, 38; Letha J., 28; married 18 years, 8 children, 7 living; Mary A. (Sarah B. on same line, crossed out) daughter, 15 overwritten by 13; Martin, 11; Leander, 10; Darsey, 7; Peachey, 5; Maston, 2. All family members and their parents born in Kentucky.
(Sarah is apparently crossed out because she is also enumerated with family #99:
Brown, Andrew, 69; Martha, 70; married 3 years, second marriage for both, Martha mother of 7 children, 4 living; Black, Sarah B., granddaughter, 14. Sarah is a step-granddaughter to Andrew Brown, but the enumerator left off "step" a lot.)

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, magisterial district #3, records as family #216, next to Pressie Black:
Willie Black, 48; Lefy, 43; Leader, 19; Maisy, 17; Peachie, 15; Maston, 13; Rena; Milza; Alta. (There is a black ink blot over the age column for the last three children.)
Notes for Letha Jane Conn
According to Omer Trent, Letha was also rumored to have dabbled in black magic, hexes, etc. According to their last surviving child, Alice Black Cox of Knightstown, Indiana, Willie and Letha had 16 children total, including two sets of twins. Alice is not sure where in the birth order John and Henry come in, but she is sure that Lizy was the baby as she was next to her and also Lizy did not live through childhood.

Kentucky Death index lists Letha J. Black, died 20 Mar 1961, age 80, in Rowan Co., residence same, certificate vol. 13, #06250.
Notes for William ("Willie") & Letha Jane (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register A, p. 79, records marriage of William Black to Lithia Jane Conn on 19 Mar 1893.
Last Modified 7 May 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh