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Black, Alexander

journalist, author, was born in 1859, in New York. He is a Brooklyn journalist, and literary editor of the Brooklyn Times. He is the author of The Story of Ohio; Photography Indoors and Out; Miss Jerry, and a Picture Play.

Black, Charles C

lawyer, author, was born July 29, 1858, in Mount Holly, N. J. Since 1881 he has practiced law in Jersey City; and since 1891 has been a member of the state board of taxation.

He is the author of Proof and Pleadings in Accident Cases; and New Jersey Law of Taxation.

Black, Edward J

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1806 in Beaufort, S. C. He commenced his public life by going into the Georgia state legislature, where he served for several years; and was elected a representative in congress from Georgia in 1838, remaining there until 1845. He died in 1846 in Barnwell, S. C.

Black, Henry

jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 25, 1783, in Somerset county, Pa. He was the father of Judge J. S. Black. In 1815 he was elected to the state legislature, and for three successive years afterwards. In 1820 he was appointed an associate judge of his county, and held the office for twenty years. In 1841 he was chosen to fill the seat in congress to fill a vacancy. He died Nov. 28, 1841. was

Black, James

congressman, born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1847.

Black, James

prohibitionist, author, was born Sept. 23, 1823, in Lewisburg, Pa.

He was a noted Pennsylvania advocate of temperance who was the presidential nominee of the prohibitionists in 1872. He is the author of Is Prohibition a Necessity; History of the Prohibition Party; and The Prohibition Party.

Black, James A

soldier, congressman, was born in South Carolina. He served as a captain in the war of 1812; was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to the time of his death. He died April 5, 1848, in Washington, D. C.

Black, James C. C

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born May 9, 1842, in Stamping Ground, Ky. He was a private soldier in company A, ninth Kentucky cavalry, confederate army; and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He was elected to the fifty-third congress over Thomas E. Watson, and re-elected to the fiftyfourth congress as a democrat over Watson, but declined to enter on the term and resigned March 4, 1895; and was re-elected at a special election held October 2, 1895.

Black, James Fred

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 20, 1859, in Nova Scotia. He has attained success as a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; has been secretary of the Algona district conference for five terms; and now fills a pastorate in Anamosa, Iowa. He is the author of The Bible Way, and contributes extensively to religious literature.

Black, James Rush

physician, surgeon, author, was born March 3, 1827, near Glasgow, Scotland. During the war he was surgeon in the one hundred and thirteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, and director of Gen. Gilbert's staff; and later became professor of hygiene in the Ohio Medical college. He is the author of Ten Laws of Health; and has contributed numerous articles on hygiene to current literature.

Black, Jeremiah S

jurist, was born Jan. 10, 1810, in Glades, Pa. In 1842 he was appointed presiding judge of the judicial district in which he lived; in 1851 was elected to the bench of the state supreme court, and made chief justice; and was re-elected in 1854. In 1857 he became attorney-general of the United States; and was secretary of state in 1860-61, when he resumed the practice of law. He died Aug. 9, 1883, in York, Pa.