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Black, James, congressman, was born in Newport, Pa. In 1836-37 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the twenty-

fourth congress to fill a vacancy. In 184347 he was a representative to the twentyeighth and twenty-ninth congresses. He died in Pennsylvania. 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 was the author of Is Prohibition a Necessity; History of the Prohibition Party; and The Prohibition Party. He died Dec. 17, 1893, in Lan-

the democratic nomination for congress. He died Oct. 25, 1899, in Milwaukee, Wis. Black, John, diplomat, was born in 1792 in New York. For forty years he was a resident of Mexico, where he was a consul of the United States. He was also minister resident there during the Mexican war. He died Nov. 19, 1873, in Albany, N.Y. Black, John Charles, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 27, 1839, in Lexington, Miss. He graduated from the Wabash college of Orawfordsville. During the civil war he served as colonel in the thirty-sev-

caster, Pa.

enth regiment Illinois

Black, James A., soldier, congressman, was born in 1793 in Abbeville, S.C. He served as captain in the war of 1812. He was a representative from South Carolina in 1843-48 to the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth congresses as a democrat. 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. In 1893-95 he was representative to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a democrat. Black, James Fred, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 20, 1858, in Mill Village, Nova Scotia. In 1888 he received the degree of A.M. from Cornell college of Iowa; and is a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He has been secretary of the Algona district conference for five terms; and now fills a pastorate in Eldora, Iowa. He is the author of The Bible Way. Black, James Rush, physician, surgeon, author, was bom March 3, 1827, near Glasgow, Scotland. During the civil war he was surgeon in the one hundred and thirteenth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; and director of General Gilbert's staff. Later he became professor of hygiene in the Columbus medical college. He is the author of Ten Laws of Health. Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, lawyer, iurist, was born Jan. 10, 1810, in Glades, Pa. In 1842 he was appointed presiding judge of the judicial district in which he lived; in 1851-54 was chief justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. In 1857-60 he was attorney-general; and in 1860-61 he was secretary of state. He died Aug. 9, 1883, in York, Pa. Black, John, LTnited States senator, was born in Virginia. He ^^'as at one time a resident of Louisiana but removed to Mississippi. In 1832-38 he was a member of the United States senate. He died Aug. 29, 1854,

and was volunteers brevetted a brigadiergeneral United States He has volunteers.



in

Winchester, Va.

Black, John, statesman, was born in France. In 1857-99 he was a resident of Milwaukee, Wis.; and served as mayor of that city. He was a representative in the Wisconsin state legisalture; and twice received



been commissioner of congresspensions; man-at-large from Illinois ;

and United Stat-

attorney for the northern district of Illinois. He is best known as an eminent lawyer, practicing in Chicago and before the department in Washington; and in the supreme courts of Illinois and the United States. In 1893-95 he was a representative from Illinois to the fifty-third congress as a democrat. es

Black, John Fisher, soldier, broker,

was

born Dec. 23, 1841, in New Orleans, La. He enlisted as a private in the Louisiana guards in 1861; and attained the rank of lieutenant. In 1869 he engaged in the cotton brokerage business; and was a member of the New York cotton exchange. He was one of the organizers of the confederate veteran camp of New York. Black, John Janvier, physician, author, was born Nov. 6, 1837, in Delaware City, Del. He is the author of Forty Years in the Medical

Profession;

Pear and Quince



Cultivation of the Peach, Fearing to Live and other

works. Black, Joseph S., soldier, farmer, merchant, bishop, was born July 14, 1836, in Ireland. In 1840 he came to America; and received his education in various district schools. Since 1835 he has been prominently identified with the business and public affairs of the west; and served as a soldier in the Indian wars from private to major. He has for many years been a successful farmer and merchant of Utah; and a, well-known citizen of Hinckley. For thirty years he has been a bishop of the Mormon church. Black, Mrs. Margaret Potter, author, poet, was born May 20, 1881, in Chicago. 111. She is the wife of Mr. John Donald Black of Chicago, 111. She is the author of Social Lion; Uncanonized; The House of De Mailly; Istar of Babylon; The Castle of Twilight; The Flower Gatherers; The Fire of Spring; The Genius; The Princess; The Gol-

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den Ladder; and other works.