Yolo County Biographies


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JAMES J. BLACK
 
            JAMES J. BLACK, a farmer at the town of Black�s, Yolo County, is a 
son of Thomas G. and Margaret (Morrison) Black, the father a native of Georgia, 
and the mother of Illinois.  His father, born in 1809, became one of the early 
gold hunters of California in 1849, returned East in 1851 and came to the Golden 
State in 1852, bringing with him his family and locating in Sacramento County, 
where he lived until 1856; he then came to Yolo County and settled where the 
town of Black is now situated.  In 1866 he moved to Colusa County, and died 
there August 1, 1868.
            Mr. James J. Black was born December 22, 1857, in Scott County, 
Illinois, and was with his parents until they settled in the place where Black�s 
now stands.  Then, May 1, 1869, he married Miss Margaret Tennis, a native of 
Illinois, and shortly afterward purchased 160 acres of land, in the center of 
which Black�s is now located; from him the town is named.  He was engaged in 
mercantile business from 1885 to 1887, when he sold out. He is now keeping a 
warehouse.  He has been a dealer in grain ever since the town was started in 
1875.  He is a member of the orders of Chosen Friends and Odd Fellows at 
Galesburg, Illinois.  His children are:  William B., born September 21, 1865; 
Clarence O., October 17, 1870; James L., November 13, 1885; and Ida J., February 
3, 1887.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing 
Co., 1891
Transcribed by Betty Wilson