Richard Alvin Black was born on August 9, 1929 in Dravosburg, PA, first born to Alvin Lancaster Black and Hazel Lucille McCoy Black. He grew up during the Depression, living in Dravosburg, Clairton and Wilson, smaller towns south of the Pittsburgh metro area. He was a drummer in the Clairton High School band, and graduated […]
Andrew McCoy Obituary
From The Forest Republican, Tionesta, PA, Wedesday, March 29, 1893: Andrew McCoy, one of the highly esteemed citizens of Harmony township, died at this home, near Neiltown, on the 17th inst., after an illness of several weeks from rheumatism. Mr. McCoy was born in Westmoreland County, this State in 1823. and was therefore in his […]
Glenda Black Obituary
DELPHOS, OHIO — Glenda Black, 86, of Delphos passed away peacefully after an extended illness on July 20, 2016, at home surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 12, 1929, in Denver, Colorado, to Elmer Hayden and Elva Rath Tillman, who preceded her in death. She married Richard A. Black in 1951. They divorced […]
Elmer Ray Black 1918-2004
Elmer Ray Black was born on April 29, 1918 with his twin sister Erda Ruth, to Samuel Hodgson and Flora May Lancaster Black. They were numbers 9 and 10 in the family, with one more child to follow in 1921, Zenith Gene. He was a Word War II Navy veteran, and served aboard the USS […]
Oscar Joseph Tillman
Oscar Joseph Tillman was born January 3, 1872 to John Francis Haden Tillman, born September 10, 1842, and Martha Ann Sandifer, born 1850. (1) In the 1880 Census, he is listed as a son, aged 7, of John F. and Martha Tillman. He married Alice May Wainwright, and they had one child, Elmer Hayden, […]
Henry Wilt McCoy
Henry Wilt McCoy was the son of Susan Wilt McCoy and Andrew McCoy, born in 1872 in Tidioute, PA. He was probably named after his mother Susan Wilt’s brother, Henry Wilt(6). He became a sawyer by trade, and worked in the Tidioute and Tionesta areas. He married Hannah Elizabeth Shawgo in 1895, daughter of John […]
Robert Jere Black, Jr., Author
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of an article in a series called “Tellers of Weird Tales” by Terence Hanley. Original article is here. What an exciting find this was! I had been in the habit of searching for lists of his works, and happened upon this story of Robert J. Black Jr. Tellers of […]
New Information on Clyde Black Death
I just found out that the National Archives has vintage newspapers online, and decided to do some searches. I found this article about a terrible horse/carriage/train accident that killed little Clyde Black, son of Robert J. and Blanche Coursin Black, and injured Samuel L. Black. There is also a follow-up article on the condition of […]
Jeremiah Hare
Jeremiah Hare, son of Thomas and Mary Hare, was the brother of our g-g-g grandmother Maria Hare Black. There is a question on his birth date: the Prospect Cemetery records state he was born in 1843, but that is probably not accurate given that he was not listed with his parents in the 1850 census […]
