Sarah (Wilson) Black (1820 - 1893)

Born 1820 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Died 28 Jul 1893 at about age 73 in Darlington, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Biography

He (John Black) married Sarah Wilson, born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1820, died in Darlington, that county, July 28, 1893, daughter of Joseph and Isabella Wilson. Joseph Wilson was a son of Robert Wilson, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States from that country and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania. While there he married Sarah Friend, of German descent, afterwards moving to Western Pennsylvania, where he died. He was a soldier in a Pennsylvania regiment in the American army during the war for independence, and was in Washington's command during that terrible winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge. Joseph Wilson was born in Eastern Pennsylvania, died in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. He moved to the western part of the state probably prior to 1812, purchasing a farm of generous dimensions between Beaver Falls and Darlington, in Beaver county, clearing and improving the same, and there living until his death, his wife also dying on the farm, and both being buried in the Darlington Cemetery. Isabella, his wife, was a daughter of John and Mary (McGregor) McCague, who received a government grant of land in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. There they were among the earliest pioneers of the region, then a wilderness, uninhabited save by hostile Indians, and helped pave the way for its later settlement. They were formerly natives of Donegal county, Ireland. Daniel McCague, brother of Isabella, who came over at the same time, served throughout the War of 1812, dying at the age of eighty-eight. Children of Joseph and Isabella Wilson: 1. John, died on the homestead, a part of which he owned ; he was an extensive sheep raiser. 2. Mary, died unmarried on the home farm, aged eighty-two years. 3. Sarah, of previous mention, married John (2) Black. 4. James, died unmarried in young manhood. 5. Martha, married McClure Wilson, and died aged seventy years in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. Children of John (2) and Sarah (Wilson) Black: 1. Isabella, married Joseph Douthitt, and resides in Chippewa township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania. 2. Mary, married John McClain, and lives in the same township. 3. Franklin, died aged sixteen years. 4. Wilson, a real estate agent, died in Oklahoma. 5. Joseph, a farmer of Beaver county. Pennsylvania. 6. William, died aged nine years. 7. Asenath Margaret, of whom further.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 883-86)