Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 19 | History of Black Family Shows Fighting Blood Tells Eleven Descendants of Battling Forefather in Service

HISTORY OF BLACK FAMILY SHOWS FIGHTING BLOOD TELLS , v -! jt js ELEVEN DESCENDANTS OF BATTLING FOREFATHER IN SERVICE c'icoIs"a r- Thy arc. top tow. loft to ri;ht: Frank Black, i1',w if ' t'j r H- Clue ' 1 RT" 0f Uu'i9 bo-vs' of Dret,Ut.ih; Dr. B. V. Black, medical rScrvo corps, ami A. L. Fratt, Camp Kearny. '""hh-h tl r .m"-' ' , ' t'U UaVy' Demils Owen Black. Camp Kearny; Kay Black, Camp Dodge, Iowa, and Jay Black, Camp Lewis. Bot- y' a-t arttUfO-. "1 OUn Black, Camp Kcamy. : ' : i v . . . v . . f v $ I I Great Grandfather Displayed Dis-played Mettle for 21 Years in British Army. Y T',v righting bdood will tell has I I r-rhaps never cem better exem-liro: exem-liro: in story founded on fact . jS- : r-'-r- i - - -r- - c - s e c : i h e B 1 ?. c X . -: sout.-.tm I. tar;, with r. ever. rei:-cr:r.;:;or.s of William Bloc's crar.ror.s of :k late J.1 S. Flack -l"1- family there are three sor.s in -' Un;:ed States array, two in th.e na-" na-" -"i s.rmy. three a: Camp Kearny with :J -5". f.cl I artillery ( Firs: U'tahi. one In the reg :"a - army r.r-? F:rs; Liien-v- Z-a:"c. rre-I" al reserve corps: ! -r E.r.;k. ;n lJ con.iary. Korty-s-cor J. ; --:ir.:r-, Ca.T.r L-ze. Io-va. ari Eryan i -. ?t":"'- lTl r-'r- -cai: defense ser-;c. at Carr.o K e a rnv there are Tennis '-T- B.a.k. G en r-iack ar.d A. L. Pra.t. I At Can:- Le.v.?, A:r.-r::an I-ke. in the a'or.al am.y, mere are Jay Bi.rk, with n:a ;h : n e sr n co m p a r. v of h : re : -"rnt. and Frank Black of the c-:'2ni in- T.:e representative o: the family in the "'T is Clarence Rei.i, who is now on --" Ln rrench waters. The f.rhtinr history of the forefathers t-.-irs in rr.ary farr.cjs en -ace men ts. .f:iam Black. sreat-?r.r.ifatherof these -ys no." in the service. "-'as bom Au:s: .- . ".T4. at Lis torn. County Antrim. Ire-He Ire-He oied at Deseret. Utah. Jan'jar--". in southern Utah. A: the ae of 17 Y::"iam Blaik er.l'.stei S- "-he 5 e v e r. t y - s e : o n d rerl m e n i i n the : : ' 5 rj army a n 3 s e r1." e d :"o -r y ea r s in -"ar.d and seventeen years abroad. He in at the takins of the Cape of Good .-'e from the Dutch. Jan'Jarv 6, 1y"'-. at the takin? of the Isle of France the Fr'-rrh in 1 He went to ;.a.:ra in I;14 and from there to the r-zai East Indies :n ll. th-in ier "-r 7 r.L.-r. an', on his . ZT rr.e c.l'.c 1 at the island of St. ! -i e .e r. a, shortly after the tl e a t h of N a -tvlrtn. He lanaed in Erlan d on March - -1- Arriving in I-ehtnl. he was mr- I Julv 2 to Jane Johnston. Th.py if-ft ! 'r-T Br.zland nrd later came to America. "iirs m Detemher. 24.. Th-ev came to ; i th in 15.T0 i-.r.d rr.ovt to the Sanpete ; , t!-e sanie year. ! I Iirll the family moved to southern j 4 '"ih Wiiliam Black, for his long and faitr ser."i ;e. received a pension from 'TvSri'rsh government until the time of .- Bla'--:. ir ran "father of the tovs --o are now fehtins the battle for the ;-''ei State?, was ::om J-ilv li. IS in Antrim co:ntv. Ireir-ni, and died at Des-eret. Des-eret. Ut;.h. Ausr-jst 13. . His parents em. traced the Latter-day - . a ts " f a 1 : h and came to America in -' 4 i . In the s -r hi ? of I -v"i t e y e m i --ited ro Salt f ,-'-:e vall-v and sett:ed a later at :,:?.nii. H-rre J. S. Black served eighteen months, s'-indin-r sruard '-'ry other r.ssht in trie V.'alker Tvar. He ?;.2S called to help settle soutliern Utah in V-'Vem'crr. V.'hile in southern L'tah :'-Scr.v-d in the Ela-'-k Hawk war. In - he Wt so'ithem Ctah and lo-med in "ir.ojh. T;.ard co-nty, and vis one of f-rst pioneers to locate in B'eceret on -e Sevier river, v." her he resi id for -enty-six years. hold in? prominent - :t5 in the Mormon church as bishop "ti :n oth.er capacitie?. cv- y f N-l? r- 1 . ' j-xv-"-'" " --l"-- 1, " '1 .'v 1... . ' ; i v' i 1 3 " . . . " j t, - . I i " 1 kLA 'A Vh"' -I v - 7 r"!'- - '---3 1.. . h I- . c T . - h .h;' i r - sr'''" :! "'. ' V ' ; 1" V x '.'.';"'l :' ' i; ' '.'"""' ...... ,! ,. . - c ' -i s " ;5 - '; ! '"1 ' .V-hv-'; .-"'-'.y'; .. ' .v' ;y ;'-::.'hh';h.vv::vh L :-. ;.: . fi : hh y j '" J---, v.- ..::;., v.- " . 7;N-. . 's 5'.." ' r- ? - ' ' ' 'h s b r. ' V .-' ' ." ppwyiTTv te--:i; '1 , ... e; ,.- ; .. . i