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Show Early Deseref Settler Dies At Ogden Home j Charles Henry Black, 80, one of the earliest settlers in Deseret, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, in an Ogden Og-den hospital following a short 111 ness. Funeral services were con- ducted in Ogden Twenty-ninth , ward Saturday and burial was in the Ogden cemetery. ! Mr. Black was born Feb. 27, 1871, in Kanosh, a son of Joseph Smith , and Sarah Jane Barney Black. He spent his boyhood in Deseret wh- I ere he attended elementary schools sch-ools and later he returned to Fillmore Fill-more to attend the Millard Stake Academy. Henry, as he was known here, came with his parents to Deseret in the spring of 1875. His father, first bishop of Deseret, and uncle, William Black, were the first two to settle in the present Deseret townsite. He was one of the first children there, as his mother was the first woman in the settlement. They lived that first summer in a large patch of bullberry bushes on the north side of the river where the LDS church now stands. He worked with his father on all the canals and dams of this area, including the Abraham canal. can-al. He, with his brother, Peter T. Black, planted the first grain in Abraham district on the Cannon and Woodruff property. He was always active in church, civic and social affairs of west Millard. He and Peter T. Black organized and operated the first dramatic association in Deseret and presented many plays in the towns about. Following his marriage to Mabel Annette Warner, Dec. 1, 1892, the couple lived at Deseret for several years, later moving to Riverton, where Mr. Black operated his own mercantile business. In 1902 they moved to Idaho where he engaged in farming and stock raising. He pioneered in the Snake River, Lost River and Twin Falls Valleys. 15 years ago they moved to Ogden where they had since resided. Mr. Black had been a active member of the LDS church through out his life, and at the time of his death was a member of the high priests' quorum of the Ogden 29th ward. Surviving are his widow, at 586 First Street, Ogden; ten sons and daughters; H. J. Black, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alberta Simmons, North Ogden; Mrs. LaVerae Lamborn, of Ogden; B. B. Black, Mrs. Rhoda Erickson, Mrs. Euarda King and Mrs. Iris Porter, all tit Boise, Ida.; Mrs. Inez Rackham, Capt. Janes Black, U. S. Army, Sacramento, Cal Mrs. Thelma Kirtley, Hermiston, Ore.; 34 grandchildren arid eight great grandchildren. Also surviving are fourteen brothers bro-thers and sisters: P. P. Black of Logan; Frank M. Black, Salmon, Ida.; Peter T. Black, Delta; Mrs. Phoebe Reed, Payson; Mrs. Lillian Peterson and Mrs. Carrie Jensen, Riverside, Cal.; Mrs. Emma Elder, California; Wallace, Roland and Val Black, Mrs. Sadie Kemp, Mrs. Valeria Young, Mrs. Flossie Porter and Mrs. Cort Cropper, all of Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Maud Johnson of Deseret. |