CHAPTER XII.

Joseph A. Black was the sixth son of the first named William Black, who had settled two other sons on the property he first purchased at Dorchester, leaving his son Joseph A. owner of the remainder when he died, at an advanced age. This portion consisted of a good farm of marsh and upland, beautifully situated just above a bend in the Memramcook River, and overlooking the river to its mouth. Joseph A. Black married Margaret Ryan. They had three sons and five daughters, named Elizabeth Aby, Martin, Mary Jane, Sarah Ann, Rebecca, Rufus, Joseph Harrison, and Margaret Eliza.

Elizabeth Aby died in 1832, aged 17 years. Mary Jane died in 1825, aged 5 years. Rebecca died when an infant. Rufus, the sixth child of Joseph Black, died in 1849, aged 23 years. Joseph Harrison died in 1835, aged 4 years. Margaret Eliza, the youngest child of Joseph A. Black, died in 1850, aged 6 years. Thus, out of a family of eight, six were taken away, all comparatively young.

MARTIN, the only surviving son of Joseph A. Black, married Elizabeth Ann Venning, of Saint John, and owns and lives on the farm his father owned. Martin Black had two children who are at home. His wife died in 1879, aged 59 years.

He, Martin Black, married a second wife, a widow Steeves, of Coverdale, N.B., whose maiden name was Henrietta Randall.

SARAH ANN, the only surviving daughter of Joseph A. Black, was married to George, son of John Trueman, of Westmorland, where they settled on a farm. They had two daughters, named Emma and Julia.

Emma, the eldest daughter, was married to George Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins died in 1869, aged 23 years, leaving a son named James Trueman Hawkins.

Julia, the youngest daughter of George and Sarah Ann Trueman, was married to John William, son of George William Freeman of Amherst. Not long after their marriage they moved to Dakota Territory, U.S., where they remained several years, and then returned to Westmorland, N.B., where they now reside. They have two children, named Burton B_____, and William Oka. Another died in infancy.

George Trueman died in 1849. Sarah Ann, his widow, was married to Nathan Lawrence, of Sackville. They had a daughter, named Eliza, who died when quite young.

Joseph A. Black married a second time, to Jane, widow of George Richardson, of Sackville, and daughter of Richard S. Bowser. He died in 1865, aged 74 years. His first wife, Margaret Ryan, died in 1849, aged 57 years. His second wife survived him several years. His daughter, Sarah Ann Lawrence, died in 1875, aged 53 years.

Joseph A. Black was an honest, inoffensive person, whose principal attention was regarding his personal affairs, which were in good order, thus enabling him to enjoy much more comfort of mind than many who are exercised in public business to the neglect of their own.

The posterity of Joseph A. Black is small, as will be seen by the following table:

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POSTERITY OF JOSEPH A. BLACK.
Living. Dead. Total.
Children, 1 7 8
Grand Children, 3 2 5
Great Grand Children, 3 1 4
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Descendants, 7 10 17