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Today's Topics:
  #1 BIO: Ira P. CHAMPE, M.D., Kanawha    [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #2 BIO: F. L. DERRICK, Kanawha County   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #3 BIO: Patrick L. GORDON, M.D., Kana   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #4 BIO: Benjamin Stephen MORGAN, Kana   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #5 BIO: James T. KEENEY, Kanawha Coun   [SSpradling@aol.com]
  #6 BIO: Valentine L. BLACK, Kanawha C   [SSpradling@aol.com]

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 443-444

IRA P. CHAMPE, M.D., an able physician and well-to-do citizen of Charleston,
was born in Kanawha County, near this city, July 17, 1866, son of Sewell
Preston and Almeda  (Eastwood) Champe. The Champes are an old Southern
family, having had many representatives who have honored the name in their
respective communities and whose influence has always been exerted for good.
Sewell P. Champe was born in that part of Virginia that is now Craig County
and was a farmer by occupation.  He was a Whig in politics and sympathized
with the Union at the time of the war.  His death took place September 21,
1866, a few months after the birth of his son Ira, he being then forty-seven
years old. His wife died June 30, 1901, at the age of sixty-nine.  She was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  She was the mother of eleven
children, of whom eight are still living, all the survivors being married.
Two died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity were as follows:  Elizabeth
is the wife of Rev. A. J. Compton, M. D., a Presbyterian minister, and now
resides in San Diego, Calif.  George W. is a merchant residing in Montgomery,
W. Va. He married Mrs. Anna Allen, of Lexington, W. Va. William F. also
resides in Montgomery, W. Va., being now retired from active business life.
He married Anna Montgomery, of the same place. J. B., who is a retired
contractor of Montgomery, where he has also served as justice of the peace,
he married Jesse Handley, of Winfield, W. Va. Anna, now deceased, was the
wife of M. Gilchrist. Her husband, who is still living, resides in
Charleston. Ellen married a Mr. Rand and resides at Elsinore, Calif. Charles
E., a retired merchant, resides in Charleston. Emma is the wife of L. E.
McWhorter and resides in Charleston. The remaining child was Ira P.
Ira P. Champe was the youngest of tne nine children of his parents that grew
to maturity.  After acquiring a good elementary schooling, he entered the
University of West Virginia, at Morgantown, where he continued his literary
education but did not graduate, leaving before the completion of-his course
in order to take up the study of medicine in the College of Physicians at
Baltimore, Md., where he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1892. He then
took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic College. He then began
the practice of his profession in the city of Charleston, W. Va, where he has
since re-mained, having met with marked success. He is a member of the county
and state medical societies.  Aside from his profession, Dr. Champe is
interested in various business enterprises and is a man of large landed
possessions in the Kanawha valley, the result of his own thrift and business
acumen.
He was married in this city to Margaret Wilson Blame, a member of an old and
respected family and third cousin to the late Hon. James G. Blame, the
eminent statesman.  She was born in Missouri in 1871 and acquired her
education in Charleston, W. Va. and at the Waynesboro (Virginia) Female
Seminary.  She was the adopted daughter of William C. Blame, now deceased,
whose widow,  Elizabeth,  subsequently marrying Rev. A. J. Compton of
California, as above noted.  Dr. and Mrs. Champe are the parents of three
children, as follows: Elizabeth Blame born November 21, 1894, who is now
attending the high school in the class of 1910; Ira Preston, Jr., born March
1, 1896, also a high school stu-dent; and Emily Rebecca, born May 1, 1899,
who is attending the public schools. Dr. and Mrs. Champe are affiliated with
the Presbyterian church.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 444-445

F. L. DERRICK, who resides on his fine farm of 203 acres, which lies on Poca
River, in Poca District, Kanawha County, W. Va., fourteen miles north of
Charleston, was born on this farm November 5, 1860, and is a son of Michael
and a grandson of Jbn-athan Derrick.
Jonathan Derrick was born in Botetourt County, W. Va., and came from there to
what is  now Poca  District, Kanawha County, in the year 1810and was the
first man to settle on the stream which later was named Derrick Creek in his
honor.  He married Mary Haynes and they had thirteen children: Betsey, Mary,
Catharine, Rachel, Martha, Agnes, Andrew, John, George, Leroy, Michael, Nancy
and Amanda.  Jona-than Derrick acquired 2,572 acres in Poca District and all
of it at that time was cov-ered with timber, and also a vein of coal in the
hills, seven feet thick.  He cleared a road from his farm and made
improvements on the land and in addition to his other in-terprises, followed
the trade of blacksmith. He made bells which were hung on the necks of the
cows to keep them from getting lost in the forest and some of these are still
in existence showing a large measure of mechanical skill.  His death occurred
in 1846 and his burial was on his own land, as was the custom of that day.
Michael Derrick was born in what is now Kanawha County, West Virginia,
February 9, 1818, on the farm now owned by E. C. Crane.  He attended school
at Pocotaligo, in Poca District.  He married Julia Ann Dawson, who was born
near Sissonville, Kanawha County, and they had seven children, namely: S. W.,
who died on April 11, 1910; Addison B., who died at the age of nineteen
years; Letha M., who died aged seventeen years; Adna A., who died March 14,
1908 (was twice married, first to Emory Aultz, and second to John Dawson);
Elmina, who is the wife of Joseph B. Mairs; Elmore M., who was married first
to Sidney Clinton, and secondly to Nancy E. Hack-ney; F. L., the subject of
this sketch. After marriage Michael Derrick and wife settled on the farm now
owned by E. C. Crane and then moved to the farm under considera-tion,
erecting his buildings on an elevated portion, on which site his son F. L.
Derrick has rebuilt.  He was a man of industrious habits and exemplary life,
both he and wife being regular attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He took a good citizen's interest in politics, not caring for office, but
never failed to vote, and was a Republican. His estate consisted of I59~
acres of the present farm and of a second farm of 350/2 acres across Poca
River.  He died at the age of sixty-two years and his wife died fifteen years
later; their burial was on the home land.
F. L. Derrick obtained his early education in the Derrick Creek schoolhouse,
after which he became a farmer and has lived on the farm of 159 3/4 acres, to
which he has added a few acres, ever since his marriage. He cultivates all
his land with the assistance of one tenant.  Mr. Derrick is interested in the
Kanawba & Putnam Counties Telephone Company.
Mr. Derrick married Miss Anna Johnson, who was born in Poca District, a
daughter of William Johnson, and they have had seven children: Dora, John,
Newman, Julia, James, Ivy and Michael S.  John died when three years old.
Mr. Derrick has been a Republican ever since casting his first vote. He
belongs to the lodge of Odd Fellows at Sissonville, W. V

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 445-446

PATRICK L. GORDON, M. D.,* physician and surgeon, is one of the younger men
of science at Charleston, W. Va., but is recognized as a thoroughly
representative mem-ber of his profession. He was born at Cam-den, N. C.,
November 24, 1873, and is a son of Thomas George and Mary E. (Lamb) Gordon.
The Gordon family is of Irish extraction. Thomas Gordon, the
great-grandfather of Dr. Gordon, came from Ireland to the United States about
the close of the Revo-lutionary War. He settled in North Carolina and was one
of the early merchants at Camden.  His death occurred September 26, 1825,
while he was on his way to Phila-delphia to purchase merchandise.  He was
twice married, first to Mary Guilford and second to Frances Richardson.  A
son of the second marriage, Samuel Gordon, became the grandfather of Dr.
Gordon.  He married Ellen Brite, who survived him, living until she had seen
all their children established in life. With her husband she belonged to the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Thomas George Gordon, the eldest son and second child of Samuel and Ellen
Gor-don, was born in 1839, at Camden, N. C., and died June 25, 1910, in
Camden County. He was a farmer and stock dealer and was also in public life,
and after his military service was over, was elected sheriff of Camden
County. Mr. Gordon served in the Confederate Army under General Beaure-gard,
in the Civil War, and was wounded in the first battle of Bull Run, which
entitled him to a furlough. In his political views he was a Democrat. He was
married in Camden County, N. C., to Miss Mary E. Lamb, who died in 1889, a
woman of many virtues and a devoted member of the Baptist church. Of the
seven children born to this marriage but two survive: Samuel 0., who resides
at Norfolk, Va., and Patrick L.
Patrick L. Gordon was educated in the public schools of Norfolk, Va., and
private schools in the samecity, and when prepared to enter upon the study of
medicine, became a student in the College of Medicine, at Richmond, Va.,
where he was graduated with the class of 1898, afterward spending one year in
hospital work in that city. Dr. Gordon then entered into practice at Thomas,
W. Va., and later for several years, was surgeon for several coal companies
on Cabin Creek, with headquarters at Carbon, Va.  After taking a
post-graduate course in ChicagQ Ill., in 1906, and a second course in New
York, in 1909, he came to Charleston.
Dr. Gordon was married at East St. Louis, Ill., to Miss Alice Zimmerman, who
was born in 1880, at St. Louis, and was educated in Missouri.  She is a
daughter of Benjamin W. and Eleanor (Carr) Zimmerman, the former of whom
belonged to an old family of Virginia and the latter of Missouri. Mr. and
Mrs. Zimmerman reside at St. Louis, where he is engaged in the lumber
business.  Dr. and Mrs. Gordon have three children: Ellen Waters, born March
17, 1905; Thomas George, born July 24, 1906; and Benjamin W. Z., born July
22, 1908.  Dr. and Mrs. Gordon are members of the Episcopal church. He is a
Mason of high degree and a Shriner.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 447-449

BENJAMIN  STEPHEN  MORGAN, who is engaged in the practice of law at
Charleston, West Virginia, bears a name that has been linked with the history
of West Virginia since the earliest settlement. The name has been honorably
borne by pioneers in different. counties, whose descendants have filled
positions in both civic and military life, and all, down to the latest
generation, have been noted for the sturdy independence - that  is
characteristic  of Welchmen the world over.
Col. Morgan Morgan, the lineal ancestor of Benjamin Stephen Morgan, was born
in the Principality of Wales and received his education in London, England.
During the reign of William III he came to the col-ony of Delaware, and
during the reign of Queen Anne was a resident of Christiana, Delaware, moving
from there to the colony of Virginia, prior to 1726 settling near
Win-chester. He is credited with having made the first white settlement and
with having built the first church in the territory of West Virginia (in the
present county of Berkley).  In "A History of Frederick County, Virginia"
(now comprising the counties of Hampshire, Berkley, Jefferson, Hardy and
Morgan in West Virginia and Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Frederick in
V;rginia) by Mr. T. K. Cartmell, and in Bishop Meade's "Old Churches,
Ministers and Families of Virginia," and also in "Rec-ords of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in Western Virginia and in West Virginia" by Bishop Geo. W.
Peterkin, we find such an account and record of the public and private life
of Col. Morgan Morgan as unmistakably shows that he was a man of splendid
character and a high type of christian manhood.  He married Catherine
Garretson and they had eight children born to them, namely: Morgan, Jr., Ann,
Zackwell, David, Charles, Henry, Evan and James. Morgan Morgan, Jr., became a
minister in the Protestant Episcopal church. Ann married a man named
Springer. Zackwell Morgan served with the rank of Colonel in the Continental
Army. James Morgan was a Captain in the Continental Army and was captured and
shot by a party of Tories at a place afterwards called Torytown, Berkley
County, Virginia.
David Morgan, third son of Morgan and Catherine (Garretson) Morgan, was born
in 1721 at Christiana, Delaware, and died in 1796 and was buried in the
family graveyard about one mile below the present town of Rivesville, Marion
County, West Virinia.  He was a surveyor and with his brother Zackwell moved
to the valley of the Monbngahela.  Zackwell settled where is now the old town
of Morgantown, a(ter whom the town was named. David settled near where is now
the town of Rivesville, Marion County. His name is mentioned in connection
with the Indian border warfare in "Wither's Border Warfare," and he is the
great-great-grandfather of Benjamin Stephen Morgan of Charleston.
In 1887 his descendants and relatives erected a monument to him on the spot
where he had the encounter with the Indians in 1779.
He was the father of the following chil-dren: Morgan, Evan, James, Zackwell,
Elizabeth, Stephen and Sara.  Elizabeth married a Mr. Lowe and Sara married a
Mr. Burns.
Stephen H. Morgan, son of Zackwell Morgan, spent his entire life in what is
now West Virginia.  He was for several terms elected to the State Legislature
of Virginia.
Smallwood G. Morgan, son of Stephen H. Morgan, and father of Benjamin Stephen
Morgan, was born in Marion County, West Virginia, and on February 9, 1911,
passed his ninety-first milestone.  He has lived a long and busy life, his
business interests mainly agricultural, and during his active years he served
as a Justice of the Peace and in many public capacities where sound judgment
and enlightened views were necessary qualifications.  He retains his
faculties to a remarkable degree and continues to be interested in all that
concerns local affairs in his county and also in the great outside world,
concerning which he is well informed.
Smallwood G. Morgan has been twice married, first to Oliza Thorn, and second
to Mrs. Anary (Windsor) Wilson, the latter of whom was the widow of Thomas
Wilson. The first wife, Oliza Thorn, was born in 1822. in Monongalia County,
now West Virginia, and died there in 1866. She was a daughter of Benjamin and
Mary (Magruder) Thorn, who moved from Frederick County, Virginia, to the
Monongahela Valley. He was a large planter and   slave holder prior to the
Civil War. Six children were born to this marriage and four of these survive,
namely: Margaret, who is the wife of A. S. Wisman, residing on a farm in
Grant  District,  Monongalia  County,  and they have five children; Sherrard,
who is a farmer in Grant District; Benjamin S.; and Eugenie, who is the widow
of W. C. Fisher, who was a farmer and merchant.  He is survived by three
children and they live with their mother near Fairmont, Marion County, West
Virginia.
Benjamin S. Morgan was born in 1854 in Marion County, Virginia, but was
reared in Monongalia County.  He attended the University at West Virginia and
graduated with the class of 1878, in the classical course and military
training school, and later from the law department of the same institution,
securing his degree with the class of 1883. Prior to the completion of his
law course, however, he had been prominent in educational work and had been
superintendent of the public schools of Morgantown from 1878 until 1881and
county superintendent of Monongalia County from 1881 till 1885, having been
twice elected.
In 1884 he was elected State Superintendent of Free Schools, having been
nominated on the Democratic ticket.  He was renominated and elected in 1888,
receiving each time the largest vote cast for any state officer.  His work as
State Superintendent was along broad and constructive lines. While County
Superintendent of Monon-galia County, he prepared and published at his own
expense an outlined course of study for use in the country schools of his
county. Acting on the fundamental principle that the teacher must first
possess the qualities you desire to put into your schools, he sought to
improve the teachers' county in-titutes held annually and the State Nor-mal
Schools. At conveniently accessible points, throughout the state, special
graded institutes, provided with a corps of instructors of national
reputation, were held each year by him under the auspices of the Peabody
Education Fund.  County institute
work, so far as practicable, was graded, thus enabling teachers to secure
better results in the short time given to this work.
A state teacher's reading circle was established and the building up of
public school libraries encouraged.  He also se-cured the enactment of a law
providing for the preparation by the State Superintendent of a graded course
of study for all ungraded country schools.  To this measure he had given much
attention.
An Act was also secured for the establishment of a State Reform School for
boys.
Taking "The Unification of the Educa-tional System of the State" as a
rallying sentiment, he advocated the extension of the Graded and High School
work, and with the co-operation of the West Virginia University, graduates of
a number of high schools were admitted to the University on their diploma.
As President of the six State Normal Schools, he was present at the
forty-eighth commencement exercises and delivered the diplomas to the
graduates.
Mr. Morgan's attention and labors cov-ered a wide field during his term.  He
was president of the State Educational Associa-tion and prepared the annual
program, also published and edited the West Virginia School Journal during
the eight years. He superintended the preparation of the State's educational
exhibit for the World's Colum-bian Fair at Chicago in 1893 and in this
connection with Mr. J. F. Cork prepared the first History of Education in
West Virginia. Ex-officio he was a member of the State Board of Public Works,
the Printing Com-mission and the Board of the School Fund.
He declined to be a candidate for a third term and at the close of his second
term, again began the practice of law. Charleston has profited by securing
Mr. Morgan as a citizen for his interest has been easily se-cured in
promoting every public spirited movement and every enterprise of determined
value to his section. He has served in the City Council.  While being a good
business man and enjoying his profession.
he is at the same time a man of scholarly and literary tastes.
Mr. Morgan was married at Wheeling, W. Va., to Miss Annie Thoburn, who was
born and educated at Wheeling, and is a daughter of John and Jane (Miller)
Tho-burn, both of whom were born in Belfast, Ireland, coming to Wheeling in
early life. The father of Mrs. Morgan was killed in a railroad accident,
while still in the prime of life.  Mr. and Mrs. Morgan have two children
John Thoburn and Benjamin Ste-phen. The older son was born November 25, 1889,
and after graduating from the Charleston High School, entered the engineering
department of the West Virginia University at Morgantown. Benjamin Ste-phen,
the second son, was born October 27, 1901, and is a student in the public
schools. Mrs. Morgan was reared in the United Presbyterian church, while Mr.
Morgan was brought up in the Methodist faith.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 449-450

JAMES T. KEENEY, building contractor, at Eskdale, in Cabin Creek District,
Kanawba County, W. Va., has been a resident of this county all his life, and
was born at East Bank, November 7, 1875, and is a son of Foster and Eliza
(Gatewood) Keeney.
The Keeney family was established in Kanawha County in 1823, when Great
grandfather William Keeney came and built his log cabin with the other three
or four on Cabin Creek. He died here, leaving four sons, William E., Michael,
Stires and Moses. Williarn E. Keeney, grandfather of James T., spent his
entire life here and was a prosperous farmer of Cabin Creek District. He
married Sallie Huff, of Kanawha County.  They lived to be aged people and
when she died in August, i908, was said to be over 100 years of age.  They
had seven children:  Charles, Foster, Zackariah, Samuel. Nannie and two babes
that died un-named.  The only survivor is Nannie, who is the wife of L. L.
Williams.
Foster Keeney, father of James T., was born where the latter resides at
Eskdale, when eighteen years of age left home to seek employment, moving to
East Bank, after his marriage, where he resided for fifteen years.  He then
worked at the carpenter's trade in Charleston for three years, 1892-93-4 and
'95, and lived at Eskdale for sixteen years prior to his death, which
occurred May 10, 1909, when he was aged seventy-four years.  He married Eliza
Gatewood, who died at the early age of twenty-seven years, the mother of four
children:
Grace, James T., Theodore, and Oakley, who' died when four years old.
James T. Keeney attended the public schools at East Bank and then learned the
carpenter's trade with his father, with whom he continued to live. He does a
very satisfactory business and has been concerned in the erection of many
structures in this section. He is one of the representative men of the town
and is a member of its board of councilmen.
Mr. Keeney was married April 13, 1905, to Miss Edna Jacobs, a daughter of J.
J. Jacobs, and they have four children: Lucille, Arthur, Elmo and an infant.
He is identified with the order of Odd Fellows and belongs to the lodge at
Eskdale.

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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 450-453

VALENTINE L. BLACK, an attorney of Charleston, a member of the well known law
firm of Brown, Jackson & Knight, was born in Beaver County, Pa., November 14,
1864, a son of Isaac and Sarah (Kay) Black.  His first American ancestors,
including the immigrant, settled at an early date in the state of Maryland.
John Black, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, removed
to Beaver County, Pa., where he engaged in farming. He died there when past
middle age. His wife in maidenhood was Mary Smith, or Smyth, whose ancestors
were from Germany.  She lived to the remarkable age of 101 years. The Smiths
were at first Lutherans but afterwards became attached to the Presbyterian
faith. The children of John and Mary (Smith) Black were Andrew, John, Adam,
Mary and Isaac, the father of our subject.
Isaac Black became a coal and steamboat operator on the Monongahela and Ohio
rivers, meeting with varied success in these occupa-tions. In April, 1872, he
came to Charleston with his family, and for the rest of his active life. he
was engaged in business here.  His death took place in 1888, when he was
about sixty-three or sixty-four years old. He was a Democrat in politics and
a member of the Presbyterian church. He married in Pennsylvania, Miss Sarah
Kay, who was born in Yorkshire, England, and was of English parentage and
an-cestry. She was twelve years of age when she accompanied her parents,
Henry and Mary (Ward) Kay, to America. The Kays are said to be chiefly of
Norman stock while the Wards are Saxon. Mrs. Black's parents on coming to
this country, settled in Allegheny County, Pa., where they lived and died.
She herself died in Charleston, W. Va., at the age of fifty-three years, in
December, 1891, having survived her husband about three and one-half years.
Their children were William, Henry, David, Alice, Valentine L., Thomas W. and
Sarah, whose records in brief are as follows: William and Sarah died in
childhood.  David Marcus is a printer residing in Charleston. He is married
and has three children, namely: William, Nellie, who is married and has a
daughter; and Alice, who is also married and has two children, a son and a
daughter.  Dice (daughter of Isaac and Sarah Black) became the wife of James
S. Stewart and resides at Newport, Ky. She has one daughter.  Thomas W. died
un-married when over thirty years of age.
Valentine L. Black was about seven years old when his parents took up their
residence in Charleston.  He was educated in the public schools of this city,
became a clerk, and read law with his brother, Judge H. K. Black, now of the
Intermediate Court, but who was then-from 1891 to 1896 circuit clerk of the
county. Admitted to the bar in 1896, he became in January of the following
year, associated with the firm of Brown, Jackson & Knight, and is still
associated with this firm, which transacts a large amount of the important
legal business of the county. He is a Republican politically, and belongs to
the Masonic order, being a member of Kanawha Lodge No.20, A. F. & A. M.;
Chapter No. 13, R. A. M.; Kanawba Commandery, No. 4; and Beni-Kedem Temple,
M. S. He is also a Scottish Rite Mason, hav-ing taken the fourteenth degree;
and an Odd Fellow, belonging to the Encampment; and a member of Glen Lodge of
Elks, No.95.
He was married in Charleston, W. Va., in

December, '899, to Miss Maybell Burdett, who was horn in this city in 1877,
being a daughter of- Hon. Samuel C. Burdett, judge of the Cir-cuit Court of
Kanawha County.  Mrs. Black was given a good education, attending the best
schools in Charleston.  She and her husband are the parents of two children:
Ruth B., born December 9, 1900; and Mildred, horn December 19, 1905. Mr. and
Mrs. V. L. Black are members of the Episcopal church.
Henry K. Black was born in Freedom, Pa., and was educated in the public
schools of that place. Coming to Charleston in 1872, he began the study of
law and was subsequently deputy clerk and clerk of the Circuit Court for
sixteen years. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and was later appointed
vice chancellor or commis-sioner of chancery.  In 1902 he was elected to his
present position as judge of the Interme-diate Court (or Criminal Court) of
Kanawaha County, being re-elected in 1908.  He has proved his ability on the
bench and has been usefully active in many local matters. He was a meniber of
the city council for three years, being elected in '899.  In politics he is a
Republican.  He is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, No.20, of
Charleston, and he is a charter member also of Elkana Lodge, No.63, K. P.
Judge Black was married in Denver, Cob., to Miss Etta Anderson, a Charleston
lady and daughter of John P. and Ellen (Irslow) Anderson. Her father, who was
engaged in the brick manufacturing industry in Charleston, died some twenty
years ago. His widow, Mrs. Black's mother, survives him and resides with her
son, James R. Anderson, in this city. She is a member of the Methodist
church, South, and is an active, intelligent, and well informed woman.  Her
husband was a Presbyterian in religion and a strong Democrat in politics.
Judge and Mrs. Black have been the parents of three children, namely:
Frances, who is at-tending the city high school, being a member of the class
of 1912; and Henry K., Jr., and Harold K, who died in childhood. Mrs. Black
and her daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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