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TAYLOR BLACK, 87, retired teacher MOULTON-Funeral for Taylor Black, 87, of Moulton will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Elliott Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Reding officiating. Burial will be in Landersville Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. Mr. Black died Monday at Decatur General Hospital. A retired teacher, he was born Nov. 18, 1907, in Lawrence County. He is survived by one sister, Melba B. Cross of Decatur. Pallbearers will be George Douthit, Mark Spivey, Greg Hill, Tommy Joiner, J. Burns and Tommy Burns. DECATUR DAILY - December 27, 1994 *********************************************************** The following was written by his Sister, Melba Harding Black Cross in 1987 James Taylor Black 1907 - I’m using a copy of an article from the Decatur Daily, printed a few years back, for Taylor’s biographical sketch. Please pardon the following personal thoughts. To me and other family members, he is and was ideal. Today at 80 he is known and respected for his business acumen and his gentlemanly traits. He paints lovely country landscapes, collects and restores antiques - guns, trunks. He’s still a checker and snooker champ. In younger days he owned horses and dogs and loved to hunt and ride. He met and married Eula McCaghren when she came to Landersville to teach. He could not have chosen a better wife. She aids and abets him in all his interest. She is known for the bountiful table she sets and old-time southern food. They, as we did, enjoyed spoiling Annie Lee’s child and grandchildren. Being a small family, we have celebrated holidays, etc. as a group all these years, till family members began to depart this life. One year Marha gave Taylor and Roland humorous “business” cards. She knkew them well. Taylor’s read: Taylor Black Moulton, Alabama Junk Bought Tennis Arranged Antiques Sold Snookers (Monday Night) Trunks Restored Sharpshooter Stocks Played Certified Checker Champ Muzzle Loaders Pictures Painted P.S. Eula was born and raised in Lawrence County, Alabama, Speake Community.

Buried:
Landersville Cemetery

James married Eula McCaghren on 29 Mar 1930 in Lawrence County, Alabama, USA. Eula was born on 28 Feb 1903 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; died on 23 Nov 1989 in Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, USA; was buried in Nov 1989 in Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following was written by Hosea's daughter, Melba Harding Black Cross in 1987 Hosea Black 1878-1942 Youngest Child of Silas Taylor & Mary Ann Reynolds Born in Jackson County, Section area. Not sure when he came to Lawrence County. He married Martha Jane Latham at Landersville Methodist Church in 1906. He was not listed in the household of Silas T. Black in the 1900 Lawrence County census. I have a brass disc that he kept n his key chain. He told me that he used it at the iron ore mine near Russellville, Alabama when he worked there as a “checker” before he married. He was a good father, an ideal one to me, a Christian in all his ways, a steward and a leader in the Methodist Church. He was a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good provider for his family, a good farmer, kind and just with his hands and tenants. About 1909 he moved from the farm near his father’s farm, about two miles west of Landersville to another farm he bought near his wife’s family about a mile north of Landersville, living on it till he departed this life in 1942. I am most grateful for my heritage, growing up in a small close-knit farming village surrounded by a loving family and caring neighbors, many of tem connected to the Latham’s by marriage. My Black “Kin” were in Lawrence County but not on adjoining farms as were the Lathams. The inscription we worded for our parents grave stone epitomized our feelings for them. Quote: “They leave memories forever treasured, not a single regret.” They were praiseworthy, they were progressive, neither had the opportunity to attend high school, nevertheless they were well-read. They even read our college text. Mama was reserved, lady-like, kind, friendly. Daddy was out going, jolly, a steadfast friend to many. He told me of younger days when he enjoyed dancing, singing, parties, marbles and “poling down the Tennessee River”. I remember his job in singing bass around the organ with all of us and in the big porch rockers with me. When his brother Thame and his family visited, I recall all of us singing all kinds of songs. Their visits were the highlight of the summer. He was a great hunter, a good checker player, a spinner of yarns. He loved to travel, one of the high points of life was traveling to New Mexico to visit his brother Tham’s family. He often visited his sister Nora in Jackson County at Langston. I recall the visit we made to his brother Orvil’s in Texas. I regret that I do not remember his other brother, Mark. His half brothers and sisters lived in Lawrence County. He visited them often

Buried:
Landersville Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 37121586

Died:
Farmer/Carpenter

Hosea married Martha Jane Latham on 23 Aug 1906 in Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA. Martha was born on 20 Jan 1888 in Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA; died on 30 Sep 1951 in Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA; was buried on 30 Sep 1951 in Landersville, Lawrence, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following was written by Martha Jane’s daughter, Melba Harding Black Cross in 1987 Martha Jane Latham Black Wife of Hosea 1888-1951 We think the Lathams came from Lanchashire England, Great, great grandfather owned property on Peach Tree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. They were in Landersville, Alabama by 1900 in North Alabama earlier. Both Grandfathers were Confederate Soldiers. Martha was oldest of six daughters, younger than two brothers, older than one. She was of farming heritage. She was a Christian mother, an ideal mother. Her interest were first in being a wife and mother and homemaking. When something new and better came along, she was first in the community to have it for our house. Church activities (Methodist) organist, choir, community involvement, needlework, embroider, tatting, knitting, crochet. I have a lovely drawn-thread handkerchief that she made for her trousseau. Other linens, etc. designing and sewing clothing, reading and entertaining. Recently her great granddaughter, Rebecca Hill, carried it for something old in her wedding.

Buried:
Landersville Cemetery

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Married:
Landersville Methodist Church

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Melba Black Cross wrote in 1987 Silas Taylor Black He married first Sarah Ann Reynolds. Children: Lenora, Thame, Orvil, Mark and Hosea. After his wife's death he moved from Jackson County to Lawrence County, married and raised a family there. His second wife was Mattie Tucker. 1900 Lawrence County census list him as head of household, owned fifty acres of Land free of mortgage and that he could read and write. Other records show that he was Postmaster at Landersville in 1906. He owned a farm North of Old Town Creek Church. I've heard that he owned land and two cotton gins in the Section, Alabama area. My father said he was a peddler. He remembered how tired he would be after a dawn-to-dusk work day on the route. Also, that he helped him make jewelry to sell. I know that he lived near Moulton at some time because his second-marriage children finished school there. My memories of him are few. He died when I was 13. He is buried at Blackground Cemetery, near Town Creek.

Birth:
Postmaster, Peddler, Farmer, Owned Cotton Gins

Buried:
Black Ground Cemetery

Died:
Death Age: 83

Silas married Mary Ann Reynolds on 23 Dec 1868 in DeKalb, Alabama, USA. Mary (daughter of John Ross Reynolds and Pheba Catherine "Kate" Story) was born on 22 Oct 1850 in , Jackson, Alabama, USA; died in 1889 in , Jackson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Jackson, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Old Sardis Cemetery

John married Jane Shores. Jane was born in 1810 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1881 in Jackson, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Old Sardis Cemetery

John married Pheba Catherine "Kate" Story on 2 Dec 1849 in Marshall, Alabama, USA. Pheba (daughter of Robert Story and Drucilla Smith, daughter of Thomas Storey, daughter of Thomas Storey and Emily Millican) was born on 7 Mar 1830 in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1880 in Jackson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Section, Jackson, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Old Sardis Cemetery