The Levi Black Family


Levi Black
 Born February 9, 1835 in Lancaster County, PA
 Died December 23, 1920 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, PA
married Margaret
 Born February, 1845 in Pennsylvania
 Died 1921 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, PA
Children
  • William U. Black
     Born 1865 in PA
     Died 19-- in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, PA
  • Lonora Black
     Born 1869 in PA
     Died Date & Location unknown
  • Etta Black
     Born 1874 in PA
     Died Date & Location unknown
  • Anna Gertrude Black
     Born 1877 in PA
     Died April 12, 1897 in Hopewell Borough, Chester County, PA
  • Margaret Black
     Born June, 1883 in PA
     Died Date & Location unknown
  • adopted Lucille Black (orginal surname not known)
     Born May, 1893 in PA
     Died Date & Location unknown
     Lawrence Edgar Davis, son of Lucille Black and Lawrence Davis
     Born August 26, 1909 in Oxford, PA
     Died 1983 in Philadelphia, PA
     Carson Lnillard Rioneer, son of Lucille Black and Leroy Rioneer
     Born July 18, 1911 in Philadelphia, PA
     Died April, 1982 in Philadelphia, PA

    Historical Events during Levi and Margaret Black's Lifetime


  • Andrew Jackson was President of the United States when Levi Black was born
  • John Tyler was President of the United States when Margaret Black was born
  • Slavery was abolished in the British empire August,1834
  • Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore, September, 1838
  • Macon B. Allen became the first African American admitted to the BAR, May 1845
  • Dred Scott case began in 1847
  • Fugitive slave law passed by congress in 1850
  • African Americans in Christiana, PA rescued 3 runaway slaves from slave catchers, September 11, 1851
  • African Americans rescued fugitive slaves from courtroom in Syracuse, NY in 1851
  • First edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1852
  • Lincoln University, the first African American university,founded as Ashmum Institute in Chester County, PA in 1854
  • John Brown attacked Harpers Ferry, VA arsenal in 1859
  • Abraham Lincoln elected President in 1860
  • US civil war started in 1861
  • US civil war endined in April, 1865
  • Levi and Margaret Black buried in Calvary Cemetery, Oxford, PA, 1920 and 1921 respectively 1