Elsey E. Black

Name	Elsey E. Black^{42, page 25, dwelling 193, family 170 (microfilm page 12),43, dwelling 795, family 795 (microfilm page 444),44, Cherryville Twp, page 26, dwelling 208, family 208, (microfilm page 697),48, ED 85, SD 3, Page 6, dwelling 56, family 60}
Birth	12 May 1845^{24,42, page 25, dwelling 193, family 170 (microfilm page 12)}
Census	15 August 1870, Cherryville, Gaston Co, NC^{44, Cherryville Twp, page 26, dwelling 208, family 208, (microfilm page 697). The census taker mistakenly listed Elsey as a woman, probably misled by the name. He also mislabeled Ira as a girl named Ida, and Julius as Jonas.}
Census	4 June 1880, Cherryville, Gaston Co, NC^{48, ED 85, SD 3, Page 6, dwelling 56, family 60}
Census	16 June 1900, Cherryville Twp, Gaston Co, NC^{51, ED 74, SD 8, Sheet 14-B, dwelling 245, family 246}
Death	7 April 1907²⁴
Burial	Gaston Co, NC^24,6, Black Family Cemetery
Father	Samuel Simpson Black (1807-1882)
Mother	Anne Carpenter (1818-1856)

Spouses

1	Mary E. Bird^{42, page 16, dwelling 133, family 112 (microfilm page 8),43, dwelling 373, family 374 (microfilm page 416)}
Birth	27 November 1841, Dallas, NC^{25, The 1850 and 1860 censuses imply a later birthdate.,42, page 16, dwelling 133, family 112 (microfilm page 8)}
Death	10 January 1880, Gaston Co, NC^33,25
Burial	Gaston Co, NC^6,25, Black Family Cemetery
Father	John Bird (1805->1883)
Mother	Nancy Lowe (~1800-<1870)

Marriage

31 January 1867

Children	Ira Wesley (1867-1934)
	Julius Pryor (1868-1932)
	Wiley Alonzo (1870-1938)
	Cora Etta (1871-1954)
	Mary Ann (1873-~1892)
	Jacob Worth (1874-1950)
	Iola Florence (1876-1921)
	Amanda Louella (1877-1934)
	infant (Died as Infant) (1880-1880)

Notes for Elsey E. Black

Elsey enlisted on 11 Sep 1864 at age 18 in Company H, 34th NC Infantry, CSA. He deserted 18 March 1865.²⁶ Elsey built the Black house which is still standing. Nearby is the Black Family Cemetery. My grandpa [Ernest Sellers, Elsey's grandson, born 1894] remembered going there as a boy; even though his grandmother Mary Byrd had died in 1880³³, he could remember that Elsey would sit on the front porch and say "Mary, my Mary" over and over again. After Mary's death in childbirth her sister Roxanna came to help raise the 8 remaining children, aged 2 through 13. ^{48, ED 85, SD 3, Page 6, dwelling 56,
family 60}

Elsey raised sheep which roamed all over the green pastures (mostly overgrown now). The spring is still there, although the spring house is not. The rock beside the spring bears the imprint of many feet. The house is interesting in that the two upstairs rooms were not connecting. There was one side for boys and one for girls; separate stairways led to each.

Elsey along with his brother Jacob were administrators for their father's estate.³¹⁸

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