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| The Jacob Riley Black family Back row (left to right): Ella Mae, Jacob Riley, Lang G., Roy Kilby, Cecil Banks, James Leland, William Thomas Middle row (left to right): Ruth, Eunice Fae, Wade Dewitt, Evelyn Kate Front row (left to right): Doris, J.C., Riley Ray |
For today's post, I'd like to investigate an incident that took place over 78 years ago, not to a direct ancestor of mine, but to his brother. That distant uncle's name is Jacob Riley Black. On February 19, 1940, Jacob Black was murdered. Or was he?
My 3rd great-grandparents, Riley and Elvina Mauldin Black, were the parents of fifteen children - five girls and ten boys. One of those children was my second great-grandfather, Andrew Paul Black, whose history I will explore in a later post. However, great-great-grandpa Andrew Paul ("Paul") had a brother named Jacob. That makes Jacob my third great-uncle, or the uncle of my great-grandmother, Myrlie Catherine Black Foster.
