William Black
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William Morley Black (1826 - 1915)

William Morley Black
Born in Vermillion Township, Richland County, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 5 Feb 1846 in Lewistown, Fulton, Illinois, USAmap
Husband of — married 13 Mar 1851 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USAmap
Husband of — married 26 Oct 1859 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USAmap
Husband of — married about 1861 in Utahmap
Husband of — married 1867 in Salt Lake City, Utahmap
Husband of — married Oct 1874 in Salt Lake City, Utahmap
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Died at age 89 in Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, United Statesmap
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William Black was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

William Black was born on 11 February 1826 in Vermillion Township, Richmond County, Ohio, the son of John Black and Mary (Cline) Black. William Morley Black married 6 Women in his life with children from each.

  • His father and family moved to Bridgeport, Illinois.
  • William left Bridgeport and ran for Sheriff in Cuba, Illinois; which is a town about 100 miles east of Nauvoo. In the story it states that William and a group of gold seekers traveled about 100 miles and stopped in Nauvoo about two years after the first Mormons had left the town. It had to be in Cuba, Illinois and not in Cuba, Ohio as find a grave describes it. [1]
  • Elected Sheriff on Democratic Ticket, in 1848 in Cuba, Illinois, United States
  • News of the discovery of gold in California reached the town of Cuba, Illinois in 1849.
  • 01 April 1849, William Morley with others formed a joint stock company in Cuba to go to the gold fields of California.
  • 3rd April 1849, headed towards the gold fields of California.
  • Entered Salt Lake Valley on Way to California, on 24 July 1849 with an Ox team company headed to California gold fields.
    • After Isaac Morley took William Black into his home in Manti, Utah, William Black adopted Morley as his middle name to honor that adopted relationship. William Morley Black was the name he used in all his dealings after that time, but his birth name was William Black.
  • Meets Brigham Young and John Taylor on 25 July 1849, in Bowery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Baptized as a Mormon by Levi Jackman on 17 August 1849 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • On 2 October 1852 William and family Arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
  • In 1854, he Moved his family to Salt Creek (Nephi), Utah from Salt Lake.
  • On 18 Jun 1860, They were living in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
  • 7 July 1870, residing in Washington, Washington, Utah Territory, United States.
  • June 1880, residing in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States
  • His first wife was Margaret Ruth Banks, who died in 1884 and so missed the move to Mexico. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJD-61Q
  • 1888, Díaz, Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico.
    • From William’s biography
      • "In 1888, because of the Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882 and US Marshalls after him, William was forced to move his families to Diaz, Mexico in the Mormon Colonies. They lived in Juarez, then Casas Grandes. During one of his trips to the United States, he purchased a farm in Fruitland, New Mexico, and resided there for a short time. In 1904, his fifth wife, Louisa Ann Washburn died and was buried in Safford, Arizona. In l905 he returned to Pacheco, Mexico until 1912.
  • Moved to Mexico, 1890s, part of the group establishing Colonies there for the safety of the Polygamists. William Morley had a total of 6 wives, and many children and grandchildren.
  • on 27 August 1888, Death of Spouse Emma Amy Jane Washburn (1832–1888) , in Huntington, Emery, Utah Territory, United States. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBWW-Z11
  • 18 November 1896 in Chihuahua, Mexico he was a Witness to his daughter’s marriages when they had a colony in Mexico. Abloney Black (daughter of William M Black and Marriah Hansen) married Warner A Porter, the son of Warner A Porter and Mary M Norwood.
  • 26 May 1904, Death of his wife Louisa Ann Washburn (1851–1904), in Safford, Graham, Arizona Territory, United States. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWZY-N2S
  • Residence • from 1905 to 1912, Colonia Pacheco, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico
  • The Mexican Revolution in 1912 forced all Americans to leave Mexico. The Black family left with 300 other refugees. William left a brick home, 25 acres, animals and most of his earthly possessions. Over 4,000 members of the church left Mexico in l912. " ~William
    • Women and children, and older people were sent back on a train to Arizona, in tightly packed boxcars full of people, with little food or water and no facilities in 100+ deg. temperatures (F). It was a long and miserable journey. Many of the men were conscripted into the Mexican Army, and forced to fight, but some, like my Grandpa Alvin Black, was able to escape through the lines by a combination of stealth and shooting, and made it north and back across the Rio Grande, eventually finding his little family again back in Glendale, Utah. (~Darlisa Black)
  • 10 July 1914, Death of his wife Sarah Marinda Thompson (1840–1914), in Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1QM-R55
  • William Morley Black led a versitle life. His occupations included; Flour Miller, Independent Farmer, Pioneer, Sheriff, Teamster, Saw Mill and Grist Mill Builder, Millwright, and wanted to be a Gold Miner, but never made it to California. Stopped in Utah and joined the LDS church instead.
    • Did masonry work for foundation of the Council House
    • Built Saw Mills and Grist Mills through out Utah and in Mexico; in Sanpete, Manti, Nephi, Ephraim, Circleville, Beaver, Washington County, Kanab, Lehi, and Glendale, Utah; Casas Grandes, and Juarez, Mexico.
    • Received his Ordination as a Patriarch.
  • William died 21 June 1915, in Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States. He was buried the next day in Blanding City Cemetery. [1]

Marriage: Margaret Ruth Banks 5 September 1847 Fulton, Illinois, United States. [2]

Marriage: Amy Jane Washburn 2 Feb 1851. Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States. [3]

Marriage: Annie Marie Hansen 26 October 1859 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. [4]

Marriage: Emma Lynette Richardson 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. [5]

Marriage: Louisa Ann Washburn 1 Nov 1869. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. [6]

Marriage: Sarah Marinda Thompson 11 May 1874 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States. [7]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12676236/william-morley-black: accessed 25 September 2023), memorial page for William Morley Black (11 Feb 1826–21 Jun 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12676236, citing Blanding City Cemetery, Blanding, San Juan County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Bruce J. Black (contributor 46816296).
  2. ↑ Entry for Margaret Ruth Banks person ID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJD-61Q
  3. ↑ Entry for Amy Jane Washburn, person ID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBWW-Z11
  4. ↑ Entry for Annie Marie Hansen, person ID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWNF-GCL
  5. ↑ Entry for Emma Lynette Richardson, person ID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWJ8-49F
  6. ↑ Entry for Louisa Ann Washburn, person ID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWZY-N2S
  7. ↑ Entry for Sarah Marinda Thompson, person ID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1QM-R55

Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of kraus.ged on 13 December 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom.
  • Thank you to David Townsend for creating WikiTree profile Black-3219 through the import of cornell_flakey.ged on Jun 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.




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William Morley Black is my 2nd great Grandpa ❤️ You have done such a great job on his profile! I just ran across these sources in case you have not seen them already. He is mentioned several times in Warriner Ahaz Porter's record, as they traveled south from Orderville and to Mexico together, and also Warriner married Rachel Ann Black, one of WM's daughters.

This auto biography from William you have probably seen elsewhere, but this seems like a great resource website when it comes to the Colonies:

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