Sarah Ann Black (1822 - 1915)

Born 15 Feb 1822 in Vermillion Township, Richland, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Oct 1915 at age 93 in Lawrence, Illinois, United States

Biography

Birth

Date: 15 Feb 1822

Place: Vermillion,Richland (now Ashland),Ohio^[1]

Death

Date: 9 Oct 1915

Place: ,Lawrence,Illinois^[2][3]

Burial

Place: Shiloh/Bridgeport Cemetery,Bridgeport,Lawrence,Illinois

Note

Note: Information about Sarah Ann's family was taken fro Millhouse family Bible.

Excerpts from an account prepared around 1960 by Floyd H. Black, born 1888 near Bridgeport:

Sarah Ann, daughter of John and Polly Black, who was born in Ohio, February 15, 1822, married James M. Milhouse, who died in 1786, but Sarah Ann, his wife, lived on to a great age dying on October 9, 1915, at the age of 94 years, 7 months and 23 days...

from John M. King:

Obituary in the Bible of Cathern Black Hite O'Dell: "Aged Lady Passed Away. Death of Mrs. Sarah Millhouse Occured Saturday. Sarah A. Black, daughter of John and Mary Black was born in Ohio February 15, 1822 and died at the home of her son S. D. Milhouse near Bridgeport, Illinois October 9, 1915 at the ripe age of 93 years, 7 months and 24 days.

She was married to James M. Milhouse January 15, 1846. To this union eight children were born, one dying in infancy. Three sons and four daughters living to mature life. One daughter Carrie E. Maline died September 6, 1884, and another Rachel C. Harlan died November 5, 1907. Her companion passed away October 22, 1875.

She made the wise choice early in life in accepting Christ as her Savior and united with the Shiloh Baptist church near Bridgeport in which she retained her membership until death, living steadfast in her faith and in her church life. She has been a member of the Baptist church 75 years.

Those of her children who survive her are William Milhouse of near Bridgeport, Ill., Lizzie M. Patton, Iola, Ill., John E. Milhouse, Springfield, Ill., Hattie Milhouse, Iola, Ill., and S. D. Milhouse of near Bridgeport, Ill. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Catherine Odell of Olney, eleven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren together with many other relatives and friends to mourn her departure. The friends of her early life have almost all, without exception, preceeded her in death. Our loss is her eternal gain. "Like a shock of corn in its season, she has been gathered in." "The houry head is a crown of glory if found in the way of Righteousness."

The funeral services were held at Shiloh Monday at 10:30 conducted by Rev. Wheeler of West Union, who was at one time her pastor. Many beautiful floral tributes were presented by friends and the body laid peacefully to rest in the nearby cemetery to await the day when the dead shall by called from their long sleep."

Irene Black's Cemetery Book, Shiloh Cemetery: Hattie Milhouse, 1861 - 1947; John E. Milhouse, 1851 - 1944; Sarah Ann, daughter of John and Mary (Kline) Black, wife of James M. Milhouse, February 15, 1822 - October 9, 1915; James Madison, son of Townsend and Mary Gest Milhouse, May 12, 1809 - October 22, 1875.

Note: #DWNLNOTE

Marriage

Wife: Sarah Ann Black

Date: 13 Jan 1845

Place: ,Lawrence,Illinois^[4]

E-mail from John H. King

Note, 1/1/08: The REV JOHN RIGDON was probably a Baptist minister at the time he married JOHN BLACK & MARY CLINE in 1821. He was soon part of the Disciples of Christ, as was his 1st cousin the REV SIDNEY RIGDON, before Sidney Rigdon became so involved with the Mormon Church in the Western Reserve area of NE Ohio and later at Far West Missouri & Nauvoo Illinois. Sidney Rigdon served as a theologian for the early Mormon's. My wife's distant Aunt Sally Schrader and her husband the former Methodist minister Pierce Hawley were also at Far West, having become Mormons near Naperville Illinois. Mary (Cline) Black's parents Jonas & Mary Cline lived in Fulton Co Illinois, at the same time that the Rev John Rigdon was a Disciples of Christ minister there. Wm Morley Black left Lawrence Co Illinois as a restless youth to live with his grandparents in Fulton Co Illinois, at this time in the 1840s. JOHN BLACK is probably buried at the Spring Hill Churchyard, about 2 miles SW of Bridgeport, Lawrence Co, Illinois. The Spring Hill Church was an early Disciples of Christ Church and was used by the Shiloh Baptist Congregation, when they were first formed and before they had a church building of their own. The Baptist minister who formed the Shiloh Church is said to have to told his wife that "he had just formed a church of blacks". MARY (CLINE) BLACK is buried near the SW corner of the Shiloh Church Cemetery, across the road from the Shiloh Baptist Church; Shiloh is one mile east of the Spring Hill Cemetery and a mile SW of Bridgeport. I believe that JOHN & MARY BLACK lived on the farm where Omer Houghtaling lives now, between the Spring Hill Cemetery and the Shiloh Church/Cemetery.

Per website describing the early churches of Ashland Co Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohacogs/ashchurchbook.html, found 1/1/08:

Baptist Church - Ashland, met in homes in 1824 with Rev. John Rigdon as their stated minister.

Disciples of Christ (Campbellites) - organized in Ashland in 1824 by John Rigdon, having been suspended from the Baptists.

Per http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigHist/RigHist2.htm, found 1/1/08:

Interview with Wm. H. and E. L Kelley, 14 May 1884, in Pittsburgh Leader, 18 May 1884, cited in Joseph Smith III and Heman C. Smith, The History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 4 vols. (Independence, MO: Herald House, 1967 reprint), 4:453. Rigdon's minister cousin, John Rigdon, also left testimony denying his cousin's involvement in producing the Book of Mormon, as recorded by Sidney Knowlton for John Page:

I hereby certify that I heard Rev. John Rigdon, a member of the Church of Disciples, known by the name of Campbellites, sometime in March, 1840, at his own residence in Fulton Co., Illinois, say in answer to a question propounded to him by Elder John E. Page, as follows, to wit: Question by Mr. Page -- "Sir, what are your views in relation to Sidney Rigdon having any connection with the origin of the Book of Mormon, as it is reported, that he, Rigdon had access to the Spaulding manuscript, from which he transcribed or originated the Book of Mormon?" Answer by Rigdon -- "I do not believe from my acquaintance with him, (S. Rigdon) having known him from his infancy till after the publication of said Book of Mormon, as well as one can know another, being on the greatest terms of intimacy at the time said book was printed, and from all the circumstances connected with his life, character and conduct, that Sidney Rigdon had any thing whatever to do with it" (statement of Sidney A. Knowlton in John E. Page, The Spaulding Story, Concerning the Origin of the Book of Mormon, Duly Examined, and Exposed to the Righteous Contempt of a Candid Public [Pittsburgh: n.p., 1843], 8).

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S13 Page: pg 6
2. ↑ Source: #S13
3. ↑ Source: #S27 Note: Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church CONT Search performed using PAF Insight on 06 Dec 2004 Data: Text: Sarah Ann Black; Female; Birth: 15 FEB 1822 Of, Vermillion, Richland, Ohio; Death: 09 OCT 1915; Father: John Black; Mother: Mary Cline; Spouse: James Millhouse; Marriage: 15 JAN 1846; Film Number: 445873 Page Number: Reference number: 36777
4. ↑ Source: #S27 Note: Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church CONT Search performed using PAF Insight on 07 Oct 2004 Data: Text: JAMES M. MILLHOUSE; Male; Spouse: SARAH ANN BLACK; Marriage: 15 JAN 1846 , Lawrence, Illinois; Batch Number: 7804614 Sheet: 27 Source Call No.: 1126255 Type: Film

• Source: S13 Title: Our Black Family in America Author: Chester A. Black and Sarah H. Black Publication: 1960 Printers Inc. Sugar House Call Number: 929.273 B561bc Note: References include: Land Records, Marriage Records, Personal Histories, Records from family Bibles, Letters, Diaries, Census Records of Ohio and of Illinois, and Family Records sent in from each family herein recorded. Format is a bit difficult to connect families and several errors were found. If anything was an obvious error it was eliminated from this file.
• Source: S27 Title: International Genealogical Index Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Acknowledgments

• Black-4251 was started by David Townsend through the import of marlakirby-WMBlack-ancestors.ged on Mar 3, 2014.