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Person
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Black, Josiah
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Description area
Dates of existence
1795-1887
History
Josiah Black was born in 1795. He was the son of Thomas Stocks Black, who immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1775, and grandson of William Black. Josiah settled on a portion of his father's land in Amherst, married Hannah Embree and later became involved in the timber trade. Hannah and Josiah had nine children, including Thomas Reuben Black who served in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and later became a senator. Josiah died in 1887.