Person Sheet


Name John Worthington BLACK409
Birth 13 Aug 1847, New Windsor, Carroll Co., Md.2
Death 22 Dec 1894, Harney, Carroll Co., Md.2
Burial Winter's Cemetery (St. Luke's Evangelical Luthern Cemetery) near New Windsor, Carroll Co., Md.2
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES - Huckster
Spouses:
1 Anna (Annie) Elizabeth DRACH, Half GGG Aunt
Birth 17 Aug 1855, New Windsor, Carroll Co., Md.409
Death 20 Oct 1939, Harney, Carroll Co., Md. Died when she was 84y,2m, 8d. old.409
Burial Winter's Cemetery (St. Luke's Evangelical Luthern Cemetery) near New Windsor, Carroll Co., Md.
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES
Father *Henry (John Henry) DRACH (1803-1883)
Mother Rachel LAMBERT (1824-1910)
Marriage 10 Feb 1875, Baltimore, Md. by Rev. J. A. Clutz282
Children: Glen Roy (~1876-)
Clyde E. (1878-1894)
Vernon (1880-)
Bertis E. (1882-1943)
Nellis
Gladys (1888-1973)
Ethel F. (1884-1906)
Notes for John Worthington BLACK
2He was listed in the Maryland Census on 12 Jun 1880, Taneytown #1, Village of Harney as follows: John 33, Annie 25, Glenroy 4, Clyde E. 2, Verne W. 1/12 (1 mos) May, Henry Darch 76, Racheal 57 (father and mother-in-law) and Daniel A. Black, brother.
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On November 13, 1889, it was decided to build a Lutheran Church at Harney. On January 5, 1890, a congregational meeting was held at which time the constitution was unanimously adopted, and signed by the following persons as charter members. Among others, the names of J.W. Black, Annie E. Black and Rachel Drach appear as members. They held 22 different meetings before the building was completed.
60 The Rev. Heilman, pastor of Mt. Joy Lutheran Church was trying to raise money to help pay for the new church. He gave five boys each five cents, and told them to speculate with it, and see how much they could make out of it until the church was ready for dedication. They were Morris Bishop, Frank Reindollar, Glenroy Black, Clyde Black and Vernon Black. The boys decided to form themselves into a company, and all work together, this done they were ready for business.
They invested their quarter in eggs; of course they bought as cheap as possible, and sold for as high a price as they could; some places they could buy their eggs for five cents per dozen, and Mr. J. W. Black, who was then huckstering would take them to Baltimore and sell them and invest the money in oranges and other smalla articles; these they would sell and invest again in eggs, and thus they kept on until they had a sufficient amount of money to start a small stand on the street. Then they invested in ice cream, watermelons, oranges, candies, etc. and sold on the street every Saturday evening and were liberally patronized. Thus they continued all summer, and in the fall, they held a picnic, and when all was summed up it was found that they had cleared about $42.00. (Belva used Source: History of Harney, written by the late J. W. Reck in 1895, pub. in the columns of "The Carroll Record" serially, to be found on file at the Historical Soc. of Carroll Co., Westminster, Md.)
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