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Dr John Hugh Black

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Dr John Hugh Black

Birth
Habersham County, Georgia, USA
Death
15 Feb 1933 (aged 75)
Crossville, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
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John was a tanner and leather dresser as a young man. He was a fireman on the railroad in the early days in Georgia. He attended the Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery in Atlanta, GA from 1890-1893. He received his doctorate 18 Febuary 1893. He was a practicing physician in Alabama for some 30 years until about 1923 when he was forced to quit because he was blind with cataracts. These were removed in 1932. He was a Mason as far back as 1891 and belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He was overseer of his farm which his sons worked. He established a cannery in Rodentown, AL. The older boys operated the cannery until World War I, when the younger children took over. Obtaining a contract with Western Electric, he began and operated a telephone company with the exchange in the hallway of the old home place in Rodentown, AL. The switchboard was operated by his daughters, Dora and Laura most of the time.

He was married twice. He married Mary Cash 6 Jan 1874 in Habersham County, GA. Following her death he married Allie Victoria Cash (a niece to Mary who came to help with the children during Mary's illness). They were married 22 April 1888 in DeKalb County, AL.
John was a tanner and leather dresser as a young man. He was a fireman on the railroad in the early days in Georgia. He attended the Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery in Atlanta, GA from 1890-1893. He received his doctorate 18 Febuary 1893. He was a practicing physician in Alabama for some 30 years until about 1923 when he was forced to quit because he was blind with cataracts. These were removed in 1932. He was a Mason as far back as 1891 and belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He was overseer of his farm which his sons worked. He established a cannery in Rodentown, AL. The older boys operated the cannery until World War I, when the younger children took over. Obtaining a contract with Western Electric, he began and operated a telephone company with the exchange in the hallway of the old home place in Rodentown, AL. The switchboard was operated by his daughters, Dora and Laura most of the time.

He was married twice. He married Mary Cash 6 Jan 1874 in Habersham County, GA. Following her death he married Allie Victoria Cash (a niece to Mary who came to help with the children during Mary's illness). They were married 22 April 1888 in DeKalb County, AL.

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  • Maintained by: Lucretia Rodgers
  • Originally Created by: J C
  • Added: Sep 3, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75932874/john_hugh-black: accessed ), memorial page for Dr John Hugh Black (12 Jul 1857–15 Feb 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75932874, citing Parker Family Cemetery, Panthersville, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Lucretia Rodgers (contributor 47245849).