Ira Ernest Black always went by Ernie, he married Lula Inez Owens 21 Sep 1921 Decatur County, Indiana, He is my grandfather
Death Claims Ernie Black
Rites at Westport
For Retired Farmer
Ernie Black 72, Westport, a retired farmer died at 3:10 p.m. Monday at Memorial Hospital here. He had been in failing health for the past three years and seriously ill for the past week.
A native of the Brewersville, Community in Jennings County, he was born July 27, 1897 the son of John and Martha Sampson Black.
A farmer in the Westport Community for many years, he moved to Westport upon his retirement 11 years ago.
He married Sept. 21, 1921 in Decatur County to Lula Inez Owens, who survives. He was a member of the former Brewersville E.U.B. Church.
Surviving with the widow are: two sons, Allen E. Black of Washington, D.C., and Norman Dale Black who is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Japan; five daughters, Mrs. Hugh (Dorothy) Colsher, Jon (Marilyn) Oldham and Mrs. Charles (Ethel) Dougherty, all of Westport, Mrs. Lewis (Rosezetta) Schlechtweg of Wilkinson and Mrs. William (Margaret) Schlechtweg, whose husband is stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, a brother Henry Black of Greensburg; a half brother Fred B. Houpey of R.R. 2 Westport; 21 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter Ruth Paluline Black in infancy, a son Robert Black, in infancy, a brother John Elmer Black, three sisters, Mrs. Eva Byrum, Mrs. Clara Porter and one in infancy, a grandson Michael Ernie Schlechtweg.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Bass Funeral Home at Westport with the Rev. Alton Cutshall of Mt. Aerie Baptist Church at Letts and the Rev. Paul Byard of North Vernon charge of the United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Westport Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959
Groom: Ernest Black
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1897
Groom's Place of Birth: Jennings Indiana
Groom's Residence: Westport Indiana
Groom's Number of Marriage:
Groom's Father: John Black
Groom's Mother: Martha Sampson
Bride: Lulu Owens
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Date of Birth: 10 Jan 1903
Bride's Place of Birth: Letts Indiana
Bride's Residence: Letts Indiana
Bride's Number of Marriage:
Bride's Father: Alfred Owens
Bride's Mother: Laura Ann Voiles
Informant Name:
Date of License:
County of License: Decatur
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage: , Decatur,
Official:
Record Number:
Film Number: 1516777
Digital Folder Number: 4170985
Image Number: 00871
Number of Images: 1
Children of John Logan Black and Martha Ellen Sampson
Clara Catherine BLACK b: 4 Mar 1886 in North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
2. Daisy Magdlene BLACK b: 21 Feb 1887
3. William Henry BLACK b: 22 Jan 1890 in North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
4. Mamie Evelene BLACK b: 28 Mar 1892
5. John Elmer BLACK b: 26 Jan 1894
6. Ira Ernest (Ernie) BLACK b: 27 Jul 1897 in Brewersville, Jennings Co., Indiana
Child of William Frederick Houpey and Martha Ellen Sampson
Frederick Byford Houpey b 1902 d 1972
United States Census, 1940
Name: Alfred A Owens
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States
Gender:Male
Age: 64
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):
Head
Birthplace:
Indiana
Estimated Birth Year: 1876
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 16-13
Family Number: 155
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Line Number: 22
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 1035
Digital Folder Number: 005459791
Image Number: 00953
Household
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Head Alfred A Owens M 64 Indiana
Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Cletus Irvin Owens, we called him uncle Cleat.
Son-in-law Ernie Black M 42 Indiana
Daughter Lulu I Black F 37 Indiana
Granddaughter Dorothy I Black F 17 Indiana Dorothy Irene Black
Granddaughter Anna R Black F 15 Indiana Anna Rosezetta Black
Granddaughter Lula M Black F 12 Indiana Lula/Lulu Margaret Black (she has used both spellings)
Grandson Allen E Black M 9 Indiana Allen Ernie Black
Grandson Norman D Black M 5 Indiana Norman Dale Black
Granddaughter Ethel M Black F 3 Indiana Ethel May Black
Death Claims Ernie Black
Rites at Westport
For Retired Farmer
Ernie Black 72, Westport, a retired farmer died at 3:10 p.m. Monday at Memorial Hospital here. He had been in failing health for the past three years and seriously ill for the past week.
A native of the Brewersville, Community in Jennings County, he was born July 27, 1897 the son of John and Martha Sampson Black.
A farmer in the Westport Community for many years, he moved to Westport upon his retirement 11 years ago.
He married Sept. 21, 1921 in Decatur County to Lula Inez Owens, who survives. He was a member of the former Brewersville E.U.B. Church.
Surviving with the widow are: two sons, Allen E. Black of Washington, D.C., and Norman Dale Black who is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Japan; five daughters, Mrs. Hugh (Dorothy) Colsher, Jon (Marilyn) Oldham and Mrs. Charles (Ethel) Dougherty, all of Westport, Mrs. Lewis (Rosezetta) Schlechtweg of Wilkinson and Mrs. William (Margaret) Schlechtweg, whose husband is stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, a brother Henry Black of Greensburg; a half brother Fred B. Houpey of R.R. 2 Westport; 21 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter Ruth Paluline Black in infancy, a son Robert Black, in infancy, a brother John Elmer Black, three sisters, Mrs. Eva Byrum, Mrs. Clara Porter and one in infancy, a grandson Michael Ernie Schlechtweg.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Bass Funeral Home at Westport with the Rev. Alton Cutshall of Mt. Aerie Baptist Church at Letts and the Rev. Paul Byard of North Vernon charge of the United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Westport Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959
Groom: Ernest Black
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1897
Groom's Place of Birth: Jennings Indiana
Groom's Residence: Westport Indiana
Groom's Number of Marriage:
Groom's Father: John Black
Groom's Mother: Martha Sampson
Bride: Lulu Owens
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Date of Birth: 10 Jan 1903
Bride's Place of Birth: Letts Indiana
Bride's Residence: Letts Indiana
Bride's Number of Marriage:
Bride's Father: Alfred Owens
Bride's Mother: Laura Ann Voiles
Informant Name:
Date of License:
County of License: Decatur
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage: , Decatur,
Official:
Record Number:
Film Number: 1516777
Digital Folder Number: 4170985
Image Number: 00871
Number of Images: 1
Children of John Logan Black and Martha Ellen Sampson
Clara Catherine BLACK b: 4 Mar 1886 in North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
2. Daisy Magdlene BLACK b: 21 Feb 1887
3. William Henry BLACK b: 22 Jan 1890 in North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
4. Mamie Evelene BLACK b: 28 Mar 1892
5. John Elmer BLACK b: 26 Jan 1894
6. Ira Ernest (Ernie) BLACK b: 27 Jul 1897 in Brewersville, Jennings Co., Indiana
Child of William Frederick Houpey and Martha Ellen Sampson
Frederick Byford Houpey b 1902 d 1972
United States Census, 1940
Name: Alfred A Owens
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States
Gender:Male
Age: 64
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):
Head
Birthplace:
Indiana
Estimated Birth Year: 1876
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 16-13
Family Number: 155
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Line Number: 22
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 1035
Digital Folder Number: 005459791
Image Number: 00953
Household
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Head Alfred A Owens M 64 Indiana
Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Cletus Irvin Owens, we called him uncle Cleat.
Son-in-law Ernie Black M 42 Indiana
Daughter Lulu I Black F 37 Indiana
Granddaughter Dorothy I Black F 17 Indiana Dorothy Irene Black
Granddaughter Anna R Black F 15 Indiana Anna Rosezetta Black
Granddaughter Lula M Black F 12 Indiana Lula/Lulu Margaret Black (she has used both spellings)
Grandson Allen E Black M 9 Indiana Allen Ernie Black
Grandson Norman D Black M 5 Indiana Norman Dale Black
Granddaughter Ethel M Black F 3 Indiana Ethel May Black
Ira Ernest Black always went by Ernie, he married Lula Inez Owens 21 Sep 1921 Decatur County, Indiana, He is my grandfather
Death Claims Ernie Black
Rites at Westport
For Retired Farmer
Ernie Black 72, Westport, a retired farmer died at 3:10 p.m. Monday at Memorial Hospital here. He had been in failing health for the past three years and seriously ill for the past week.
A native of the Brewersville, Community in Jennings County, he was born July 27, 1897 the son of John and Martha Sampson Black.
A farmer in the Westport Community for many years, he moved to Westport upon his retirement 11 years ago.
He married Sept. 21, 1921 in Decatur County to Lula Inez Owens, who survives. He was a member of the former Brewersville E.U.B. Church.
Surviving with the widow are: two sons, Allen E. Black of Washington, D.C., and Norman Dale Black who is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Japan; five daughters, Mrs. Hugh (Dorothy) Colsher, Jon (Marilyn) Oldham and Mrs. Charles (Ethel) Dougherty, all of Westport, Mrs. Lewis (Rosezetta) Schlechtweg of Wilkinson and Mrs. William (Margaret) Schlechtweg, whose husband is stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, a brother Henry Black of Greensburg; a half brother Fred B. Houpey of R.R. 2 Westport; 21 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter Ruth Paluline Black in infancy, a son Robert Black, in infancy, a brother John Elmer Black, three sisters, Mrs. Eva Byrum, Mrs. Clara Porter and one in infancy, a grandson Michael Ernie Schlechtweg.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Bass Funeral Home at Westport with the Rev. Alton Cutshall of Mt. Aerie Baptist Church at Letts and the Rev. Paul Byard of North Vernon charge of the United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Westport Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959
Groom: Ernest Black
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1897
Groom's Place of Birth: Jennings Indiana
Groom's Residence: Westport Indiana
Groom's Number of Marriage:
Groom's Father: John Black
Groom's Mother: Martha Sampson
Bride: Lulu Owens
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Date of Birth: 10 Jan 1903
Bride's Place of Birth: Letts Indiana
Bride's Residence: Letts Indiana
Bride's Number of Marriage:
Bride's Father: Alfred Owens
Bride's Mother: Laura Ann Voiles
Informant Name:
Date of License:
County of License: Decatur
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage: , Decatur,
Official:
Record Number:
Film Number: 1516777
Digital Folder Number: 4170985
Image Number: 00871
Number of Images: 1
Children of John Logan Black and Martha Ellen Sampson
Clara Catherine BLACK b: 4 Mar 1886 in North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
2. Daisy Magdlene BLACK b: 21 Feb 1887
3. William Henry BLACK b: 22 Jan 1890 in North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
4. Mamie Evelene BLACK b: 28 Mar 1892
5. John Elmer BLACK b: 26 Jan 1894
6. Ira Ernest (Ernie) BLACK b: 27 Jul 1897 in Brewersville, Jennings Co., Indiana
Child of William Frederick Houpey and Martha Ellen Sampson
Frederick Byford Houpey b 1902 d 1972
United States Census, 1940
Name: Alfred A Owens
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States
Gender:Male
Age: 64
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):
Head
Birthplace:
Indiana
Estimated Birth Year: 1876
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 16-13
Family Number: 155
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Line Number: 22
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 1035
Digital Folder Number: 005459791
Image Number: 00953
Household
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Head Alfred A Owens M 64 Indiana
Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Cletus Irvin Owens, we called him uncle Cleat.
Son-in-law Ernie Black M 42 Indiana
Daughter Lulu I Black F 37 Indiana
Granddaughter Dorothy I Black F 17 Indiana Dorothy Irene Black
Granddaughter Anna R Black F 15 Indiana Anna Rosezetta Black
Granddaughter Lula M Black F 12 Indiana Lula/Lulu Margaret Black (she has used both spellings)
Grandson Allen E Black M 9 Indiana Allen Ernie Black
Grandson Norman D Black M 5 Indiana Norman Dale Black
Granddaughter Ethel M Black F 3 Indiana Ethel May Black
Death Claims Ernie Black
Rites at Westport
For Retired Farmer
Ernie Black 72, Westport, a retired farmer died at 3:10 p.m. Monday at Memorial Hospital here. He had been in failing health for the past three years and seriously ill for the past week.
A native of the Brewersville, Community in Jennings County, he was born July 27, 1897 the son of John and Martha Sampson Black.
A farmer in the Westport Community for many years, he moved to Westport upon his retirement 11 years ago.
He married Sept. 21, 1921 in Decatur County to Lula Inez Owens, who survives. He was a member of the former Brewersville E.U.B. Church.
Surviving with the widow are: two sons, Allen E. Black of Washington, D.C., and Norman Dale Black who is stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Japan; five daughters, Mrs. Hugh (Dorothy) Colsher, Jon (Marilyn) Oldham and Mrs. Charles (Ethel) Dougherty, all of Westport, Mrs. Lewis (Rosezetta) Schlechtweg of Wilkinson and Mrs. William (Margaret) Schlechtweg, whose husband is stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, a brother Henry Black of Greensburg; a half brother Fred B. Houpey of R.R. 2 Westport; 21 grandchildren, two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter Ruth Paluline Black in infancy, a son Robert Black, in infancy, a brother John Elmer Black, three sisters, Mrs. Eva Byrum, Mrs. Clara Porter and one in infancy, a grandson Michael Ernie Schlechtweg.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Bass Funeral Home at Westport with the Rev. Alton Cutshall of Mt. Aerie Baptist Church at Letts and the Rev. Paul Byard of North Vernon charge of the United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Westport Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959
Groom: Ernest Black
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Date of Birth: 27 Jul 1897
Groom's Place of Birth: Jennings Indiana
Groom's Residence: Westport Indiana
Groom's Number of Marriage:
Groom's Father: John Black
Groom's Mother: Martha Sampson
Bride: Lulu Owens
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Date of Birth: 10 Jan 1903
Bride's Place of Birth: Letts Indiana
Bride's Residence: Letts Indiana
Bride's Number of Marriage:
Bride's Father: Alfred Owens
Bride's Mother: Laura Ann Voiles
Informant Name:
Date of License:
County of License: Decatur
Date of Marriage:
Place of Marriage: , Decatur,
Official:
Record Number:
Film Number: 1516777
Digital Folder Number: 4170985
Image Number: 00871
Number of Images: 1
Children of John Logan Black and Martha Ellen Sampson
Clara Catherine BLACK b: 4 Mar 1886 in North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
2. Daisy Magdlene BLACK b: 21 Feb 1887
3. William Henry BLACK b: 22 Jan 1890 in North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
4. Mamie Evelene BLACK b: 28 Mar 1892
5. John Elmer BLACK b: 26 Jan 1894
6. Ira Ernest (Ernie) BLACK b: 27 Jul 1897 in Brewersville, Jennings Co., Indiana
Child of William Frederick Houpey and Martha Ellen Sampson
Frederick Byford Houpey b 1902 d 1972
United States Census, 1940
Name: Alfred A Owens
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Sand Creek Township, Decatur, Indiana, United States
Gender:Male
Age: 64
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):
Head
Birthplace:
Indiana
Estimated Birth Year: 1876
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 16-13
Family Number: 155
Sheet Number and Letter: 8A
Line Number: 22
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 1035
Digital Folder Number: 005459791
Image Number: 00953
Household
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Head Alfred A Owens M 64 Indiana
Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Son Cleat D Owens M 34 Indiana Cletus Irvin Owens, we called him uncle Cleat.
Son-in-law Ernie Black M 42 Indiana
Daughter Lulu I Black F 37 Indiana
Granddaughter Dorothy I Black F 17 Indiana Dorothy Irene Black
Granddaughter Anna R Black F 15 Indiana Anna Rosezetta Black
Granddaughter Lula M Black F 12 Indiana Lula/Lulu Margaret Black (she has used both spellings)
Grandson Allen E Black M 9 Indiana Allen Ernie Black
Grandson Norman D Black M 5 Indiana Norman Dale Black
Granddaughter Ethel M Black F 3 Indiana Ethel May Black
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