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WILLIAM C. BLACK
BORN IN ALEXANDRIA, VA
OCT. 8, 1816
DIED IN NEW ORLEANS, LA
DEC. 1, 1879
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UNITING WITH THE CHURCH OF GOD
AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN
HE ADORNED THE GOSPEL IN ALL THINGS
UNTIL THE END OF LIFE
AND WAS FOR TWENTY YEARS A RULING ELDER
IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
AS A CHRISTIAN HUMBLE AND DEVOUT
AS A MAN, BRAVE, HONEST AND TRUE;
AS A FRIEND, CONSTANT AND SINCERE;
AS A CITIZEN, EARNEST AND SELF-DENYING;
AS A PATRIOT, UNBENDING AND PURE
AS A HUSBAND, FAITHFUL AND LOVING
AS A FATHER, CAREFUL AND TENDER
FIRM IN PRINCIPLE AND WISE IN COUNSEL
HE FILLED WELL ALL THE OFFICES OF LIFE
AND DIED IN FAVOR WITH GOD AND MEN
AND THAT MAN WAS PERFECT AND UPRIGHT
ONE THAT FEARED GOD AND ESCHEWED EVIL
                      JOB.....