Black, M. Newton

The following data is extracted from Genealogy and Biography of Ontario County, New York.

(III) M. Newton, son of Aaron and Hannah Jane (Hipple) Black, was born in the town of Seneca, New York, June 3, 1854. His elementary education was acquired, in the public schools, and he then attended the Canandaigua Academy. Early in life he followed in the footsteps of his father as a farmer, and in 1900, when the farm came into his possession, he branched out in other directions, and established himself as a wholesale produce merchant, with which line he has since that time been successfully identified. His farm land comprises seventy-five acres, and the greatest care is displayed in the scientific cultivation of every part of it. Mr. Black has been an active worker in the interests of the Republican party, and he has served his town as supervisor for two years. His church affiliations are with the Presbyterian denomination.

Mr. Black married; October 24, 1877, Jeannette Watson, born in the town of Seneca, October 31, 1853. Her father, Lewis Watson, born in Scotland, in 1811, died in this country, in March, 1904. He came to America in 1851, locating at first in Geneva, New York, and later removing to Flint, where he worked- as a blacksmith for many years. When his two sons had grown to manhood, he bought a farm on which he spent the remainder of his life, engaged in its cultivation. He married, in Scotland, Janet Duncan, also a native of that land, who died in 1892. One of their sons, John, is now (1910) a resident of Muskegon, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Black have had children: 1. Ella W., born July 28, 1878, graduated from the Genesee Normal School; married W. S. Rippey, of Brockport, New York. 2. Belle M., born December 21, 1882, graduated from the Geneva high school ; married Robert E. Monagle, and lives in San Francisco, California.

Source: Genealogy and Biography of Ontario County, New York

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