His gravestone says “Willie Black 1873 - 1929”, but he was enumerated in the 1930 census, so the date of death must be incorrect. (A lot of times people were buried with plain stones, and their children or grandchildren added the dates much later.)

According to Omer Trent, Letha was also rumored to have dabbled in black magic, hexes, etc. According to their last surviving child, Alice Black Cox of Knightstown, Indiana, Willie and Letha had 16 children total, including two sets of twins. Alice is not sure where in the birth order John and Henry come in, but she is sure that Lizy was the baby as she was next to her and also Lizy did not live through childhood.

Kentucky Death index lists Letha J. Black, died 20 Mar 1961, age 80, in Rowan Co., residence same, certificate vol. 13, #06250.

Rowan Co. marriage register A, p. 79, records marriage of William Black to Lithia Jane Conn on 19 Mar 1893.

1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogstown, lists as family #160:
Willie Black, b. Jan 73, age 27; Litha J., b. 80, age 19, married 8 yrs, 4 children, 3 living; Sarah B., b. May 94, age 6; Mary A., b. Apr 96; age 4; Martin, b. May 99; age 1; Martha Black, mother, widow, b. Aug 40, age 59. William was listed as age 5 in 1880, so the year of birth may be wrong. Martha is listed as the mother of 1 child (& 1 living), which is obviously wrong. Maybe she thought the question was how many people in that household were her children.

1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogstown, E.D. 156, p. 6B, records as family #102:
Black, Willie, 38; Letha J., 28; married 18 years, 8 children, 7 living; Mary A. (Sarah B. on same line, crossed out) daughter, 15 overwritten by 13; Martin, 11; Leander, 10; Darsey, 7; Peachey, 5; Maston, 2. All family members and their parents born in Kentucky.

(Sarah is apparently crossed out because she is also enumerated with family #99:
Brown, Andrew, 69; Martha, 70; married 3 years, second marriage for both, Martha mother of 7 children, 4 living; Black, Sarah B., granddaughter, 14. Sarah is a step-granddaughter to Andrew Brown, but the enumerator left off "step" a lot.)

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, magisterial district #3, records as family #216, next to Pressie Black:
Willie Black, 48; Lefy, 43; Leader, 19; Maisy, 17; Peachie, 15; Maston, 13; Rena; Milza; Alta. (There is a black ink blot over the age column for the last three children.)

1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Haldeman precinct, enumerated 22 April, lists on p. 9A as family #143:
Black, Willie, 57; Leathie, wife, 57; Alice, dau, 13; Milzie, son, 14. All born Ky Ky Ky.