Family Group Sheet
NameEzra ("Big Edd") Black
Birth25 Jun 1894, Carter Co., Kentucky
Death6 Jun 1944, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio
BurialCaudill Cem., Sharkey, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherDavid Allen Black (1861-1917)
MotherEliza Jane Adkins (1860-1937)
Marriage27 Sep 1917, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseGrace Marie Lyons
Birth22 May 1900, Webbsville, Lawrence Co., Kentucky
Death2 Apr 1985, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialCaudill Cem., Sharkey, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherJames F. Lyons (1848-)
MotherPhoebe Cox (1859-1930)
Other spousesEstel Blake Dalton, 3C3R
Children
Birth26 Jan 1922, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseChristine Davis
SpouseViola Mae Lambert (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
6 FBessie Faye Black (Died as Infant)
Birth15 Oct 1930, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death5 Mar 1931, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Ezra ("Big Edd") Black
His WWI draft registration card, issued in 1917/1918 (the images on Ancestry do not show the side of the card that has the date it was filed), says Ezra Black, age 22, residence Hilda, Ky, born 25 June 1894, occupation farmer, employed by father, single.
His death certificate records Ezra Black, age 49 years 11 months, born 25 June 1894 in Kentucky, died 6 June 1944 at St. Marys Hospital, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, residence 319 Hopkins St., Cincinnati, married, husband of Grace Lyons, age 44, occupation factory worker, employer Crosby Radio, father David Black, mother’s maiden name Jane Atkins, both born in Kentucky, cause of death bilateral lobar pneumonia, informant Grace Black, Rt. #1, Morehead, Ky, burial in Morehead, Ky.
His death certificate records Ezra Black, age 49 years 11 months, born 25 June 1894 in Kentucky, died 6 June 1944 at St. Marys Hospital, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, residence 319 Hopkins St., Cincinnati, married, husband of Grace Lyons, age 44, occupation factory worker, employer Crosby Radio, father David Black, mother’s maiden name Jane Atkins, both born in Kentucky, cause of death bilateral lobar pneumonia, informant Grace Black, Rt. #1, Morehead, Ky, burial in Morehead, Ky.
Notes for Grace Marie Lyons
The Kentucky Death Index lists Grace M. Black, age 84, died 2 Apr 1985 in Rowan Co., residence same, certificate Vol. 22, #10721.
Notes for Ezra ("Big Edd") & Grace Marie (Family)
For more about this family’s ancestry and descendants, see Shery and Wanda’s Family Circle page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourfamilycircle/
Census
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 7 April, lists on p. 2A as family #24/24:
Black, Edd, 35, age at first marriage 23, b. Ky Ky Ky, farmer; Grace Marie, wife, 29, age at first marriage 17, b. Ky Va Ky; Evrette J., son, 11; Nellie Marie, dau, 10; Lena May, dau, 8; George Dewey, son, 5; Ezra Jr., son, 1 9/12; Lyons, Pheba, mother-in-law, 71, widowed, b. Ky Va Ky. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
Black, Edd, 35, age at first marriage 23, b. Ky Ky Ky, farmer; Grace Marie, wife, 29, age at first marriage 17, b. Ky Va Ky; Evrette J., son, 11; Nellie Marie, dau, 10; Lena May, dau, 8; George Dewey, son, 5; Ezra Jr., son, 1 9/12; Lyons, Pheba, mother-in-law, 71, widowed, b. Ky Va Ky. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
