“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


GEORGE W. BLACK,  Assistant Postmaster, Lake Mills; born in 
Cortland Co., N.Y., Aug. 7, 1843; came to Wisconsin in 1847.  His 
father, Riley Black, settled in the vicinity of Lake Mills; engaged in 
farming until his death in July, 1870.  George W. Black, in 1863, began 
teaching penmanship in Watertown and other places; in 1866, went to 
farming; in 1870, came to Lake Mills, where he started a barber-shop 
and confectionery store; in 1875, was appointed Assistant Postmaster; 
has been Town and Village Clerk for some years.  Married, at Oakland, 
Jan. 4, 1864, Matilda C. Ritchie, of St. Lawrence Co., N.Y.; has one 
child living.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)