- "At his residence, in Hempstead county, Arkansas, on the 8th April, of lingering consumption, Mr. Jonathan Black, in the 68th year of his age. Mr. Black was a native of Pennsylvania, but for the last ten or twelve years, had resided in this Territory. He has left several children and a large number of friends, to lament the loss of a father and friend.
As a citizen, he made himself useful to those around him, by his counsel and
assistance. His appearance and deportment was grave and sedate, indicative
of a high degree of patience and self govenment. He had long been a professed Christian. His piety was of that character which rendered him happy and cheerful - characteristics which greatly endeared him to his acquaintances. His zeal, though ardent and untiring, ever mixed with a due proportion of knowledge, which kept it curbed within the bounds of rational operation.
In relation to Mr. Black, the language of Isaiah is peculiarly applicable: "The
righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness."
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Abt 1768 - 1836 (68 years)
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