He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Josiah Black and Hannah Embree, and was educated there and at Sackville, New Brunswick. He worked as a clerk in his uncle's store before opening his own general store. He later acquired lumber mills, farmland and a lobster factory. In 1857, he married Jane Humphrey. After her death, in 1862 he married Mary Ann Snowball, the sister of Jabez Bunting Snowball. In 1863, he was named a justice of the peace. In the assembly, he supported the construction of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Railway. Black also served on the executive committee of the board of governors for Mount Allison College, now called Mount Allison University. He died of pneumonia in Sackville at the age of 78.
His brother Thomas Reuben served in the Nova Scotia assembly and the Canadian senate.
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joseph, laurence, black, january, 1829, march, 1907, businessman, political, figure, brunswick, canada, represented, westmorland, county, legislative, assembly, brunswick, from, 1878, 1882, from, 1886, 1890, born, amherst, nova, scotia, josiah, black, hannah, . Joseph Laurence Black January 12 1829 March 12 1907 was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick Canada He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1878 to 1882 and from 1886 to 1890 He was born in Amherst Nova Scotia the son of Josiah Black and Hannah Embree and was educated there and at Sackville New Brunswick He worked as a clerk in his uncle s store before opening his own general store He later acquired lumber mills farmland and a lobster factory In 1857 he married Jane Humphrey After her death in 1862 he married Mary Ann Snowball the sister of Jabez Bunting Snowball In 1863 he was named a justice of the peace In the assembly he supported the construction of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Railway Black also served on the executive committee of the board of governors for Mount Allison College now called Mount Allison University He died of pneumonia in Sackville at the age of 78 His brother Thomas Reuben served in the Nova Scotia assembly and the Canadian senate External links editBiography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online nbsp This biography about a Canadian businessperson is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Laurence Black amp oldid 1174380924, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
