Jeremiah Sullivan Black
Born: January 10, 1810
Birthplace: Glades, Pennsylvania
Father: Henry Black 1783 – 1841
(Buried: Black Family Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Mary Sullivan 1780 – 1852
(Buried: Black Family Cemetery, Somerset, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Mary Forward 1819 – 1897
(Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Henry M. Black 1833 – 1910
(Buried: IOOF Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa)
Rebekah Black Hornsby 1837 – 1911
(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Chauncey Forward Black 1839 – 1904
(Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania)
Henry Black 1842 – 1888
(Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania)
Nannie Black 1852 – 1871
(Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Attorney in York, Pennsylvania
1851 – 1854: Chief Justice of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court
1854 – 1857: Associate Justice of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court
1857 – 1860: United States Attorney General
1860 – 1861: United States Secretary of State
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: United States Supreme Court Reporter
1862 – 1883: Attorney in York, Pennsylvania
Occupation after War:
Opposed Radical Reconstruction
1866 – 1868: Sought US Recognition of Guano Island Act Claim
1867: Drafter President Johnson's message vetoing Radical Reconstruction
1868: Served briefly as part of President Johnson's Defense Team
1869 – 1876: Counsel for U.S. Secretary of War William W. Belknap
1876: Counsel for Samuel J. Tilden during the election of 1876 crisis
Died: August 19, 1883
Place of Death: York, Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania
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