John Calvin “John Alex” BLACK

1906 - 1949  (42 years)

• Name	John Calvin “John Alex” BLACK  [1, 2]
  Born	6 Oct 1906	, Tipton, TN, USA   [2, 3]
  	agrees with 1910, 1920 and 1930 census
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Apr 1949	Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA   [2, 4]
  	Struck by a train in Brighton, TN, USA; St. Joseph’s Hospital
  Buried	Munford Cemetery, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I1250	Boyd
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	William Dennis “Will” BLACK, Sr,   b. 13 Jul 1882, , , TN, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1960, , Tipton, TN, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sara Letitia HAYES,   b. 12 Apr 1887, Jefferson, Izard, AR, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1960, , Tipton, TN, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1903	, Tipton, TN, USA   [6]
  	R. V. Downing, JP
  Documents		William BLACK & Letitia Hays Marriage License
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma JONES,   b. 15 May 1911, , , AR, USA ,   d. 11 Dec 1998  (Age 87 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1927	, Tipton, TN, USA   [6, 7]
  	separated 11 November 1941
  Divorced	17 Jul 1946	, Tipton, TN, USA   [7]
  	complaint filed 6/22/1946
  Children	1. Emogene BLACK   2. John Calvin “JC” BLACK, Jr.,   b. 22 Aug 1932, , Tipton, TN, USA ,   d. 17 Sep 2008, Bartlett, Shelby, TN, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. Joanne BLACK,   b. 11 Oct 1935,   d. 10 Oct 2011  (Age 75 years)   4. Betty June BLACK
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2012
  Family ID	F917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Oct 1906 - , Tipton, TN, USA Married - 13 Nov 1927 - , Tipton, TN, USA Divorced - 17 Jul 1946 - , Tipton, TN, USA Died - 1 Apr 1949 - Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA Buried - - Munford Cemetery, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		John C.Black Obituary From Covington Leader, 7 April 1949
  		John Calvin BLACK Death Certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Tipton Co. TN Cemetery Records - TNGenWeb Cemetery Database, 9/11/2008. [S221] Obituary, John C. Black “Black, Apparently hit by train, dies”, (The Covington Leader, (Covington, TN) 7 April 1949). [S54] 1920 US Federal Census, Tipton, TN, District 12, Sheet 9A, B. [S106] Tennessee Deaths. [S99] Tipton Co. TN Cemetery Records - TNGenWeb Cemetery Database. [S68] Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN). [S321] Tennessee Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965 [database on-line], (The Generations Network (Provo, UT), 2007).