Black Family
on Vacation
Circa 1925
McCoy Kids on Horse
Possibly Anna standing,
Laura, Hazel, Bowse,
Pete, John
Dr. Charles H. Black
Son of Samuel L. and
Maria Hare Black
Alvin L. Black
Son of Samuel H.
& Flora L. Black
Oscar and
Pearl Tillman
Glenda Black
US Air Force
Richard A. Black
Son of Alvin &
Hazel L. Black
Hazel L. Black
D. of Henry &
Hannah McCoy
Henry Wilt McCoy.
Son of Andrew and
Susan Wilt McCoy
Rath Siblings and
mother, Lillie May Rath
Elmer Ray Black was born on April 29, 1918 with his twin sister Erda Ruth, to Samuel Hodgson and Flora May Lancaster Black. They were numbers 9 and 10 in the family, with one more child to follow in 1921, Zenith Gene. He was a Word War II Navy veteran, and served aboard the USS…
Oscar Joseph Tillman was born January 3, 1872 to John Francis Haden Tillman, born September 10, 1842, and Martha Ann Sandifer, born 1850. (1) In the 1880 Census, he is listed as a son, aged 7, of John F. and Martha Tillman. He married Alice May Wainwright, and they had one child, Elmer Hayden,…
Henry Wilt McCoy was the son of Susan Wilt McCoy and Andrew McCoy, born in 1872 in Tidioute, PA. He was probably named after his mother Susan Wilt’s brother, Henry Wilt(6). He became a sawyer by trade, and worked in the Tidioute and Tionesta areas. He married Hannah Elizabeth Shawgo in 1895, daughter of John…
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of an article in a series called “Tellers of Weird Tales” by Terence Hanley. Original article is here. What an exciting find this was! I had been in the habit of searching for lists of his works, and happened upon this story of Robert J. Black Jr. Tellers of…