Individual Details

I suspect Mary's maiden may be "Thorp", because there is a younger adult (Elizabeth Thorp, age 30, born in Illinois) living with them by this name in the 1870 census.

1850 census gave her name as Marian, 1870 Mary.

1880 census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
George BLACK Self M Male W 69 VA Chairmaker --- ---
Mary A BLACK Wife M Female W 66 KY Keeping House KY KY
Joseph BLACK Son W Male W 20 MO Works On Farm VA KY
Semiline JOHNSON Other S Female W 17 MO Servant AR MO

Joy Fisher has this person as Ethelind Clements married to George Black in Clark Co Illinois in 1835. I ahve found this marriage in the Clark Co., Marriage records.

I have George Washington Black Married to Mary Ann Clements in Clark Co Illinois in 1835. with a daughter named Ethelinda.

I would like to find a document to back up this connection.

Birth	Calc 1818	Arkansas, USA
Marriage	13 May 1835	Clark,Il - George Washington Black
Census	1850	Reynolds, Missouri, USA
Census	1870	Reynolds, Missouri, USA
Alt name		Marian

Spouse	George Washington Black (1814 - )
Child	Elizabeth Black (1840 - )
Child	Hannah Black (1841 - )
Child	Lucy Black (1836 - )
Child	Margaret Black (1841 - )
Child	Samuel Black (1844 - )
Child	Ethlinda Black (1845 - 1890)
Child	Sally Ann Black (1849 - )
Child	James Black (1853 - )
Child	Robert Black (1855 - 1886)
Child	Rachel Black (1858 - )
Child	Joseph Black (1860 - )

Father	John Clements (1785 - 1860)
Mother	Elizabeth Adams ( - )
Sibling	Benjamin Sanford Clements (1810 - )
Sibling	James Clements (1811 - )
Sibling	John Clements ( - )
Sibling	Sally (Sarah) Clements (1814 - )