Individual Details

Thomas Otto Black

(September 26, 1891 - October 23, 1943)

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Thomas Otto Black was living in De Leon, Texas and working for the De Leon Peanut Company when he registered for the World War I draft in 1917. He showed his birth date to be September 26, 1891. He is shown as tall and slim, with blue eyes and brown hair.

1920 Comanche County, Texas census. Myrtle Munn was living in the household of Wiley and Mary Robbins, her mother and step-father, age 15. Thomas O. Black, a hired man, was also living with them, age 19.

1930 Shackleford County, Texas census, Albany, Otto Black is shown with his wife and 2 sons. He was a fireman on the railroad.

1940 Eden, Alameda County, California census, Fairmont Hospital And Infirmary, Thomas Black, age 47, Mississippi, single.

Thomas Otto Black, born 26 September 1891 was living in Oakland, California when he registered for World War II draft in 1942

Note from Ralph Terry: Earlier research showed Thomas Otto Black to have died in 1964, but most researchers show he was the person who died in 1943 in Alameda County, California.

Events

BirthSeptember 26, 1891Bellefontaine, Webster County, Mississippi
MarriageAbt, 1910Myrtle May Munn
DeathOctober 23, 1943San Leandro, Alameda County, California

Families

SpouseMyrtle May Munn (1894 - 1972)
ChildTalton Black (1911 - 1912)
ChildJames Raymon Black (1913 - 1998)
ChildAuburn Volney Black (1915 - 1991)
ChildDurwood Black (1922 - 1925)
FatherLeroy Bond Black (1851 - 1932)
MotherLeona Melissa Oswalt (1854 - 1921)