Title and statement of responsibility area: Thomas R. Black fonds

Date(s) of creation: 1817-1860

Physical description area: 4 cm of textual records

Biographical sketch: Thomas Reuben Black was the son of Josiah and Hannah (Embree) Black and the grandson of Thomas Black, born at Amherst, Nova Scotia. He married (1) Eunice Bent in 1860 and (2) Bertha Clarke in 1905. Thomas Reuben became a farmer in amherst and became the Director of Amherst Car Works. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Amherst and served in the Provincial House of Assembly (1884-1890; 1894-1904) and later became a Senator. Early in his career, Thomas abandoned farming and entered construction, building many houses in Amherst, including the "Black's Stone Block". He was one of the founders of the Provincial exhibition. THomas married Eunice Bent, daughter of W. W. Bent, who was the representative for the Township in the Provincial Legislature. Eunice and Thomas had five children. He died on 14 September, 1905 at Amherst of typhoid fever.

Scope and content: Fonds consists of one account book, which was used to record the sale of agricultural goods and one day book, which contains an introduction written by Black, regarding its use and how he created it.

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.

Associated material: Various material on Thomas R. and the Black family in archives reference collection.

Other non-subject: Black Thomas, fl. 1775-1810; Black, Josiah, 1795-1887

Retrieval Code: RG 2 Black, Thomas R.

Provenance: Black, Thomas R., 1832-1905

Topical: Agriculture, Forestry, Architecture, Trade, Amherst (Cumberland County, NS)