Susan Jane Leighty
Susan Jane “Jennie” Leighty was born on July 21, 1837, in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, to George Leighty and Sophia Walters. She grew up and attended school in Duncansville, and her father probably died sometime before 1850. She lived with her mother, and by 1860, they owned $400 of real estate and $200 of personal property. She married John Henry Black in April 1864, and they had at least two children: Carrie, born around 1866; and Lillian, born around 1876. They lived in her childhood home, and by 1870, they owned $200 of personal property. By the early 1900s, one writer noted, she was “one of the oldest members of the Methodist Episcopal church [in Duncansville] and also one of the oldest and best known residents of the town.” She died of pneumonia in Duncansville on April 11, 1908.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(1343)Leighty, Susan Jane ~ Black, Susan Jane1837-07-211908-04-11
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 27

  • (3105) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 21 July 1862
  • (3106) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 17 January 1865
  • (3107) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 13 January 1865
  • (3109) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 5 July 1862
  • (3110) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 10 June 1864
  • (3111) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 25 October 1863
  • (3112) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 13 December 1863
  • (3113) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 28 December 1863
  • (3114) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 21 September 1862
  • (3115) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 3 January 1864
  • (3117) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 4 October 1864
  • (3119) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 6 May 1864
  • (3120) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 2 October 1864
  • (3121) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 22 January 1865
  • (3123) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 18 February 1863
  • (3124) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 2 November 1863
  • (3125) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 5 January 1865
  • (3127) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 17 September 1862
  • (3128) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 9 April 1862
  • (3129) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 14 April 1862
  • (3130) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 15 May 1862
  • (3131) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 26 June 1862
  • (3132) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 6 March 1865
  • (3133) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 2 March 1865
  • (3134) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 15 March 1865
  • (3171) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 30 October 1862
  • (3172) [recipient] ~ John H. Black to Susan J. Leighty, 27 September 1862

People - Records: 1

  • (1342) Black, John H. is the [husband of] (1343) Leighty, Susan Jane

Places - Records: 1

  • (1168) [birth, death] ~ Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, available from Ancestry.com; Altoona Tribune, 11 April 1908.