the Old Colony Lodge of Hingham, and is now (1888) Chaplain of St.
Andrew’s Lodge of Toronto.
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=Black, Charles Allan=, M.D., Amherst, Nova Scotia, was born August
23rd, 1844, at Salem, Cumberland county, N.S. The family is Scotch
originally, the founder in this country being William Black, who came
from Huddersfield, England, to Nova Scotia in 1774. Our subject’s father
was Hazen Black, son of Thomas, who was grandson of William
above-mentioned. The pioneer, William Black, was born in Paisley,
Scotland, in 1727, whence he migrated to England and thence to Nova
Scotia. Upon landing in Halifax with his wife and five children he
travelled inland about one hundred and thirty miles, and settled on a
large fertile farming area near enough to Fort Cumberland to hear the
cannonading. This fort was one of the last military strongholds
relinquished by the French when Nova Scotia was ceded to the British.
The farm he selected is situated within one mile of the now large town
of Amherst, and is still occupied by some of his descendants. Hazen
Black, father of our subject, married Martha Ann, second daughter of
John Bent, Salem, in the above-named county, who was a farmer of some
note. They had five children, two sons and three daughters, whose names
were as follow: Charles Allan, John Botsford, Augusta, Laura, and Ada.
All are living except Laura, who died in her 13th year. Charles Allan,
the eldest and the subject of this sketch, was educated at the grammar
school of Amherst, finishing his studies at Sackville (N.B.) Academy,
now Mount Allison University. After leaving college he decided in favour
of the profession of a druggist and entered as a student under Dr.
Nathan Tupper (brother of Sir Charles Tupper), in Amherst, N.S., where
he remained throe years, when he decided to study for the medical
profession. He graduated from the Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia,
in March, 1867, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, being then in his
23rd year. He commenced practice at Sackville, N.B., but soon removed to
Amherst, N.S., where he had spent his early school days and student
life. Here he has continued to enjoy a successful practice for over
twenty years. He was appointed a coroner for the county of Cumberland in