http://books.google.com/books?id=bZl4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22Dutton+Shannon%22+fallowfield+pa&source=bl&ots=TE-BHOp3m7&sig=8Pe3VMmlNbqp1UD_AkH8fMUUk-M&hl=en&ei=nLoXTq2-GdG_gQf7j6XzDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=snippet&q=cyrus%20underwood&f=false pg. 151 The Black-Bentley-King Families Samuel Black was one of the earlier business men of the valley. He was b. in Down Co., Ireland, in 1776; emigrated from his native country to the US in 1792. He was m. in Fort Pitt in 1795 to Mary Bealer. In the same year he located at Parkison's Ferry, now Monongahela City, PA. He purchased from Joseph Parkison and lived in the well known Red house at the mouth of Ford, now Second street, where he carried on the mercantile business for many years. Owing to the falling in of the river banck from the washingto away of 150 feet of the lot, there is a this time not a trace of the house remaining. Samuel Black d. in 1846 at the homestead on the pike, where, also, his wife d. in 1847. For many decades Samuel Black was considered the most wealthy man in Washington Co. He owned the old Parkison mill property, now known as Elkhorn. He had quite a number of houses and lots in Monongahela City, besides valuable blocks in the city of Pittsburgh. He was a man of large physical frame, always wore his hair in a cue, and in general appearance was austere, with the usual dignity of the primitive landholder. We presume that few of his cotemporaries are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Black had a large family of children, of whom were b. in the Red house, Elizabeth, Harry and Maria. In 1801 they moved to the homestead on the pike, where were b. Samuel, Caroline, Cyrus, Marcus, Jane, Ross, Wilson, Mary and Hester, all of whom lived to womanhood and manhood. Elizabeth m. William Bentley in 1825, who lived in the house near the present wharf, which for years had been used as the Methodist Episcopal Church. In this house his son Samuel B. Bentley was b. in 1826, being the same year in which his father died. Mrs. Elizabeth Bently d. Oct. 10, 1878. S. B. Bentley now lives in the house built by Samuel Black in 1815, but it has been subject to many changes and remodelings since that time. Samuel B. Bentley's first wife was Sarah, daughter of Aeneas Graham, and his second wife was Minerva, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Swartz Rabe, thus uniting 2 of the oldest families about Monongahela City. They have 4 children living at this date, Millie G., Charles R., Harry K., and Mary M.. Samuel B. Bentley joined the Methodist E. Church of his native city in 1847, under the pastorate of Rev. Nathaniel Calendar. His grandmother Black was one of the pioneer women of Methodism in W PA and his mother was a member of the same church in its primitive days. He was the choirister of the church over 40 years. His first school teacher was Miss Jane Hepburn, whose father was Principal and sister Eliza was assistant. They taught in a house now owned by Silas Haley, 4 doors above the People's Bank, on Main street. This school was in 1830 and 1831. Samuel Black's son, Harry, m. Miss Cotts, of Cincinnati, OH, both of whom are dead. They left 2 children who are still living: Samuel, a lawyer of Cincinnati, and Sarah, who m. a Mr. Cox of the same city. Maria Black, who d. Dec. 29, 1889, at 90, m. Dr. S. M. King, a noted and highly esteemed physician of Monongahela City. He settled in that city about the year 1815, and d. at his home on Chess street, Sep. 7, 1877. The Monongahela Republican in giving an account of his death, says, "Dr. King was b. at Uniontown, PA, Oct. 8, 1794. He received a thorough education at Canonsburg, PA. He studied medicine at Greensburg, PA, with Drs. Marchand and Postlewaite, and graduacted at the U of Penn. He settled in Williamsport, now Monongahela City, in 1815 and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1817 he m. Maria Black, daughter of the late Samuel Black. With the exception of a few months' residence in Madison, IN, about the year 1840, he has has been continuously identified with the business and society of his adopted city for 62 years. Dr. King retired from the active practice of medicine only about 10 years ago, transferring his business to his son, the late Dr. William H. King." Dr. S. M. King d. a Christian as he had lived one, and those who visited him in his invalid chamber, expecting to find it shrouded under the shadow of gloom, found, instead, a house of rejoicing, a cheerful making ready for the Bridgegroom, a chamber lit up with flashes of light from the Gates Ajar. A few days before his death, calling for his favorite walking stick, the dying man caught the staff firmly by its handle and exclaimed. "Farewell vain world. I am on my journey home." With rejoicing and not with trembling he went down into the valley, leaving behind as a legacy for us all, the record Christian life, and the triumph of a Believer's death. They had quite a large family of children. John L., who d. Sep. 12, 1881; Samuel K. m. Harriet Woodburn, of Madison, IN, and d. in 185_, leaving 2 children, Culver and Clarence. Wm. H. King studied medicine with his father, graduacted at the Jefferson Medical College in 1853, resided all his life in Monongahela City, where he was regarded as one of the most prominant physicians and surgeons in W PA. He m. Sarah, daughter of Rev. S. M. Sparks, one of the pioneers of the Cumberland Church in W. PA. Dr. William H. King was noted not only as a thorough and learned physician and surgeon, but for his kind disposition and great benevolence. No poor man or woman was ever turned from his house, either in a professional or charitable way. He d. in 1871, being just 50 years old the day he died. He had 3 children, all living at this date, Ida, Maria, and Alvin. Richard, C., another son of Dr. S. M. King, never married and still remains as a household god in the old home. Dr. Cyrus B. was the youngest son of the older Dr. King. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1862, and is now numbered among the most distinguished medical men in Allegheny City, where he has always pursued his profession, and is a Professor in the W Penn. Medical College. He m. Euphemia, daughter of the Rev. John Kerr, who for many years was pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Mononghela City. Mrs. Euphemia King was a lady of more than ordinary Christian character. She was noted for her work of love and charity in the 3rd Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. Hers was a model Christian life, in all its phases, as wife, mother, church member and friend to the poor. Pollock's description of the dying mother is peculiarly applicable to her. "Her eyes, they set as sets the Morning Star, That goes not down behind the darkened west. Nor hides amid the tempest of the sky, But melts away in the light of Heaven." She d. July 26, 1881, in Allegheny City, PA, honored and beloved by all who knew her, leaving 3 children, Annie, now Mrs. Bakewell, Nina and Victor, to mourn their loss. Samuel Black, son of Samuel Black the older, d. in the old stone house at the mouth of Dry Run, about the year 1833. He left 2 children, Samuel R. and Caroline. Caroline, daughter of the older Black, m. Robert Smith, a successful farmer, near Elizabeth, Allegheny Co., PA, She d. July 24, 1885. Cyrus Black, son of Samuel Black, once a noted revivalist of the M. E. Church, m. Bellevidere McGahan, both are deceased, leaving 2 daughters, Mary and Cornelia, residents of NY. Marcus, another son, m. Matilda Morton. Both are dead, leaving 2 children: Morton, of the banking house of Alexander & Co., and Mary, wife of William M. Boggs. Jane Black m. W. S. Millinger, a well known military man, and post master of Monongahela City during the Tyler administration. He kept the post office in the house now occupied by S. B. Bentley. They had 3 sons, George V. L., Marcus and Robert F., and one daughter, Alice, the wife of Norman Wylie of Allegheny City. Ross Black was educated at Jefferson College, and studied law with Hon. E. M. Stanton, under the tuition of Judge Stokeley of Steubenville, OH. He was admitted to the Washington, PA, bar in 1841, and d. in Monongahela City in 1857. Wilson S., the remaining son, d. on his way home from the Mexican war. The remaining daughters were Mary, m. to George S. Clark, who d. in Chattanooga, TN, where his widow and children still live. Hester m. Colvin Bissell and d. long ago. They had 2 daughters, Mary and Ida, both of whom are living.