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Charles N. Black

Lawyer

Centurion, 1868–1887

Full Name Charles Newbold Black

Born 27 January 1826 in Burlington County, New Jersey

Died 26 March 1887 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Gilbert M. Speir

Elected 7 November 1868 at age forty-two

Century Memorial

Edward L. Youmans, C. N. Black, William D. Morgan, C. Wyllys Betts, Charles L. Perkins, Edmund H. Miller, Stephen C. Williams, Roswell D. Hitchcock, Woolsey Johnson, C. E. Detmold, Joseph C. Hutchinson [sic: misspelling of “Hutchison”], Aaron J. Vanderpoel, James B. Johnston, George P. Pomeroy, E. P. Carpenter, George H. Palmer and Chas. A. Rapallo.

These names were illustrious in nearly every sphere of life, and represent the highest stations on the Bench, in science, theology, law, medicine and mercantile pursuits.

Henry E. Howland
1888 Century Association Reports