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JAMES EDWARD BLACK, one of the popular citizens and largest
meat dealers in Bayonne, N. J., was born in that place on the 2d of July,
1868. His parents, John Black and Margaret Gasque, removed to Bayonne
from New York State, and for many years have been useful and respected
citizens of that municipality. Mr. Black received his education in the Bayonne public schools, where he laid the foundation upon which he has already built a successful career. After leaving school he associated himself with the T. C. Brown Dry Goods Company, of Jersey City. In 1889 he engaged in the meat business for himself in Bayonne, where he has since built up a large and successful trade in that line. He is one of the most popular citizens of the southern part of Hudson County, an able and substantial business man, deeply interested in the prosperity of the community, and respected by all who know him. In politics he is a Democrat and in religion a Methodist. He is a member of Bayonne Lodge, No. 695, Royal Arcanum, of Bayonne Lodge, No. 571, I. O. H., and of the Improved Order of Redmen. December 21, 1890, Mr. Black was married, in Nyack, N. Y., to Mary Jane Armstrong, daughter of William K. and Anna Bella (Henderson) Armstrong, of Spring Valley, N. Y. They have one son, Edward Stewart.
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