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402tt ALLAN BLACK, M. D., Amlherst, N.S., was born AugustIn religion, he is a Methodist, and astrong^ ^^> advocate of the temperance23rd, 1844, at that place. cause. In politics, he is a party Prohibitionist.He is a man of undoubtedHis father was Hagen Black and hismother Martha A. Black. Dr. Black ability and great erudition in his profession,and is very widely known,was educated at Amherst and Sackville,N.B., Mt. Allison College, now Mount not only for his medical skill, but alsoAllison University. He received his on account of his interest in all mattersmedical degree from the University of concerning the public welfare. Dr.Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in 1867, Black was married,since which he has practiced in Amherst,where he has succeeded in work-Geo. F. Miles, and, after her death, toin 1871, to MissSarah, second daughter of the late Rev.ing up a large practice, and is held in Miss Bessie Elderkin, eldest daughteresteem by the entire community. Dr. of Capt. John K. Elderkin. His familyBlack belongs to the Good Templars, consists of one son, by his second mar-also the Nova Scotia Medical Society.riage.