Walter Black was born at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania in 1882, the son of Luther and Alice Barrier Black. The family moved to Kamas in 1883. Walter came to North Dakota in 1903.
In 1905 he married Annie Gast, She was born in Germany on October 31, 1885 and came to the Grace City area in 1903.
The couple had two sons: Virgil and Leo.
Mr. Black died in 1960; Mrs. Black in 1974.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 59B