Background
Black, Alfred Lawrence was born on November 16, 1858 in Springfield Tp., Burlington Company, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Lawrence and Margaret Hendrickson (Bunting) Black.
Black, Alfred Lawrence was born on November 16, 1858 in Springfield Tp., Burlington Company, New Jersey, United States. Son of Alfred Lawrence and Margaret Hendrickson (Bunting) Black.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1878, Master of Arts, 1881. Studied law in office of James Wilson, Trenton, New Jersey.
Admitted to bar, New Jersey, November 2, 1881, counsellor, November, 1884, Washington, 1889, California, 1897, Supreme Court of the United States, 1893. Practiced law, Camden, New Jersey, 1881-1889, Whatcom, Washington, 1889-1896, San Francisco, 1896-1902. Then in Bellingham, Washington, firm Black & Black.
President Bellingham Bay Land Company, Fairhaven Land Company Mayor of Whatcom.
1894; mayor of Bellingham, 1903-1904, 1906-1908.
Member and official Transport-Mississippi Commercial Congress.
Married Ada Frances Abbott, May 7, 1883.