B. BLACK AND SONS - Key Persons
Barnett Black is born
Our founder, Barnett Black, was born in a small town in Russia in 1882. As a teenager he met and became friends with a young woman named Sadie Brown from a nearby village.
In 1954, Jack passed away while Irwin was serving in the Korean war. Upon his return, at the age of 24 Irwin became President of B. Black & Sons. The Black family business had now gone on to become the Volk family business.