Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

	Erastus Granger — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut. Postmaster at Buffalo, N.Y., 1804-18. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Brother of Sarah Granger (who married Oliver Owen Forward).   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Oliver Owen Forward (1781-1834) — also known as Oliver Forward — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., December 1, 1781. U.S. Collector of Customs at Buffalo, N.Y., New York, 1817; county judge in New York, 1817; member of New York state assembly from Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Niagara counties, 1819-20; member of New York state senate Western District, 1820-22; bank director. Died in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., April 27, 1834 (age 52 years, 147 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Walter Forward and Chauncey Forward; married to Sarah 'Sally' Granger (sister of Erastus Granger); granduncle of Chauncey Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Wells Holcomb, Bankson Taylor Holcomb and Thomas Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus Hensey Holcomb and Burton Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, John Allen, Charles Ogden Tappan, Martin Harris Holcomb and Orlo Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Chapin and Lyle Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah Case, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Abiel Case, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Anson Levi Holcomb and William Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Jeremiah Mason, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Luther Walter Badger, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah Blodget, John William Allen, Oliver Dwight Filley, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Noah Webster Holcomb and Lafayette Blanchard Gleason.   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Henry Black (1783-1841) — of Pennsylvania. Born near Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., February 25, 1783. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1816-18; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1820-40; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1841; died in office 1841. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., November 28, 1841 (age 58 years, 276 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Somerset County, Pa.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of James Black and Jane (McDonough) Black; married 1809 to Mary Sullivan; father of Jeremiah Sullivan Black; grandfather of Chauncey Forward Black.   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Walter Forward (1786-1852) — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in East Granby, Hartford County, Conn., January 24, 1786. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1822-25 (14th District 1822-23, 16th District 1823-25); defeated, 1824; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1841-43; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Denmark, 1849-51; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851. Methodist. Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 24, 1852 (age 66 years, 305 days). Interment at Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver Owen Forward and Chauncey Forward; married, January 12, 1808, to Henrietta Elizabeth 'Hetty' Barclay; granduncle of Chauncey Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Wells Holcomb, Bankson Taylor Holcomb and Thomas Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus Hensey Holcomb and Burton Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, John Allen, Charles Ogden Tappan, Martin Harris Holcomb and Orlo Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Chapin and Lyle Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah Case, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Abiel Case, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Anson Levi Holcomb and William Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Jeremiah Mason, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Luther Walter Badger, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah Blodget, John William Allen, Oliver Dwight Filley, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Noah Webster Holcomb and Lafayette Blanchard Gleason.   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Walter Forward (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record
	Chauncey Forward (1793-1839) — of Somerset, Somerset County, Pa. Born in Granby, Hartford County, Conn., February 4, 1793. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Pennsylvania state senate 22nd District, 1824-25; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1826-31; Somerset County Prothonotary and Recorder, 1831. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons. Died, from typhoid fever, in Somerset, Somerset County, Pa., October 19, 1839 (age 46 years, 257 days). Interment at Aukeny Square Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Forward and Susannah (Holcombe) Forward; brother of Oliver Owen Forward and Walter Forward; married to Rebecca Blair; father of Mary Forward (who married Jeremiah Sullivan Black); grandfather of Chauncey Forward Black; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Wells Holcomb, Bankson Taylor Holcomb and Thomas Holcomb Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Edmond Alfred Holcomb; second cousin twice removed of Marcus Hensey Holcomb and Burton Everett Hoskins; third cousin twice removed of Oliver Ellsworth, John Allen, Charles Ogden Tappan, Martin Harris Holcomb and Orlo Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Chapin and Lyle Donald Holcomb; fourth cousin of Hezekiah Case, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Abiel Case, Edmund Holcomb, Jairus Case, Anson Levi Holcomb and William Gleason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Jeremiah Mason, Parmenio Adams, Elisha Phelps, Luther Walter Badger, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah Blodget, John William Allen, Oliver Dwight Filley, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Noah Webster Holcomb and Lafayette Blanchard Gleason.   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903)
	Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) — also known as Jeremiah S. Black — of Somerset, Somerset County, Pa.; Washington, D.C.; York, York County, Pa. Born in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pa., January 10, 1810. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1842-51; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1851-54; U.S. Attorney General, 1857-60; U.S. Secretary of State, 1860-61; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1873. Disciples of Christ. Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. Died in York, York County, Pa., August 19, 1883 (age 73 years, 221 days). Interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Mary (Sullivan) Black and Henry Black; married, March 23, 1836, to Mary Forward (daughter of Chauncey Forward); father of Chauncey Forward Black.   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Jeremiah S. Black (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1963) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Twentieth-Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania (1903)
	John Littleton Dawson (1813-1870) — also known as John L. Dawson — of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa.; Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., February 7, 1813. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1844, 1848, 1860, 1868; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1845-50; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55, 1863-67 (18th District 1851-53, 20th District 1853-55, 21st District 1863-67). His home in 1867-70 was "Friendship Hill," formerly the residence of Albert Gallatin. Died in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pa., September 18, 1870 (age 57 years, 223 days). Interment at Christ Episcopal Churchyard, Brownsville, Pa.   Relatives: Son of George Dawson and Mary (Kennedy) Dawson; married to Mary Clark; father of Mary Dawson (who married Chauncey Forward Black).   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Chauncey Forward Black (1839-1904) — also known as Chauncey F. Black — of York, York County, Pa. Born in York, York County, Pa., November 24, 1839. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1880; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1883-87; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1886. Died September 2, 1904 (age 64 years, 283 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Jeremiah Sullivan Black and Mary (Forward) Black; married to Mary Dawson (daughter of John Littleton Dawson); grandson of Henry Black and Chauncey Forward; grandnephew of Oliver Owen Forward and Walter Forward; third cousin once removed of Joseph Wells Holcomb, Bankson Taylor Holcomb and Thomas Holcomb Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Edmond Alfred Holcomb; fourth cousin of Marcus Hensey Holcomb and Burton Everett Hoskins.   Political family: Forward-Black family of Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).