BLACKBURN, JACOB C., DR.

BLACKBURN, DAVEY

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

Madison Township
(P.O. Fort Madison)

BLACKBURN, JACOB C., DR., Auditor of Lee County; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1832 ; he received his education there, studied medicine, and graduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, in February, 1856; after graduating, practiced in Cincinnati for seven years ; came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison in August, 1863 ; engaged in the practice of his profession and continued it until he was elected Auditor of Lee County, in the fall of 1873 ; he was re-elected to the same office in the fall of 1875, and again in the fall of 1877, each time being elected by the largest majority of any officer in the county. He married Miss Eleanor Davey, of Newport, Ky., May 20, 1855 ; they have had four children, and lost them all in infancy ; they have one adopted son, W. G. Davey.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879