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Blackford, Thomas (1819-1885)

BLACKFORD

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 11/1/2017 at 13:05:08

BLACKFORD, THOMAS, farmer, Sec. 5, Otter Township; P. O. Indianola; owns 175 acres of land; born May 25, 1819, in Clark county, Ohio; here he lived till he was seventeen years of age, when his parents moved to Delaware county, Indiana; in 1840 he came to Warren county, Indiana; he came to Iowa Territory, and settled in Davis county in 1843; helped to organize that county, and came to this county in September, 1847, and settled where he now lives; was at the organization of the county, and also helped to organize Otter township; his first vote in the county was cast at the Ginder school house, east of Ackworth; he was married twice; first, October 12, 1843, to Anna Scott, a native of Indiana, who died March 19, 1865; no children; again, September 28, 1866, to Nancy J. Brown, a native of Indiana; they have two children: John T. and and Martha E., both living; he got his start by splitting rails, at fifty cents per hundred; walked three miles and boarded himself.
Source: History of Warren County, Iowa, containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, & etc., Union Historical Co.; Des Moines, IA, 1879, p.644


 

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