Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 971
GEORGE J. BLACKMAN

George J. BLACKMAN, a farmer of section 29, Magnolia Township, came to Harrison County, in the spring of 1851, with his family, (having been here the year previous alone), when he located his land and commenced to build a log house on the farm he now lives. He claimed three hundred and twenty acres. He was born in Canada, April, 1828, and in 1833, his parents moved to Missouri, and owing to the feeling against the Mormons they went to Nauvoo, Ill., and in 1846, came to Council Bluffs. Here he remained with his parents until 1849, when he commenced working for himself, coming to Harrison County. He was united in marriage, in Pottawattamie County, to Miss Harriet Staley, June 11, 1850. By this marriage the following children were born -- Stephen, Charles, Helena, John, Juliet, George, Hattie, Harry, Laura. Mrs. Blackman, was born in Chantauqua County, N.Y., July 1829, and came with her parents to Illinois, in 1847. They came from Nauvoo, to the eastern part of Iowa, in 1848 or 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Blackman are both members of the Latter Day Saints Church, and all their children except Stephen and Harry.

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