Enoch John Blackford - I24105 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

Enoch John Blackford (I24105)

Surname: Blackford
Given Names: Enoch John

Gender: Male

Birth: 12 May 1824 -- Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Death: 1895/1919

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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - page 541ENOCH J. BLACKFORD, a retired farmer and business man, as well as the former postmaster of Juda, has been for many years a prominent figure in the business and commercial activities of Green county, and is now one of the time-honored and venerable residents of Juda.Mr. BLACKFORD is the son of William and Rachel ‎(JOHNS)‎ BLACKFORD, both natives of Fayette county, Penn., who came of Welsh ancestry. They were married in 1822, and to their union were born seven children, of whom Enoch J., the eldest, was born May 12, 1824, in Fayette county, Penn. Thomas died in Nodaway county, Mo. William lives in Monroe, Wis. Samuel is a resident of Louisiana. Rebecca is the wife of Stephen MANN, and has her home in Page county, Iowa. Lavina was the wife of Samuel HUTZEL, of Juda, Wis. Rachel married Peter ROUB, and is a resident of Chickasaw county, Mississippi.Mr. BLACKFORD was married to Miss Margaret CHRYST in 1848, and to this union were born seven children: John W., of Albany, Wis.; Rebecca R., wife of James STULL, a farmer in Missouri; James E., who died in Hampton, Iowa; Martin, who died in childhood; Franklin, who died in childhood; Thomas J., of Juda; and Clella May, who died in Page county, Iowa. Mr. BLACKFORD's wife died while they were returning from Iowa to his native State, in 1869. In 1870 he married Mrs. Jane CLEMMER, of Green county, Wis., who died in 1891. Mr. BLACKFORD married , Harriet MITCHELL, of Green county, Aug. 3, 1893. She is the daughter of Washington MITCHELL, and was born in the town of Decatur, Green county, where her father was one of the pioneers.Mr. BLACKFORD came to Wisconsin in 1845, and was rich only in courage and the resources of an honorable and upright manhood. Hiring out to work on the farm of Rev. G. R. PATTON, he gained a standing for himself. Afterward he taught school on the Sugar river, and began farming for himself in Green county while yet a young man. In 1867 he moved to Iowa, and in 1870 located at Juda, where he engaged in carpentering, and where his home has been to the present time. Mr. BLACKFORD has been justice of the peace for ten years, and was made postmaster at Juda under the second administration of President Cleveland. He was the first town clerk in the town of Jefferson, in which he has also served as chairman, and filled all the principal offices, and was several times nominated by his party for the position of county clerk. Mr. BLACKFORD is a member of the Baptist Church, and is a man highly esteemed by the community in which he has lived for so many years. His life has been honorable and upright, and he is a good neighbor and an honorable citizen.


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Birth	12 May 1824 2118 Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Marriage	6 January 1848 (Age 23) Margaret Chryst - ‎[View Family ‎(F9346)‎‎] Juda, Green County, Wisconsin
Death of mother	26 March 1856 (Age 31) Rachel Elizabeth Johns (I7961) (Age 50) - [Relationship Chart]
Marriage of father	5 May 1861 (Age 36) William Samuel Blackford (I7960) (Age 58) - [Relationship Chart] Jemima Davis or Dennis (I7958) (Age 55) - [Relationship Chart] ‎[View Family ‎(F450)‎‎]
Marriage	23 December 1870 (Age 46) Jane Roderick Clemmer - ‎[View Family ‎(F9345)‎‎] Green County Wisconsin
Death of father	18 October 1871 (Age 47) William Samuel Blackford (I7960) (Age 68) - [Relationship Chart]
Marriage	3 August 1893 (Age 69) Harriet Mitchell - ‎[View Family ‎(F9343)‎‎] Green County, Wisconsin
Death	1895/1919 (Age approx. 71-95)
Universal Identifier	C397C25A1766394ABB5AA5034F2883CDFA43
Last Change	27 June 2006 - 15:54:56