John Wesley Blackman
John Wesley Blackman was born around 1813 in Maine. He married Sylvia Campbell sometime in the 1830s, and they had at least six children: Bradley, born around 1838; Almon, born around 1842; Charles, born around 1846; Athiel, born around 1849; Horace, born around 1853; and Sylvia, born around 1858.
They lived in Eddington, Maine, and Blackman worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $600 of real estate. A decade later, their wealth had grown to $1,500 of real estate and $550 of personal property. He owned 275 acres of land, and he produced 60 bushels of corn and 90 bushels of oats in 1859. In 1870, he owned $2,700 of real estate and $925 of personal property. He died in Eddington on January 13, 1886.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (1434) | Blackman, John Wesley | 1813 | 1886-01-13 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3152) [recipient] ~ Almon W. Blackman to John W. Blackman and Sylvia Blackman, 27 March 1865
People - Records: 2
- (1434) Blackman, John Wesley is the [parent of] (1433) Blackman, Almon Wesley
- (1435) Blackman, Sylvia is the [wife of] (1434) Blackman, John Wesley
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1860, 1870, and 1880 Agricultural Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME), 18 January 1886.
