William Henry Blackwell
William Henry Blackwell was born on March 9, 1839, in Kentucky. He eventually moved to Indiana. He enlisted in the Union army on August 7, 1862, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company F of the 79th Indiana Infantry later that day. The regiment took part in the Battle of Perryville and the Battle of Stones River, and Blackwell was discharged on February 14, 1863.
Blackwell settled in Wayne, Indiana, after leaving the army, and he married Corann Vanblaricum there on September 10, 1863. They had at least five children: Harry, born around 1865; Jessie, born around 1866; Alfred, born around 1871; Albert, born around 1876; and Frank, born around 1880. He applied for a federal pension in September 1868 and eventually secured one. He worked as a farmer, and by 1870, he owned $350 of personal property.
He moved to Indianapolis in the early 1900s, and his wife died there on April 1, 1906. He passed away of arteriosclerosis in Indianapolis on March 30, 1922.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3224) | Blackwell, William Henry | 1839-03-09 | 1922-03-30 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Corporal
- Rank out: Corporal
- Rank highest: Corporal
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (8790) [writer] ~ William H. Blackwell to Israel Harding Jr., 23 November 1862
People - Records: 1
- (3224) Blackwell, William Henry is the [friend of] (2968) Harding, Israel Jr.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (862) [enlisted] [F] ~ 79th Indiana Infantry
SOURCES
1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017, available from Ancestry.com.
