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- info from findagrave
Aged 76 y 25 d.
Came to Linn Co., MO in 1851.
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- Died in Oklahoma
Mr. M. Blackburn, aged 73, died at Noble, Oklahoma, Monday last, of pneumonia, the body being brought here for burial Wednesday. Mr. Blackburn was the father of James Blackburn, of near here, and also father of Mrs. John Fosher. The funeral occurred Wednesday from Lenhart Chapel.
Linn County Budget-Gazette, Brookfield, Missouri. Friday, 8 February 1895.
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- LKH note:
Find a Grave links Manassah Blackburn to two marriages.
According to Find a Grave he was married first in 1842 to Letitia Jane Andrews (1824-1853).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87302955/letitia_jane_blackburn
They had at least five children:
Olivia Jane Blackburn (1843-1913)
Adeline Louisa Blackburn (1845-1910)
John Whiteside Blackburn (1847-1912)
Anna Letitia Blackburn (1849-1854)
Mary Frances Blackburn (1849-1908)
HOWEVER -
LKH notes on census records
This matches census records for a Manassah Blackburn married to Letitia in Pennsylvania, but NOT to a Manassah Blackburn married to Sarah Cassity in Missouri.
1850 census, Cecil County Maryland
Manassah Blackburn, age 31, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: iron manufacturer
Letitia, age 30
Oliva, age 6
Adeline, age 4
John, age 3
Mary F., age 0
1860 census, New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Manassa Blackburn, age 42, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: iron maker, farm hand
Oliva, age 16
Ada, age 13
John, age 12
Francis, age 11
1870 census, Stonewall, Rockingham County, Virginia
M. Blackburn, age 53, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: farmer
Addie, age 22
Fannie, age 21
1880 census, Stonewall, Rockingham County, Virginia
Manassah Blackburn, age 63, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: farmer
widower in the household of his son, John W. Blackburn
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LKH note:
This Manassah Blackburn is listed Sons of the American Revolution application. which gives his date of death as 26 Sep 1884 in Rockingham, Virginia; and his parents names as Ephram Blackburn and Barbara Howe.
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- LKH note:
Census records for Manassah Blackburn married Sarah Cassity.
1850 census, Lee County, Iowa
Ava Blackburn, age 30, b. Pennsylvania
occupation, millwright
Sarah, age 21, b. Kentucky
Mary, age 0, b. Iowa
1860 census, Linn County, Missouri
m. Blackburn, age 42, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: farmer
Sarah, age 31
Mary, age 10
Gemima, age 8
James, age 6
Dorthy, age 1
1870 census, Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri
m. Blackburn, age 52, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: farmer
Sarah, age 31
Ellen, age 18
James, age 15
Martha, age 11
1880 census, Grantsville, Linn County, Missouri
Manassah Blackburn, age 61, b. Pennsylvania
occupation: farmer
Sarah, age 50
Ellen, age 27
Anne Hall, age 1, granddaughter
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1819 - 1895 (76 years)
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