Samuel C. Blackman (1853 - aft. 1920)

Born 8 Mar 1853 in Ogle Co., Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Charity Jantha (Tilton) Blackman — married 20 Jul 1880 (to Sep 1885) in Ogle, Illinois, USA

Died after 1920 after age 66 in Michigan, United States

Biography

According to The History of Ogle County, Illinois, 1878, Samuel C., March 8, 1853, was one of the ten children of Sterling and Aurelia (Bostwick) Blackman. Sterling must have passed away between the History of Ogle County's printing in 1878 and the 1880 US Census.

According to the 1880 US Census for Flag, Ogle, Illinois, Samuel was listed as the twenty-eight-year-old husband of Aurelia - who was actually his mother.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 652.
• 1880 United States Census, Flagg, Ogle, Illinois, Family History Film 1254239, NA Film Number T9-0239, page 87C.