Phebe (Townsend) Blackmer (1801 - 1882)

Born 18 Jun 1801 in Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hiram Blackmer — married 4 Mar 1822 in Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1882 at age 81 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Phebe was born in Barnard, Vermont, on 18 June 1801. Phebe was the sixth child of George Townsend and Polly Richmond. Phebe died in Rockford, Illinois, on 12 September 1882.^[1]

Phebe Townsend married Hiram Blackmer (town marriage record spells his name Hynam) in Barnard, Vermont, on 4 March 1822.^[2] They had eight children.

Some time before 1860, Hiram and Phoebe Blackmer moved to Rockford, Illinois, where their daughter Laurentia (Blackmer) Thompson was living.^[1] The 1860 U.S. Census recorded Hiram and Phebe Blackmer, both age 58, in Rockford with Orlando C. Blackmer, 32, and Ellen A. Blackmer, 20. All were born in Vermont. Hiram was a "Commission Merchant" with $500 personal estate.^[3] The 1870 U.S. Census recorded Hiram Blackmer, age 69 and born in Vermont, occupation huckster, and Phebe Blackmer, also age 69 and born in Vermont, in Rockford, with Matilda Peterson, age 13, a domestic servant born in Sweden. Matilda had not attended school within the year. Hiram had $1000 real estate and $2000 personal estate.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Smith, page 29.
2. ↑ Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Accessed at Ancestry.com. Marriage Card - Bride: Phebe Townsend, Hynam Blackmer. Mar 4th 1822. White. Officiating party: Joel Davis, Pastor. Recorded: Town of Barnard, Mar 31 1822. B. C. Eastman, Town Clerk.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB1-3X7W?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-RBC%3A1589423252%2C1589426140%2C1589426142 : 24 March 2017), Illinois > Winnebago > Rockford City > image 133 of 177; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Note: FamilySearch transcription gives the family name as Blackmor and Orlando's middle initial as E.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68VQ-T58?cc=1438024&wc=92K8-JWP%3A518684301%2C519752501%2C519092101 : 22 May 2014), Illinois > Winnebago > Rockford > image 91 of 174; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Smith, Alven Martyn. Three Blackmore Genealogies. Published by the author, South Pasadena, California. 1930.