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Sheridan Silas Blackburn (1876 - 1959)

Sheridan Silas Blackburn
Born in York Township, Athens, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 11 Dec 1906 in Athens, Ohio, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 83 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

The son of Silas Blackburn and Rebecca (Groves) Blackburn, Sheridan Blackburn was born in York Township, Ohio in 1876.[1] He lived there with his family.[2] By 1900, his family lived in Starr Township, Ohio, in Hocking County.[3] Sheridan Blackburn married Bertha Courtney (1885-1956), the daughter of James Courtney and Martha Jane Grady, marrying in Athens County, Ohio on April 28, 1906.[4] Their children included:

  1. Lucille Marie (Blackburn) Powell (1907-1980)
  2. Emma G. Blackburn (1908-)
  3. Donald Blackburn (1909-)

They made their home in Nelsonville, Ohio where, in 1910, Sheridan worked as a coal miner.[5] When he registered for the draft at the age of 42,[6] he stated that he worked as a coal miner for April Coal Company in Nelsonville, Ohio. He was described as a man of medium height and build, with dark hair and blue eyes.

By 1920, residing in Nelsonville, Sheridan worked as bill clerk in a railroad freight office.[7] By 1930, he worked as a foreman for the freight railroad.[8] In 1940, at the age of 63, he was again a clerk at the freight depot.[9] By 1950, Sheridan and Bertha lived in Columbus, Ohio, where he worked as a carpenter, doing maintenance on state government buildings.[10]

Widowed, Sherdan Blackburn passed away in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 83.[11] He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Nelsonville.[12]

Sources

  1. "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRMF-FLB : 8 March 2021), Silas S. Blackborn, 1876.
  2. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ1C-CL7 : 14 January 2022), Silas S. Blackburn in household of Silas Blackburn, York Township, Athens, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
  3. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDM-8BF : 6 January 2022), Sheredan Blackburn in entry for Silas C Blackburn, 1900.
  4. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZYY-J8ZM : 15 October 2021), Sheridan Blackburn and Bertha Courtney, 1906.
  5. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFR-2T2 : accessed 27 February 2022), Sheridan S Blackburn, Nelsonville Ward 2, Athens, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 11B, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1153; FHL microfilm 1,375,166.
  6. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XB-F86 : 24 December 2021), Silas Sheridan Blackburn, 1917-1918.
  7. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDGB-WPS : 3 February 2021), Sheridan Blackburn, 1920.
  8. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4S9-8HG : accessed 27 February 2022), Sheridan Blackburn, Nelsonville, Athens, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 5A, line 33, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1750; FHL microfilm 2,341,484.
  9. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWDK-GW2 : 9 January 2021), Sheridan Blackburn, Nelsonville, York Township, Athens, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-41, sheet 5A, line 33, family 107, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3026.
  10. "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6JJD-7G6K : Mon Jan 30 03:52:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Sheridan S Blackburn and Lyman Frizzelle, 10 April 1950.
  11. "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKY7-YBF : 30 June 2021), Sherida S Blackburn, 1959.
  12. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2R-86JG : 15 December 2021), Sheridan S Blackburn, Burial, Nelsonville, Athens, Ohio, United States of America, Greenlawn Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #74293605




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