Samuel Howard Blackmer (1902 - 1951)

Born 2 Mar 1902 in Bennington, Vermont

Ancestors

Died 25 Dec 1951 at age 49 in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Samuel Howard Blackmer was a son of Samuel Huling Blackmer and Fanny (Abbott) Blackmer. He was born on 2 March 1902 in Bennington, Vermont. Following high school in Bennington (graduated 1920), he attended Yale College (graduated 1924) and Harvard Law School (graduated 1927). As of 1930 he was a lawyer and judge of the municipal court in Bennington.^[1]

He was married in July 1925 to Katrina Roosevelt Schuyler, who was born in Bennington on 10 May 1900.^[1]

Samuel Howard Blackmer died in Bennington at the age of 49 on 25 December 1951. The death certificate indicates that he was a lifelong resident of Bennington and was "supreme county judge" at the time of his death. Death was due to coronary thrombosis, associated with a two-year history of coronary sclerosis. His wife, "Mrs. Samuel H. Blackmer" provided information for the death certificate.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Smith, Rev. Alven Martyn. Three Blackmore Genealogies. Privately published, South Pasadena, CA, 1930.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-RG9B-RB?cc=1784223&wc=MFV4-NP8%3A1029395201 : 22 May 2014), 004703649 > image 2715 of 3187; State Capitol Building, Montpelier.