John Harvey Blackmer (1906 - 1957)

Born 20 Aug 1906 in Stockbridge, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Aug 1957 at age 51 in Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

John Harvey Blackmer was born in his parents' home in Stockbridge, Vermont, on 20 August 1906.^[1]

After completing the local graded schools in Stockbridge, he went to live in Ludlow, Vermont, with his aunt Alice (Blackmer) Smith and her husband while he attended Black River Academy, where he graduated in 1924. He then enrolled in the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy in Boston to pursue his long-time goal of becoming a doctor, and graduated from that school in 1928.^[1] He was an osteopath in Randolph, Vermont.

He married Mildred Newcomb Smith, daughter of George Edgar Smith, in Norton, Massachusetts, on 4 October 1929.^[1] Their son John Smith Blackmer was born 26 May 1934 in Randolph, Vermont.^[2]

John Harvey Blackmer registered for the World War II draft in Randolph, Vermont, on 16 October 1940. His address was 25 Randolph Ave. in Randolph; his wife Mildred S. Blackmer was at that same address.^[3]

The 1950 U.S. Census recorded John H. Blackmer, age 43, and wife Mildred S. Blackmer, age 48, in Randolph, Vermont, with son John S. Blackmer, age 15. John H. was born in Vermont and employed as an osteopath. Mildred was born in Massachusetts and was a choir leader for a church. Son John was born in Vermont.^[4]

He died in Randolph at age 51 on 29 August 1957. The reported cause of death was acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis. The death record indicates that his wife was Mildred S. Blackmer.^[5] He is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery in Randolph, Vermont.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Smith, page 66.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF57-Q7K : 6 December 2014), John Harvey Blackmer in entry for John Smith Blackmer, Birth, 26 May 1934, Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
3. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Vermont, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 7. Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44042_06_00001-01904 (2 images).
4. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Randolph, Orange, Vermont; Roll: 5347; Sheet Number: 75; Enumeration District: 9-14. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1937583:62308
5. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997W-79PF-R?cc=2075288&wc=M6TC-1TL%3A356616901 : 22 May 2014), Births, marriages, deaths 1955-1979 Bishop-Blanchard > image 1375 of 3236; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166562778/john-harvey-blackmer : accessed 16 September 2021), memorial page for John Harvey Blackmer (20 Aug 1906–29 Aug 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166562778, citing Pleasant View Cemetery, Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by David Edsall (contributor 46906546).

• Smith, Rev. Alven Martyn. Three Blackmore Genealogies. Privately published, South Pasadena, California, 1930.