Sarah Ellen Blackwell (1828 - 1901)

Born 1828 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Died Jan 1901 at about age 73 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Sarah Ellen Blackwell, artist and writer,^[1] was born in 1828 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Called by her middle name Ellen, she was the daughter of Samuel Blackwell and Hannah Lane,^[2] who immigrated to the United States in 1832.^[3] The family first settled In New York, then in 1838 moved to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

Ellen, as she was called by her family, studied painting and drawing in Philadelphia, New York, and Europe. Among her writing was "A Military Genius: Life of Anna Ella Carroll, the Great Unrecognized Member of Lincoln's Cabinet" (1891), the first biography of Anna Ella Carroll, the Civil War military strategist. Her subjects also included land and labor reform, woman's suffrage, and anti-vivisection.

Her siblings who lived to adulthood were Anna, Marian, Elizabeth, Samuel Charles, Henry Browne, Emily, John "Howard", and George Washington Blackwell. Her sister, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, followed soon by another sister, Dr. Emily Blackwell, M.D.^[4]

Like her four sisters, Ellen never married. She adopted a daughter named Cornelia (also called "Neenie"). Ellen passed away on 15 Jan 1901 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States^[2] and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York,^[1] where her mother was buried.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168550531/sarah-ellen-blackwell: accessed 04 August 2023), memorial page for Sarah Ellen Blackwell (1828–18 Jan 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168550531, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by BKGeni (contributor 46895980).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WXH-CJ8 : 11 May 2022), Sarah Blackwell, aged 72, died 15 Jan 1901 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, daughter of Samuel Blackwell and Hannah Lane Blackwell
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M1-QH64 : 2 August 2022), Manifest of Passengers, ship name Cosmo, from Bristol, England, arrived in New York City on 5 Oct 1832, Sam’l Blackwell, 42, merchant, Hannah, 39, Anna, 16, Mary Anne, 14, Elizabeth, 12, Samuel, 9, Henry, 7, Emily, 5, Ellen, 4, Mary, 39, Lucy, 32, Elisa Major, 24, governess, all from Great Britain, intending to live in the United States. [missing infant John Howard, less than a year old, and George, yet to be born]
4. ↑ "Hannah Lane Blackwell and Selected Daughters." By the People, Library of Congress. (https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/blackwells-extraordinary-family/hannah-lane-blackwell-and-selected-daughters/?  : accessed 4 Aug 2023)
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WQ5-KFX : 2 June 2020), New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,683. Hannah Blackwell, aged 77, died 22 Aug 1870 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, Note on document: “Far Rockaway”, buried Greenwood