Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
When Andrew Jackson Blackwood was born on 20 May 1900, in Mountain View, Stone, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Isaiah Blackwood, was 39 and his mother, Frances Emaline Cody, was 37. He married Ivy Tanner on 14 July 1922, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Isbell Township, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States in 1940 and Crooked Creek Township, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States in 1950. He died on 1 November 1984, in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (22)
- Jack Blackwood, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jack Blackwood, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Andrew Jackson Blackwood, "Arkansas First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1904
Historical Boundaries: 1904: Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, and Yorkshire, named Blackwood, from Old English blæc ‘black, dark’ + wudu ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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