Pinkney Alexander Blackwelder

Brief Life History of Pinkney Alexander

When Pinkney Alexander Blackwelder was born on 29 January 1868, in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Allison James Blackwelder, was 36 and his mother, Henrietta Margaret Litaker Blackwelder, was 29. He married Ella Bone Page on 7 December 1890, in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Township 12 Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Township 11 Central Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 March 1941, in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pinkney Alexander Blackwelder
1868–1941
Ella Bone Page
1868–1949
Marriage: 7 December 1890
Oscar Allison Blackwelder
1891–1976

Sources (25)

  • Pink A Blackwelder, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Pink A Blackwelder, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Pinwrey A. Blackwelder, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schwarzwälder: habitational name for someone from the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) in southwestern Germany. The first element Black is a translation of German Schwarz (Old High German swarz), while the second element is an altered form -wälder ‘forest dweller’ (derived from Old High German wald ‘forest’). Compare Schwarzwalder .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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