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Benjamin Blackburn

1806–
Ashe, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Benjamin

When Benjamin Blackburn was born in 1806, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Edmund Leroy Blackburn, was 15 and his mother, Mrs. Edmund Leroy Blackburn, was 14. He married Cynthia Owens in 1826, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Benjamin Blackburn

1806–

Cynthia Owens

1805–

Marriage: 1826

Levi Blackburn

1827–1863

Mary Blackburn

1829–

John N Blackburn

1832–1912

Elizabeth Blackburn

1833–

Edmond Blackburn

1836–

Barbara Blackburn

1841–1912

Martha Jane Blackburn

1851–

Spouse and Children

Benjamin Blackburn

Male1806–Male

Cynthia Owens

Female1805–Female

Children

(7)

Male1827–1863Male

Female1829–Female

Male1832–1912Male

Female1833–Female

Male1836–Male

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Parents and Siblings

Edmund Leroy Blackburn

Male1791–1870Male

Mrs. Edmund Leroy Blackburn

Female1792–1812Female

Siblings

(1)

Benjamin Blackburn

Male1806–Male

World Events (8)

1808
Age 2

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 24

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1846
Age 40

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Blackburn

Benjamin

English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. The surname is mainly found in northern England.

Possible Related Names

Blackbourn

Sources (9)

Ben Blackborn, "United States Census, 1860"
Benjaman Blackbern, "United States Census, 1850"
Benjamin in entry for Levi Blackburn and Mahala Dyer, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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