Brief Life History of Levi
When Levi Blackburn was born on 14 February 1835, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Edmund Leroy Blackburn, was 44 and his mother, Katherine Hodges, was 37. He married Elizabeth Margaret Seahorn on 6 August 1857, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Green Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1916. He died on 28 May 1916, in Puntenney Cemetery, Rome, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Puntenney Cemetery, Rome, Adams, Ohio, United States.
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- Levy Blackburn, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Levi Blackburn - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Levi Blackburn
- Levi Blackburn, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1838 · Florida Constitutional Convention of 1838
In order to transition from a territory into a state, Florida held a Constitutional Convention on December 3, 1838 at St. Joseph. The original constitutional document has never been found, but a handwritten copy exists which shows the signatures of Robert Raymond Reid (Convention President) and Joshua Knowles (Convention Secretary). There were an estimated 55 delegates in attendance. Most of the debate was centered on the topic of banking.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
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’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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