Brief Life History of Enos B.
When Enos B. Blackman was born on 12 September 1839, in Connecticut, United States, his father, Elisha Blackman, was 43 and his mother, Fanny Buell, was 40. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Esther Kervan. He lived in Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States for about 30 years. He died on 6 March 1894, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Enos B Blackm in household of Hannah Blackm, "United States Census, 1850"
- Enos B. Blackman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Enos B. Blackman, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Blakman (Old English Blæcmann ‘black’ + ‘man’), which remained fairly common until the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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