Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Blackburn was born on 18 December 1868, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, his father, Jehu Thomas Blackburn, was 20 and his mother, Catherine Rebecca Foy, was 20. He married Martha Alice Taylor on 17 July 1895, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 1 Fremont, Wayne, Utah, United States in 1900 and Fremont, Piute, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 11 April 1944, in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Efemm Blackburn in household of Duddely Craft, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ephraim Blackburn, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Ephraim Blackburn, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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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.
1875
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Piute, Utah Territory, United States 1892: Wayne, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wayne, Utah, United States
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
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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