When John T. Blackburn was born on 14 August 1844, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Blackburn, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Pennett, was 43. He married Jerusha Philantha Giddings on 1 January 1873, in Macoupin, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Virden, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Vashon Island, King, Washington, United States in 1905. He died on 3 June 1905, in Washington, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Vashon, King, Washington, United States.
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.
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