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James Wesley Blacker

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James Wesley Blacker

Birth
Bourneville, Ross County, Ohio, USA
Death
25 Feb 1895 (aged 74)
Jewell, Jewell County, Kansas, USA
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Jewell, Jewell County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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James Wesley Blacker was born to Luke Blacker & Rebecca Albin Blacker, on Oct. 10,1820, at Bourneville, Ohio. On Nov. 19, 1848, he was married to Nancy Mariah Archer, at Dubuque, Iowa, by Rev. James Wharton, Justice of the Peace.
They had the following children, Dewitt Clinton Blacker, Emeline Blacker(Topliff), Nancy Jane Blacker(Sloan), Mary Ellen Blacker(Appleby), James Grant Blacker, Joseph Sherman Blacker, George Washington Blacker, Lillie May Blacker(Snider), Laura Ann Blacker(Bowles), Louisa Blacker(Eichorn), all born in Iowa.
On the 15th day of August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. "A" of the 27th Regiment of Iowa Vol. Infantry. He marched with General Sherman across Georgia, one of histoy's greatest campaigns. He was discharged on June 15th, 1865, as a Corporal.
After the death of his wife, Nancy, he married his brother's widow, Frances(Coyner)Blacker, on Sept.24,1883, in Jewell County Kansas
I have no record as to when they came to Kansas, but possibly was around 1880.
James Wesley Blacker was born to Luke Blacker & Rebecca Albin Blacker, on Oct. 10,1820, at Bourneville, Ohio. On Nov. 19, 1848, he was married to Nancy Mariah Archer, at Dubuque, Iowa, by Rev. James Wharton, Justice of the Peace.
They had the following children, Dewitt Clinton Blacker, Emeline Blacker(Topliff), Nancy Jane Blacker(Sloan), Mary Ellen Blacker(Appleby), James Grant Blacker, Joseph Sherman Blacker, George Washington Blacker, Lillie May Blacker(Snider), Laura Ann Blacker(Bowles), Louisa Blacker(Eichorn), all born in Iowa.
On the 15th day of August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. "A" of the 27th Regiment of Iowa Vol. Infantry. He marched with General Sherman across Georgia, one of histoy's greatest campaigns. He was discharged on June 15th, 1865, as a Corporal.
After the death of his wife, Nancy, he married his brother's widow, Frances(Coyner)Blacker, on Sept.24,1883, in Jewell County Kansas
I have no record as to when they came to Kansas, but possibly was around 1880.

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