Elbert-Franklin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Blackwell, Thomas J. July 1885
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Atlanta Constitution, 29 July 1885
The Burial of Thomas J. Blackwell.

Elberton, Ga., July 28-
A large crowd attended the burial of Mr. Thomas J. Blackwell at the cemetery 
here yesterday evening.  A special train on the Elberton Air-Line road brought 
down the Carnesville lodge of the Knights of Honor in a body and also a number 
of Masons from Carnesville and along the line of the road.  The deceased was a 
member of the Knights of Honor at Carnesville and of the Masonic lodge here.  
He was buried with the honors of both organizations.  The funeral took place 
from the residence of his father-in-law, Major J. H. Jones, Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, 
presiding elder of the Elberton district, officiating.  Mr. Blackwell was a 
well known and very popular man and was loved by all who knew him.  He was 
about thirty-five years old; was born and raised in Elbert county.  He was a 
merchant here for several years, but had been living at Lavonia since the 
completion  of the Elberton railroad.  He filled the position of railroad agent 
at that place, was a leading and honored citizen and a consistent member of the 
Methodist church.

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