John Calhoun Blackman, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by: Mike Miller    

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Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, 
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 50-51.  
Edited by Alce Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.  

JOHN CALHOUN BLACKMAN   
Blackman, John Calhoun, member of the firm of Blackman, Overton & Dawkins, Alexandria, 
La., was born in Alexandria, Jan. 7, 1877, son of Judge Wilbur P. Blackman, who is 
elsewhere referred to in this work. 

Mr. Blackman attended the public schools of Alexandria and later the Louisiana State 
University. He was a student, also, at Spring Hill college, Mobile, Ala., after which 
he entered the law school of Tulane university, from which he graduated in 1897. In 
the same year he formed a partnership with John C. Ryan and began the practice of law 
at the city of Alexandria. In 1904 Mr. Blackman became associated with John H. Overton 
in legal practice, and this latter connection has continued to this time. In 1913 this 
firm received Messrs. Dawkins and Mims into partnership, and when Mr. Mims withdrew the 
style of the firm became Blackman, Overton & Dawkins. 

In 1903 Mr. Blackman was married to Miss Elizabeth Lobdell, a daughter of John Lobdell, 
of Baton Rouge, La., and 3 children have been born to their union, these being: Elizabeth, 
John C., Jr., and Wilbur F., Jr. 
 
Mr. Blackman is a Knight Templar Mason, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and a charter 
member of Alexandria Lodge No. 546, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  

Mr. Blackman has lifelong resident of Rapides parish, and enjoys an exceptionally wide 
acquaintance and general popularity, not only in Rapides Parish, but throughout a large 
part of the state of Louisiana. His reputation as an able and learned lawyer is 
recognized both bench and bar, while as a citizen he is looked upon as a scrupuIously 
diligent in the performance of his duties as a member of the community in which he lives. 
He takes an active interest in all public matters involving the obligations of citizen 
and is held in high esteem by his fellow citizens.