Obituary for John H. Blackmon, Dallas County, Texas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Eric Wood <> Date: 11 Mar 2014 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Dallas Morning News (of Dallas, Texas) - May 8, 1900; Page: 4 Fairfield, Tex., May 7 John H. Blackman [Blackmon], son of County Surveyor T. G. Blackman [Blackmon], was drowned in Holder’s Lake, about seven miles from Fairfield, this afternoon. Some friends who went out at once have just returned to town and state that his body was recovered in fifteen feet of water.