MATTHEW BLACKBURN - Biography

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This biography appears on page 661 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

MATTHEW BLACKBURN, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Rochester; born in Yorkshire,
England, Feb. 6, 1823; son of John and Frances Blackburn, who came to
Racine Co. with ten children, six boys and four girls, in 1842; their
mother died 1864; was buried at Honey Creek Cemetery at Rochester; the
old gentleman is still living, at the age of 85 years; they located on
Sec. 5. Mathew married Miss Caroline Anderson, daughter of William and
Katherine; her father died in England; her mother lives in Dover, Wis.,
a widow. They have five children- Clarence M. born June 29, 1865;
Isabelle, F., Nov. 9, 1867; Kate I., June 3, 1868; Walter G., Sept. 9,
1871; Arthur W., Nov. 2, 1878.