G. B. Blackbourn Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft @ cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Beetown, Biographical Sketches, Page 1018-1019 

G. B. BLACKBOURN, farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Beetown; was born in 1827, in England; 
he lived there until 15 years of age, then went to New York and lived there 
thirteen years; he then came to Wisconsin and settled in La Fayette Co.; lived 
there until 1859; he then came to Grant Co. and located in Beetown, where he has 
resided since; in his younger days he worked for wages, but later has become a 
prosperous farmer.  He was married in 1855 to Margaret Beadle, a daughter of 
Thomas Beadle; they have raised ten children - Sarah J., Elizabeth M., William 
H., Victoria B., George B., Frank E., Charles B., Cora B., Lura D. and Edith M. 
he has 400 acres of land, valued at $6,000.  He was Road Overseer two terms; has 
been School Treasurer six terms. In politics, he is a Greenbacker.