Outagamie County, WI - Biography of J. E. BLACKWOOD of Hortonia township 1844- ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives SUBJECT: Biography of J. E. BLACKWOOD of Hortonia township 1844- SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 16, 1999 SURNAMES: BLACKWOOD, MANLEY, PARLIN, FOSTER SOURCE: Record of the Pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; page 21, pub. 1898, The Post Publishing Co. BIOGRAPHY: J. E. BLACKWOOD Was born Oct, 12, 1844 in Washington county, town of Charlotte, Maine, and came to Outagamie county, town of Hortonia in 1849. He was married to Rosetta Manley in 1867. From this union was born Daisy Blackwood, now wife of Prof. Parlin, now residing at Wausau. He was married in 1870 to Emma Jane Foster. Children, Elmer Burdell, born Feb. 16, 1874, New London, Wisconsin; Ella May, born January 4, 1879. J. E. Blackwood served in the war of the rebellion in Company A, Third Wisconsin Cavalry.