Gabriel Francis Blackburn: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Gabriel Francis Blackburn was born on 30 Aug 1824 in Tennessee; died on 2 Mar 1878 in Cooke County, Texas.

Notes:

Texas Methodist Newspaper Abstracts
Helen M. Lu, Vol. 3, pg 46
Transcribed by Mary Frances Smith Fisher

G. F. Blackburn, son of Rev. A. J. Blackburn, M. D. , was born in Lincoln County, Tenn, August 30, 1824. At the age of twelve years his father moved to Marion Co., MS, with him. He graduated at the Transylvania University, Lexington, KY in 1840. United in holdy wedlock with Miss Lizzie Warren in 1854. United with the M. E. Church, South in 1856. Removed to Cooke County, Texas in 1873. Departed this life March 2, 1878. He left a wife.

(Research):

1860 Census
Mississippi, Marion County, P. O. Columbia
Enumerated 4 July 1860
Page 1
4-4
G. F. Blackburn 34 M School Teacher $1200 $3500 Tenn
Elizabeth Blackburn 24 F Miss
A. J. Blackburn 58 M M. D. La

Gabriel married Elizabeth L. Warren on 12 Sep 1854 in Marion County, Mississippi. Elizabeth was born about 1836 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]