Enoch J Blackford

ENOCH J. BLACKFORD, a retired farmer and business man, as well as the former postmaster of Juda, has been for many years a prominent figure in the business and commercial activities of Green county, and is now one of the time-honored and venerable residents of Juda.

Mr. BLACKFORD is the son of William and Rachel (JOHNS) BLACKFORD, both natives of Fayette county, Penn., who came of Welsh ancestry. They were married in 1822, and to their union were born seven children, of whom Enoch J., the eldest, was born May 12, 1824, in Fayette county, Penn. Thomas died in Nodaway county, Mo. William lives in Monroe, Wis. Samuel is a resident of Louisiana. Rebecca is the wife of Stephen MANN, and has her home in Page county, Iowa. Lavina was the wife of Samuel HUTZEL, of Juda, Wis. Rachel married Peter ROUB, and is a resident of Chickasaw county, Mississippi.

Mr. BLACKFORD was married to Miss Margaret CHRYST in 1848, and to this union were born seven children: John W., of Albany, Wis.; Rebecca R., wife of James STULL, a farmer in Missouri; James E., who died in Hampton, Iowa; Martin, who died in childhood; Franklin, who died in childhood; Thomas J., of Juda; and Clella May, who died in Page county, Iowa. Mr. BLACKFORD's wife died while they were returning from Iowa to his native State, in 1869. In 1870 he married Mrs. Jane CLEMMER, of Green county, Wis., who died in 1891. Mr. BLACKFORD married , Harriet MITCHELL, of Green county, Aug. 3, 1893. She is the daughter of Washington MITCHELL, and was born in the town of Decatur, Green county, where her father was one of the pioneers.

Mr. BLACKFORD came to Wisconsin in 1845, and was rich only in courage and the resources of an honorable and upright manhood. Hiring out to work on the farm of Rev. G. R. PATTON, he gained a standing for himself. Afterward he taught school on the Sugar river, and began farming for himself in Green county while yet a young man. In 1867 he moved to Iowa, and in 1870 located at Juda, where he engaged in carpentering, and where his home has been to the present time. Mr. BLACKFORD has been justice of the peace for ten years, and was made postmaster at Juda under the second administration of President Cleveland. He was the first town clerk in the town of Jefferson, in which he has also served as chairman, and filled all the principal offices, and was several times nominated by his party for the position of county clerk. Mr. BLACKFORD is a member of the Baptist Church, and is a man highly esteemed by the community in which he has lived for so many years. His life has been honorable and upright, and he is a good neighbor and an honorable citizen.

Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin," (c)1901 Union Publishing; p. 541.

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Married Margaret Chryst about 1848. When she died, he married Jane Roderick Clemmer on December 22, 1870 in Green County, WI. Jane died in 1892 and Enoch then married Harriett Mitchell on August 3, 1893 in Green County, WI. Margaret appears on this stone, even though she is buried in Iowa and is linked to this memorial. Excerpt of Biography found on-- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigcbiog/Gbios/gbios0200.html Mr. BLACKFORD was married to Miss Margaret CHRYST in 1848, and to this union were born seven children: John W., of Albany, Wis.; Rebecca R., wife of James STULL, a farmer in Missouri; James E., who died in Hampton, Iowa; Martin, who died in childhood; Franklin, who died in childhood; Thomas J., of Juda; and Clella May, who died in Page county, Iowa. Mr. BLACKFORD's wife died while they were returning from Iowa to his native State, in 1869. In 1870 he married Mrs. Jane CLEMMER, of Green county, Wis., who died in 1891. Mr. BLACKFORD married , Harriet MITCHELL, of Green county, Aug. 3, 1893. She is the daughter of Washington MITCHELL, and was born in the town of Decatur, Green county, where her father was one of the pioneers.

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Parents:

 William Blackford (1802 - 1871)

 Rachel Johns Blackford (1805 - 1856)

Spouses:

 Margaret Ann Chryst Blackford (1826 - 1869)*

 Jane Roderick Blackford (1831 - 1892)*

 Harriet Mitchell Blackford (1856 - 1936)*

Children:

 Clella May Blackford (____ - 1868)*

 John William Blackford (1850 - 1942)*

 Rebecca Ruth Blackford Stull (1852 - 1928)*

 James E Blackford (1854 - 1893)*

 Samuel F. Blackford (1858 - 1862)*

 Thomas Jefferson Blackford (1860 - 1939)*

Siblings:

 Enoch J. Blackford (1824 - 1902)

 Thomas B Blackford (1828 - 1896)*

 William S. Blackford (1833 - 1917)*

 Lavina Blackford Hutzel (1835 - 1884)*

 Samuel Blackford (1838 - 1918)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery Juda Green County Wisconsin, USA Plot: Sec 1, Row 1, Stone 26