History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . n, was oneof the early emigrants from England to the New was a graduate of Oxford in 1620, and settled inConnecticut, where he was engaged in the ministry. TheBlackman family remained in Connecticut until 1835, whenEli W. Blackman, the father of our subject, emigrated toMichigan, and settled at Morenci, Lenawee Co. He wasengaged at that pjace in farming up to 1852, when he soldout and removed to Allen, Hillsdale Co., where he remaineduntil his death, in 1806, ag
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . n, was oneof the early emigrants from England to the New was a graduate of Oxford in 1620, and settled inConnecticut, where he was engaged in the ministry. TheBlackman family remained in Connecticut until 1835, whenEli W. Blackman, the father of our subject, emigrated toMichigan, and settled at Morenci, Lenawee Co. He wasengaged at that pjace in farming up to 1852, when he soldout and removed to Allen, Hillsdale Co., where he remaineduntil his death, in 1806, aged seventy. His widow died in1876, at the age of eighty. They were the parents of iburchildren,—Sarah M., John, Edson, and Viola. Of ,Sarah M. and Edson are living. Edson Blackman wasborn Nov. 22, 1839, at Morenci. He was reared on thefarm, but obtained a fair education in the common schools,and after he was twenty years of age, he wiis engaged inteaching schools in various places in Ohio, Indiana, andMichigan, and in attending the college at Hillsdale forseveral terms. He had decided ou the medical profession,. Ihdtu. liy E. Kindiiuirk, EDSON BL.\CIvMAN. at White Pigeon, Mich. In March, 1866, he was unitedin marriage to Miss Melinda A. Morehouse, of Saratoga,N. Y. He remained in practice at White Pigeon for tenyears, and had built up a lucrative business, when he soldout with the intention of reuloving to Saratoga ; but theillness of his aged mother at Allen prevented him, and hefinally decided to settle in Quiney, where he has since re-sided, and established a lucrative practice, as well as wonthe confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends. The doctor is known and appreciated among his numer-ous patrons as a patient, sociable adviser, and among thecitizens generally as a gentleman. He is at this timesupervisor of Quiney, and is regarded as a rising man inhis profession. The doctor and his estimable wife residein a cosy home on Chicago Street. The
Size: 1415px × 1765px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookidhistoryofbra, bookyear1879
