. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. provisions couldbe obtained, he loaded his vessel with supplies for theunfortunate people, returned to the islands and relievedi their necessities. This generous action was uever for-gotten by the grateful people, and they always hailedhis appearance among them with the most extravagantmanifestations of delight. He followed the sea mostof his life, aud finally died at his home in Rochesterof a prevailing fever. Of this fever we quote thefollowing from a historical sketch of the t
. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. provisions couldbe obtained, he loaded his vessel with supplies for theunfortunate people, returned to the islands and relievedi their necessities. This generous action was uever for-gotten by the grateful people, and they always hailedhis appearance among them with the most extravagantmanifestations of delight. He followed the sea mostof his life, aud finally died at his home in Rochesterof a prevailing fever. Of this fever we quote thefollowing from a historical sketch of the town : Iu 181G the spotted fever made fearful ravages iuthe village of Mattapoisett and iu the western part ofthe central village. The population of the entire townbeing two thousand eight hundred, sixty-one Jttads offamilies were stricken down with the disease. John Blackmer was brought up to a seafaring lifewith his father, and upon the latters death succeededto his trade with the Cape de Verde islauders. InSeptember, 1827, he sailed from Bostou in the sloop Elizabeth for Cape de Verde Islands, and the vessel. HISTORY OF ROCHESTER. 339 with all on board was lost, never afterwards beingheard from. He married Nancy Bullen, of Farm-ington, Mc. They had seven children,—James, born1S15, was lost at sea when about seventeen yearsold ; Fanuy W., died in childhood ; John, who wasbrought up on the farm, and after attaining his ma-jority went to sea two or three, voyages, and thenweut to California witli the early gold-seekers, wherehe remaiued two or three years, when he returned tohis native town, purchased a farm, where he residedseveral years, and was selectman of the town ; he now resides in New Bedford ; he has two children, Hannah J. and Herbert A., both married. Mary F.,married Henry H. Smith, of Marthas Vineyard, aseafaring man ; he died in California, 1851; she isnow a widow, and resides with her brother, GarrisonB. Elizabeth, married Benjamin S. Clark, of NewBedford, and no
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