Capt. Anthony Blackburn and Hester McGrew

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Husband Capt. Anthony Blackburn ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Oct 1780 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1866
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Blackburn (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Hester McGrew ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
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         Father: William McGrew (      -      ) 1 2
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Children

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1 M A. Byram Blackburn ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Abiram Blackburn 3
           Born: May 1820 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1898 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth McGrew (      -      ) 1 2 3
           Marr: 1852 or 1853 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. Anthony Blackburn

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He raised a company of men in the last months of the War of 1812 and was commissioned captain, but before he received orders to take his men to the front, peace was declared. He was a Democrat, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a farmer by occupation.
He and his wife were the parents of five sons and five daughters.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 570.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 526.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 474.