James Blackstone and Nancy Waugh

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Husband James Blackstone ¹

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           Born: 2 Nov 1798 - Wilmington Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 8 Nov 1865 - Mercer Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Samuel Blackstone (      -1848) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1822 2

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Wife Nancy Waugh ¹

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           Born: Abt 1793 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Feb 1877 - Lackawannock Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Waugh (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Thomas Hartford Blackstone ^{3 4}

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            AKA: Thomas Blackston
           Born: 8 Jul 1824 - Whistler House, Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Nancy Reed (      -1866) 2
           Marr: 19 Apr 1848 2

         Spouse: Mary Pew (      -1889) 5
           Marr: 5 Mar 1867 5

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2 M Samuel Blackstone ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1826 - near Greenfield, Mercer Co, PA 6
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           Died: 16 Sep 1881 6
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         Spouse: Susanna Keiffer (Abt 1827-1893) 6

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3 M John Blackstone ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1909
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4 F Hannah Blackstone ^{1 7}

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           Born: 20 Jul 1835 1
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Amos Zahniser (1837-1906) 1 7
           Marr: 17 Sep 1861 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Blackstone

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He purchased 200 acres of land in Lackawannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, at a sheriff's sale, which was afterward sold to secure back taxes, and he made a second purchase. Here he and his wife lived until death. They were of Scotch-Irish descent, and members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Democrat. [HMC 1888, 879]
Married soon after attaining his majority, he lived for about two years in Mercer, working at various employments. Settling then on the tract of timbered land which his father had purchased in Lackawannock Township, he erected a log house in the wilderness, and at once began the improvement of the land. He succeeded in his efforts, cultivating the land with good results, and in course of time made a frame addition to his house. In this he resided until his death. [HMC 1909, 899]
He served as county collector.

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Waugh

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Other sources give her year of death as 1871.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 931.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 879.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 879, 931.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 899.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 880.

6 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 447.

7 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 90.