Upper Level: Thomas Henry Bark Blackburn 1856-1922 Roxcy Lucina Bigler 1856-1899

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Thomas Henry Bark Blackburn 1856-1922 Roxcy Lucina Bigler 1856-1899

Thomas Henry Bark Blackburn
Born 8 Jun 1856 Branston, Stafford, England
Parents: Joseph Blackburn and Ann Bark
Occupation: Mayor of Brigham City
Married 1) Roxcy Lucina Bigler 8 Jun 1874 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
2) Zilla Alvira Reese 13 Jun 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Died 19 Mar 1922 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Buried 22 Mar 1922 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Sources
1880 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 34, his mother in law is living with them)
1900 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 44, widowed, his mother in law, Nancy Bigler, is still living with them)
1910 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 54, with Alvira his second wife)
1920 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 64)
LDS Deceased member record

Roxcy Lucina Bigler
Born 9 Nov 1856 Nephi, Juab, Utah
Parents: Jacob Bigler and Nancy Ann Keller
Died 12 Feb 1899 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Buried 15 Feb 1899 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah

Sources

1880 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 34)
Utah Deaths and Burials 1888-1946 Batch B73394-6 Film 480875 ref 3-75
Note: gives middle initial as S instead of L
Pic of Roxcy: Family Search
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25284359

Back row: Claudius, Lula
Front row: Henry Jr, Thomas (father) with Gladys on his lap, Genevieve, Roxcy (mother) Gerald

CHILDREN

Roxcy Lucina Blackburn

Roxcy Lucina Blackburn
Born 28 Feb 1875 Nephi, Juab, Utah

Roxcy and Charles Jeppson

Married Charles Olin Jeppson 18 Dec 1895 Logan, Cache, Utah
Children: Thomas, Olin, Roxcy, Gerald, Orin, Ann, Alice, Myron, Alvira, Evelyn
Died 28 Jul 1933 Archer, Madison, Idaho
Buried Sutton Cemetery, Archer, Madison, Idaho
Sources
1880 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 5)
1900 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 25)
1910 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 35)
1920 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 44)
1930 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (gae 55)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54278250

Thomas Henry Blackburn Jr.

Thomas Henry Bark Blackburn Jr
Born 8 Aug 1877 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
LDS Mission to Kentucky 1896-1898
Married Eliza Harriet Richins 6 Jun 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Thomas Henry Bark Blackburn Jr. and Eliza headstone

Died 11 May 1921 Ogden, Weber, Utah
Buried 15 May 1921 Ogden, Weber, Utah
Sources
1880 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 2)
1900 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 23, had and his wife are living with his father)
1910 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 33)
1920 US Census for Weber county, Utah (age 40 - should be 43)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61225385

Joseph Gerald Blackburn

Joseph Gerald Blackburn

Joseph Gerald Blackburn headstone

Born 19 Feb 1880 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Died 23 Sep 1894 (14 y 7m)
COD: internal injuries sustained after jumping a fence
Buried Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Plot B-18-6-3
Sources
1880 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 1)
News Clipping: Millennial Star
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15860302

Genevieve and Rupert

Genevieve Ann Blackburn
Born 26 Aug 1884 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Married Rupert Peter Olsen 29 Nov 1906 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Lottie, Ruth, Claudius, Mary, May, Edith, Thomas, Roxey
Died 13 Nov 1946 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah

Genevieve Ann Blackburn Olsen headstone

Buried 16 Nov 1946 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Sources
1900 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 17)
1910 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 25)
1920 US Census for Box Elder County, Utah (age 35)
1930 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 45)
1940 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 55, widowed)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14009537

Gladys Blackburn Erickson

*Gladys Edna Blackburn
Born 1 Sep 1886 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Married Herman Erickson 18 Nov 1904 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Gladys and Herman Erickson headstone

Children: Herman (Gene), Joseph (Alvin), Henry, Howard, Bernarr, Norman, Edna, Stanley, Ada,
Died 2 Jul 1942 Archer, Madison, Idaho
Buried 6 Jul 1942 Sutton Cemetery, Archer, Madison, Idaho
Sources
1900 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 14)
1910 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho
1920 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho
1930 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho
1940 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42196421

Funeral program

Alva Jepthah Blackburn headstone

Alva Jepthah Blackburn
Born 18 Oct 1888 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Died 11 Dec 1888 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Buried Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Sources
Funeral Program
Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62610960

Claudius Eugene Blackburn

Claudius Eugene Blackburn headstone

Claudius Eugene Blackburn
Born 5 Mar 1882 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Died 26 Oct 1897 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Buried Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Plot B-18-6-4
Sources
Picture: my sister in law
Memorial: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15862856

Alice Leal Blackburn
Born 22 Mar 1893 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Married Clarence Marcellus Cheney 19 Nov 1913 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Died 28 Dec 1977 Hemet, Riverside, California
Buried Sutton Cemetery, Archer, Madison, Idaho
Sources
1900 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 7)
1910 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 16)
1920 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 26)
1930 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 37)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35561675

Geraldine Blackburn
Born 20 Aug 1895 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Married Carl John Johnson 5 Jan 1916 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Died 18 Aug 1972 Rexburg, Madison, Idaho
Buried 22 Aug 1972 Sutton Cemetery, Archer, Madison, Idaho
Sources
Picture of them as a couple: Family Group Sheet
Picture of family: my sister in law
1900 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 5)
1910 US Census for Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah (age 16)
1920 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 25)
1930 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 35)

1940 US Census for Archer, Madison, Idaho (age 45)
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7565488

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Thomas Henry Bark Blackburn 1856-1922 Roxcy Lucina Bigler 1856-1899

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