History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 869, Putman Township
John Blackaby, farmer, carpenter, proprietor of a saw-mill, sec.
35; P. O., Lewistown; was born in Licking Co., O., Feb. 18, 1829, and
is the son of John and Polly (Golden) Blackaby. Mr. B. came to the
county in 1854 and has since lived within 3 miles from where he does
now. He built his saw-mill in May, 1856, and ran it successfully for 15
years. He now owns 389 acres of land and has improved all of his farm
except 60 acres. In 1857, April 9, in McDonough Co., he was married to
Sarah Brown, who was born Nov. 26, 1836. Their children number
7, - Luella May, Mary E., Velma, Estella, John T., Andrew Edson, David
Dayton, and one deceased.
submitted by Carla Finley
