Sophia Blackford
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Individual Information
Birth: 1753 - Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, British North America 4 Baptism: Death: 1 Nov 1839 - Ridgeville in Clear Creek Twp., Warren Co., Ohio, USA 1 5 Burial: Cause of Death:
Events• *: enterprising, ambitious, happy & cheerful• Sophia Blackford was described as being "a very enterprising woman, dignified and ambitious for her children. . "She was a wise mother and her sons never ceased to love and honor her. She was always happy and cheerful, of whom it might truly be said, 'Her children rise up and call her blessed'."• She was Presbyterian. 1• She was employed. 1 homesteader• Conflicting birth information suggests Abt 1755 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. 7 -"d. Nov. 1, 1839 Age 84 yrs"• Conflicting birth information suggests Abt 1755 in Northern Ireland. 8 "parentS (of John) came to America from Ireland"• Conflicting birth information suggests Bef 1759. 9• Conflicting birth information suggests 1765 in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ. 10• She immigrated. 1 11• In 1789 she lived in Morgantown, W Virginia. "having a large family and being limited in means, he soon
decided to go west" (Beer spelt it Morganstown) 2 12• About 1791 she lived in Jessamine, Mason Co, KY. near Nicholasville 12 13 14• Between 1793 and 1794 she lived in Maysville, Mason Co., KY. 8 15• Between 1799 and 1837 she lived in Ridgeville, Warren Co., OH. on nearby 320 acre farm 12 16• She has conflicting death information of 1738 in , Warren Co., Ohio, USA.• She has conflicting death information of 5 Nov 1839 in Clear Creek Twp., Warren Co., Ohio, USA. 1 17
Parents
Father: Nathaniel Blackford (Abt 1714-Bef 1764) 2 18 Mother: Francis LaForge ( - ) 9
Spouses and Children
1. *Fergus McLean (1746 - 12 Feb 1837) Marriage: Bef 1782 - , , New Jersey, British North America 1 2 19 Children: 1. Desire McLean (1782-1837) 20 2. Justice John McLean (1785-1861) 3. Major Nathaniel McLean (1787-1871) 21 4. Mary Belle McLean (1791-1861) 22 5. William McLean (1794-1839) 23
Notes
Marriage Notes (Fergus McLean)
Some have also ascribed Thomas or Milton as candidate children (no primary sources yet known to support this).
Sources
1 Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw Hill, 1973), p. 310.
2 Francis P. Weisenburger, The Life of John McLean, a Politician on the United States Supreme Court (Graduate School Series, History and Political Science No. 15. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, 1937), p. 1.
3 Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw Hill, 1973), p. 310, "McLean/By Donald M. Roper".
4 Francis P. Weisenburger, The Life of John McLean, a Politician on the United States Supreme Court (Graduate School Series, History and Political Science No. 15. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, 1937), p. 1 "father died...when she was only eleven".
5 Old Cemeteries from Eight Townships of Warren Co. Ohio, vol. VI (Warren Co. Genealogical Society, 300 East Silver St., Lebanon, Ohio 45036, 1987), p. 346, gravestone located 1988 by.
6 Lamb, Biographical Dictionary of the U.S., article about Justice John McLean. quoted in WWI Mclean manuscript
7 Old School Baptist Church Cemetery (Clear Creek Twp.), p. 3.(66) This small but important graveyard of early settlers lies just north of Ridgeville via Rt. 48 on the east side of St. A house stands near where church stood. The couple in residence at the time of Duncan and Joseph McLean's visit said they were not told of the cemetery and were astonished to find the gravestones in amongst what then had just appeared to be a large yard of high over grown grass.
8 Dictionary of American Biography (USA, 1933), p. 127.
9
Nora Blackford Jones, The Blackford Genealogy 1640-1997, 3rd Edition (Willow Bend Press, 65 East Main St., Westminster MD 21157-5036,
1998), p. 382.
10
Edmund West, "Family Data Collection" (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000
).
11 Dictionary of American Biography (USA, 1933), p. 127, "parentS came to America" (one of many giving.
12 The History of Warren County, Ohio (W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, IL, 1882), p. 370.
13 Dictionary of American Biography (USA, 1933), p. 127 "about 1793".
14 Francis P. Weisenburger, The Life of John McLean, a Politician on the United States Supreme Court (Graduate School Series, History and Political Science No. 15. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH, 1937), p. 1 "a year later after moving to Morgantown".
15 Ibid, p. 2 "two yrs later".
16 Ibid, p. 4.
17 tsuguy, tsuguy.ged (EasyTree, 9 Aug 2000).
18 Gregg Alan Kinney, reseseach database (TMG) (Sep 1999, Highlands Ranch, CO).
19 John E. Blackford, Correspondence to O.B. Leonard with annotated notes (Algona, Iowa, 14 May 1897).
20 Charles Henry Whipple, Genealogy of the Whipple-Wright, Wager, Ward-Pell, McLean-Burnet Families (Los Angeles, Commercial Publisher Printing House, 1917), p. 11.
21 Josephine Boylan, The McLean Family of East Saint Louis (Illinois Journal of Commerce, Vol. XVIII, Chicago, May 1936), p. 16. "Major Nathaniel McLean, Sr. (1787-1871), a brother of Justice McLean, was a journalist.". Josephine Boylan was director of historical research for the East St. Louis Public Library. An original copy of the journal bearing her article was among the papers of Milton McLean passed on to Duncan McLean by Bernice Denton and her son Guy McLean Denton of Washington State and Alaska.
22 Old Cemeteries from Eight Townships of Warren Co. Ohio, vol. VI (Warren Co. Genealogical Society, 300 East Silver St., Lebanon, Ohio 45036, 1987), p. 342, gravestone, w/o William, age 70-1-8.
23 Who's Who in American History, 1607-1896, Series: 1607-1896, p. 420.
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