Blackmon

Hiram E. Blackmon
Hiram E. Blackmon, who passed away on the 15th of June 1915, aged seventy-two years, had for more than four decades been actively identified with the agricultural interests of Kenosha County, owning and cultivating an excellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres on Section 26, Somers Township.
His birth occurred in Lancaster, New York on the 2d of May, 1843, his parents being Elitha and Elmira Blackmon.  In pursuit of an education he attended the common schools near Buffalo and also took a course of study in the Bryant & Stratton Business College of that city.  He afterward taught school for a time and subsequently spent several years in the oil country of Pennsylvania, serving in the capacity of Postmaster at Petroleum Center.  Later he embarked in the hardware business and was thus engaged for seven years.  In 1871, he came to Kenosha County, Wisconsin and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on Section 26 Somers Township where he devoted the remainder of his life to general agricultural pursuits, the well tilled fields annually yielding golden harvests as a reward for the care and labor which he bestowed upon them.  His prosperity was the direct result of his untiring industry and capable management and he enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of the substantial and representative citizens of the community.
On the 11th of October 1866 Mr. Blackmon was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary A. Hart, her parents being William P. and Margaret (Moore) Hart, natives of New Hampshire and Scotland respectively.  To Mr. and Mrs. Blackmon were born four children, namely:  Frank Willard; John Moore; Clarence Hiram; and William Henry, who is deceased.
Mr. Blackmon gave his political allegiance to the Republican party and served for two terms as a member of the school board, the cause of education every finding in him a stanch champion.  His religious faith was that of the Congregational church in which he held membership.
(Source:  City and County of Kenosha Wisconsin, A Record of Settlement by Frank H. Lyman, Vol II, Chicago, S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1916)



Blackmon Family - Oakwood Cemetery, Somers, Wisconsin

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