Lewis Blackman ¹⁰

   General Notes:

One source shows birth as October 28, 1802, and death as October 12, 1897.
In the 1870 Richman Township, Wayne County Iowa census it showed Lewis as 55, farmer, with $1600 in Real Estate value and 1015 in Personal value, and being born in Mass. His wife Elizabeth is shown as 38, Keeps House, and born in Ohio. The following are the listings of his children...
Samuel H., 20, Farmhand, Iowa.
Harriet R., 17, At Home, Iowa.
George A., 15, Farmhand, Iowa.
Andrew P., 12, Farmhand, Iowa.
Elizabeth J., 9, At School, Ohio.
Sarah S., 8, At School, Iowa.
Charles C., 2, At Home, Iowa.
Lewis and his brother John moved from Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa, to Wayne County, Iowa, in the 1860's, about the time their brother George moved to Chillicothe from Ohio.
Jeanette shows his middle name as Leonard.

   Marriage Information:

Lewis married Elizabeth Mary Wicker, daughter of Samuel Wicker and Judith Atkinson, on 6 Jun 1868 in Wayne County, Iowa. (Elizabeth Mary Wicker was born on 30 Jan 1832 in Waverley, Ohio and died on 19 Jun 1913 ¹⁴.)

   Marriage Information:

Lewis also married Deborah Andrews, daughter of Jacob Andrews and Deborah Knight, on an unknown date. (Deborah Andrews was born on 25 Oct 1811 in Bradford, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and died on 29 Oct 1866 in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa ¹⁵.)

   Marriage Notes:

In the 1860 Elk Township Vinton County Ohio census, it shows Lewis with a daughter Harriett, about 10 years old. Also had two other people living with them, a Harriett Barker, age 21 as a servant, and a Eliza Malory age 2, both from Ohio. Census was taken 6Jun1860, the month before Elizabeth was born. Elizabeth Jane was born to Harriet Barker (daughter of Joseph Barker and Harriet Blackman), the story was that Harriet Barker was not yet married to Richard Isaac and she had Elizabeth Jane out of wedloct, a big sin back then. Richard Isaac had gone to California and when he returned he said he would marry Harriet Barker if she would give up Elizabeth Jane and let Lewis and Deborah raise her. After Deborah died, Lewis married Elizabeth Wicker, widow of Homer Gibbs, and they both raised Elizabeth Jane, Elizabeth Wickers' 5 children, and also had 3 of their own. Elizabeth Jane married George Gibbs, son of Elizabeth Wicker and her first husband.
The United Brethren Church was organized in 1843, with the following members: George Speed and wife, Nathan Robinette and wife, David Markwood and wife, Issac Westcoat and wife, Charles Dowd and wife, A Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill, John Bullard and wife, William Swaim and wife, Lewis Blackman and wife, William Matthews, Joseph Kayler, Sabina and Tena Fry. (from "A Standard History of The Hanging Rock Iron Regon Of Ohio", volume II, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1916, p.572)