here is my wife's tree as far back as I can get. I am very interested in the people in Bold. (John and wife Nancy Maxwell and Charles 3 sisters ( Alice, Catherine and Mary E) If anyone has info on them or of John's predecessors I would be happy to share. 1 John BLACKBURN, M d. abt 1781 & Nancy MAXWELL, F m. abt 1745 1 WILLIAM BLACKBURN, M b. 19 Nov 1762, York, Co. PA d. 13 Apr 1824, Sullivan Cty, IN & Elizabeth McCLANAHAN, F b. 31 May 1773, Chester Co. PA d. 17 Aug 1863, Edgar Co. IL m. 12 Feb 1796, Bourbon Cty. KY 1 Alexander BLACKBURN, M b. 31 May 1805, Butler Co, OH d. 31 Jul 1897, Macomb, IL & Delilah POLK, F b. 1 Jan 1806, Shelby, Co, KY d. 4 Aug 1874, Macomb, IL m. 15 Jan 1828, Knox Co, IL 1 William Maxwell BLACKBURN, M b. 30 Dec 1828, Sullivan CoIN occ. Presbyterian Minister ; College President edu. Hanover College (1850); Princeton Theological Seminary (1854) Pierre Univ, Pierre SD rel. Presbyterian d. 29 Dec 1898, Pierre, SD & Elizabeth POWELL, F b. abt 1824, NY d. Feb 1899 m. 16 Aug 1854, Buffalo, NY 1 Charles Stanley BLACKBURN, M (+three siblings, Alice, Catherine and Mary E.) b. 1871, Erie, PA occ. Presbyterian Minister And Missionary In Urumiah, Persia (Iran) rel. Prebyterian & Amy Malvina WARING, F b. 31 Jan 1872, Columbia, SC d. 2 Apr 1971 m. 2 Jul 1896 1 William Maxwell BLACKBURN, M b. 20 Apr 1899, Urumia, Persia occ. Professor Of English - Duke University d. 9 Dec 1972, Durham, NC edu. BA, MA Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), PhD English,Yale University & Elizabeth (Tris) Cheney BAYNE, F b. 16 Oct 1898 d. 23 Dec 1994, Colorado Springs, CO m. 28 Dec 1926, Cheney Homestead, Manchester, Conn . 1 Mary April BLACKBURN, F b. 16 Nov 1927, New York City, NY