This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SNE.2ACIB/1135 Message Board Post: The History Of belmont & Jefferson Counties, Ohio author - J. A. Caldwell pub. in - 1880 page - 593 JAMES BLACKBURN was born in Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio, April 1, 1814. He learned the milling business and removed to Island creek in 1834, and operated a mill for his father on Wills creek In 1835 he was married to Nancy Hanlen. This marriage resulted in six children. In 1852, he removed from the county for several years, and in 1859, he pruchased the mill known as the Browning Mill. He conducted this mill until 1871, and then removed to his present location. He has been carrying the mail for three years. Thomas Blackburn, our subject's father, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa, in 1792, and emigrated to Jefferson county, Ohio when a young man, and was married in 1813.