Hello, This is from the Blackburn College Homepage: ( http://www.blackburn.edu/ ) >Blackburn College is named for Reverend Gideon Blackburn, a >Presbyterian minister and former president of Centre College in >Kentucky. Born in Virginia in 1772, Blackburn was the product of a >loving, devout Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family. He lived with his >paternal grandfather in Washington County until his grandfather's >death. The boy was then raised by his maternal uncle, Gideon Richie, >for whom he had been named. His uncle made sure he had a proper >education and was enrolled in a series of academies until he was >ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1792. >>After having served a myriad of churches in Kentucky and >>Tennessee, Blackburn, with his wife and three kids, was persuaded >>to move to Macoupin County, Illinois, by his good friend Edward >>Beecher Does anyone know the names of his wife and children? Thanks..Cathy Wilson