Mary Hopper Your request for information interested me. I'm sorry, I cannot provide any info as to your request, but I noticed you were a HOPPER, and you were interested to the name BLACKBURN, as well. My mother was Edith Louise Blackburn (b. 1907, d.1997), who married Warder S. Meshew (b.1902, d. 1987) in Richmond, IN. I'm Ronald Louis Meshew, a twin to Robert Edward Meshew, and we both are the children of Ward and Edith. Edith Louise BLACKBURN was the youngest daughter of Henry Vatchil BLACKBURN (b. 11/261876 in KY, d. 1/30/1946 in San Diego, CA), m. 7/7/1903 in Jessamine County, KY to Lulie (Lula) Pryor HOPPER (b. 2/27/1886, d. circa 1945 in Monterey, KY). Lulie P. was the last child born of John W. HOPPER, and his third wife, Sarah J (Jane) TAYLOR. John W. HOPPER (b. 6/6/1921, d. 9/11/1896) was the only child, a son, of William HOPPER, who m. 3/4/1819, Melinda WILHITE (later known as WILLHOITE) in Jefferson County, IN. John's first wife was Margaret SPAULDING, who he married in April, 1843. She died in April, 1873, and John then married Ann TAYLOR (not related to Sarah Jane TAYLOR). Ann died on August 13, 1877, and John then married Sarah. John also married Armilda PERKINS (License issued 1/7/1892), but they had no children, and Armilda and John separated prior to John's death in 1896. John HOPPER was known to have had (6) living children from his first wife, one (1) child from Ann TAYLOR and (4) with Sarah TAYLOR. I might add that Dora Hopper, my great aunt, and an older sister to Lulie P., married Elsworth P. BLACKBURN, a brother to Henry V. BLACKBURN. I have very little information on Henry V. BLACKBURN, except that his father was a John BLACKBURN. Most of the above information on John HOPPER was gleaned from his pension papers from the Civil War, as he was wounded, and drew a pension until he died. If this is part of your interest in the HOPPER and BLACKBURN names, I would appreciate your inputs to correct any sited errors that you notice. Also, I would like to gain any information you might have that will augment my studies. Also, if you need additional data, I would gladly supply what I have. Respectfully, Ron Meshew, in Rocky Mount, NC