{"id":3134,"date":"2022-01-10T14:23:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2022-01-10T14:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:23:19","slug":"blackwell-richard-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/blackwell-richard-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackwell, Richard A."},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard A. Blackwell<\/strong>, a prominent citizen of Lauderdale County, was born in
\nSouth Carolina, May 6, 1833. His father, Thomas Blackwell, was a native of
\nNorth Carolina, and came to Tennessee in 1837, settling in Hardin County on
\nthe east side of the Tennessee River, where he engaged in farming, and had a
\nsaw and grist-mill. He was married twice in South Carolina. Our subject was
\nthe fourth child born to the last marriage. After living four years in Hardin
\nCounty he moved to Haywood, and two years later to Lauderdale County, where he
\ndied in February 1867. Our subject’s mother died September 1876. Richard
\nBlackwell was raised on the farm, and engaged in farming and saw-milling. In
\n1858 he went to South Carolina on a visit and remained until 1861, when he
\nenlisted in South Carolina Cavalry (Confederate Army), and served through the
\nwar. He was at the siege of Port Royal, and in the battles of Grahamville,
\nWaterboro and other places; his command was disbanded at Greensboro, N.C.,
\nJanuary 7, 1863. He was married to Miss L. C. Buche, a daughter of A. A.
\nBuche, a prominent rice planter. To this marriage were born Alonzo P., at
\nMathews Bluff, while on the retreat, before Sherman’s army, December 26, 1864;
\nThomas A., May 27, 1866; Edgar M., November 15, 1867; Mary E., in Georgia,
\nDecember 15, 1868, and Allie May, in West Tennessee, December 31, 1879. Mrs.
\nBlackwell was born in Buford District, S.C., April 8, 1841. After the war he
\nmoved to Georgia, and remained four years; then settled in Haywood County,
\nTenn., and in 1874 moved to Lauderdale and located at his present homestead.
\nIn 1882 he erected a sawmill at a cost of $4,000, and in October 1884, it was
\ndestroyed by fire, but in less than three months he had built another mill,
\ncosting $5,000, with a capacity of 20,000 feet a day. Mr. Blackwell owns 242
\nacres of land with a handsome new residence on it. He is a Democrat and a
\nMason and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs. Blackwell is
\na Missionary Baptist. He is one of the substantial, influential men of this
\ncounty.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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