Veteran of the Civil War (Union)
#1 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
13 September 1917
An Old Resident Gone
Perry Blackwood, who only last week was taken to the soldiers home at Leavenworth, died at that institution September 12, 1917, and the body will be brought here for interment, the funeral to be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church.
The deceased was 80 years old, and came to this vicinity in 1855. He served his country as a Union soldier in the Civil War. He had no living relatives in this part of the country, having lived alone in his little house on the slough for many years. It can be said of Perry that he had no enemies, he lived his life in his own way, molested nobody, and he will be missed by the community in which he was probably the oldest male settler.
#2 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
4 September 1917
For the third time in the past few months Perry Blackwood was taken to the soldier’s home at Leavenworth, Kansas, on Monday of this week, Fred Frahm accompanying him. Perry prefers his little cabin on the slough to the comforts and privileges of the Home, but his physical condition is now such that the next furlough Perry gets will probably be “Taps”.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Library at Blair Nebraska.~~~
#1 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
13 September 1917
An Old Resident Gone
Perry Blackwood, who only last week was taken to the soldiers home at Leavenworth, died at that institution September 12, 1917, and the body will be brought here for interment, the funeral to be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church.
The deceased was 80 years old, and came to this vicinity in 1855. He served his country as a Union soldier in the Civil War. He had no living relatives in this part of the country, having lived alone in his little house on the slough for many years. It can be said of Perry that he had no enemies, he lived his life in his own way, molested nobody, and he will be missed by the community in which he was probably the oldest male settler.
#2 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
4 September 1917
For the third time in the past few months Perry Blackwood was taken to the soldier’s home at Leavenworth, Kansas, on Monday of this week, Fred Frahm accompanying him. Perry prefers his little cabin on the slough to the comforts and privileges of the Home, but his physical condition is now such that the next furlough Perry gets will probably be “Taps”.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Library at Blair Nebraska.~~~
Veteran of the Civil War (Union)
#1 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
13 September 1917
An Old Resident Gone
Perry Blackwood, who only last week was taken to the soldiers home at Leavenworth, died at that institution September 12, 1917, and the body will be brought here for interment, the funeral to be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church.
The deceased was 80 years old, and came to this vicinity in 1855. He served his country as a Union soldier in the Civil War. He had no living relatives in this part of the country, having lived alone in his little house on the slough for many years. It can be said of Perry that he had no enemies, he lived his life in his own way, molested nobody, and he will be missed by the community in which he was probably the oldest male settler.
#2 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
4 September 1917
For the third time in the past few months Perry Blackwood was taken to the soldier’s home at Leavenworth, Kansas, on Monday of this week, Fred Frahm accompanying him. Perry prefers his little cabin on the slough to the comforts and privileges of the Home, but his physical condition is now such that the next furlough Perry gets will probably be “Taps”.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Library at Blair Nebraska.~~~
#1 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
13 September 1917
An Old Resident Gone
Perry Blackwood, who only last week was taken to the soldiers home at Leavenworth, died at that institution September 12, 1917, and the body will be brought here for interment, the funeral to be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church.
The deceased was 80 years old, and came to this vicinity in 1855. He served his country as a Union soldier in the Civil War. He had no living relatives in this part of the country, having lived alone in his little house on the slough for many years. It can be said of Perry that he had no enemies, he lived his life in his own way, molested nobody, and he will be missed by the community in which he was probably the oldest male settler.
#2 Fort Calhoun Chronicle
4 September 1917
For the third time in the past few months Perry Blackwood was taken to the soldier’s home at Leavenworth, Kansas, on Monday of this week, Fred Frahm accompanying him. Perry prefers his little cabin on the slough to the comforts and privileges of the Home, but his physical condition is now such that the next furlough Perry gets will probably be “Taps”.
~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Library at Blair Nebraska.~~~
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