Son of John Blackwood and Eleanor "Ellen" Craig, husband of Rebecca T. Teel, the daughter of George Tucker Teel and Mary Steinback Hoagland, whom he married on October 24, 1855 in New York City, NY, and father of George T., John J. and Laura C. Blackwood (married William J. Daly).
Husband of Sarah Devlin, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Mitchel, whom he married on December 24, 1886 in New York City.
Husband of Elizabeth J. Baker, the daughter of William Henry Baker and Mary E. Conkling, whom he married on September 21, 1890 in Patchogue, New York
Marriage - Hoboken, N.J., Monday, October 22 (1855), Rev. J.K. Burr, H.G. Blackwood, of North Carolina to Rebecca T., daughter of George T. Teel.
In the New York City Directory for the year 1857, Baxter G. Blackwood was shown living at the National Park Hotel, working as a clerk at 19 Park Place.
In 1860, B.G. Blackwood, aged 39, born in North Carolina, was living in Hoboken, New Jersey with his wife, Rebecca, and George T. Blackwood, aged 2, John Blackwood, aged 6 months, and servant, Mary Mallory, aged 16. He was shown to be a merchant.
In 1861, he was living at 68 Garden, Hoboken, NJ and employed in hardware in New York.
In 1862, Baxter G. Blackwood a grocer with a store at 98 Washington, Jersey City, New Jersey, was residing at 190 Bloomfield, Hoboken, New Jersey.
In 1870, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 42, could be found living in Woodside, Essex, NJ, with wife, Rebecca, aged 40, and children, George T., aged 13, John J., aged 11, and Laura C. Blackwood, aged 8 months. He was described as a hardware merchant, born in North Carolina.
April 18, 1876 - From the Newark, N.J. Advertiser - "On December 9th, 1873, Mr. B.G. Blackwood, a respectable and much esteemed resident of Woodside, disappeared from his home in an excited state of mind, and as he failed to return, although a man of punctual habits, the greatest anxiety was entertained by his family in regard to his absence. Late in the afternoon of the day in which Mr. Blackwood disappeared, a valise containing some of his clothing and letters addressed to his wife, was found on the margin of Newark Bay, near Bayonne, Hudson County, which gave rise to the belief that in a moment of aberration he had committed suicide. One of the letters found in the valise was as follows:
"My Dear Wife, I am not able to bear my ground in this life and have gone to another world. May God take care of you and the children. Ask Mr. Howe and Mr. Cooper to advise you. My many troubles have brought this on me."
Another letter, written with a pencil on the back of a bill, read as follows:
"I am tired of life and have no desire to live. My troubles have driven me to this and I leave my dear wife and children in the hands of God, in whom she has found a friend, I trust. Should by body be found, bury it in the sand away from anybody else. As I am alone in this world, let my body rest alone. Good by." December 4, 1873.
His deeply afflicted family still, however, refused to believe what, from these letters was quite apparent to others, and for a time they clung to the hope that he would yet be found wandering about in an insane condition. They knew that while engaged as a sewing machine agent in Jersey City his generous nature had led him to be too lenient, and involved him in debt, and that in consequence he had several times exhibited indications of an unsettled mind. Hence they regarded the valise and its contents as only another evidence of his insanity. He was an elder of Woodside Church, and had led a consistent Christian life, and this fact only served to inspire them with hope that tidings would yet be received of him. Days, weeks, and months passed away, however, and no tidings whatsoever being received in regard to him, the last hope was finally abandoned. On the 25th of May, letters of administration were taken out and his business affairs were settled up. And now comes the sequel of this marvelous affair. Some two months ago, Mr. George T. Teel, a brother-in-law of the supposed suicide, had occasion to visit Baltimore, and while passing along one of the principal streets, suddenly caught sight of a face and form which he felt positive could only belong to no other than Baxter G. Blackwood. Of course he addressed him by name, but Blackwood refused to recognize Mr. Teel in return, and flatly denied that his name was Blackwood, or that he had ever known anybody of that name. But Mr. Teel refused to be put off in that manner, and so pressed him with questions, that he finally admitted that he was none other than the Baxter G. Blackwood, who had been mourned as dead, and stated that he was engaged in teaching music under an assumed name, and was making sufficient for his subsistence. He talked intelligently upon all subjects save that of his business matters in this city, and when it was alluded to he seemed to lose all balance, and begin with the most "absurd observations." Mr. Teel learned he soon arrived after his disappearance from Newark, in 1873, he had been confined three months in a Lunatic Asylum, and that when he was discharged from that institution he was pronounced on all matters save business transactions. He still remains in Baltimore pursuing his avocation as a music teacher, although he has once since discovery by Mr. Teel visited his family in this city, but was seen while here by none but his immediate relatives."
In 1876, in the directory for Jersey City, NJ, Rebecca Blackwood, widow of Baxter G. Blackwood, was living on Pavonia Avenue, c Erie.
Rebecca Blackwood, aged 52, died on 28 Jan 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
John J. Blackwood, aged 19, died on 19 November, 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
Marriage - On December 24, 1886, Baxter Blackwood, aged 60, married, born 1826 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of John Blackwood and Ellen Craig, married Sarah Devlin, aged 49, single, born 1837 in New York, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Whitehead, in Manhattan, New York.
Baxter, aged 68, could be found living in Brooklyn, NY in 1892, with Elizabeth Blackwood, aged 32. The census stated that he was a bookkeeper. No relation was shown for the two.
In 1898, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 68, was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, occupation broker, with his wife, Elizabeth Baker, aged 32.
In the 1900 directory under "Names Too Late for Insertion in Regular Order", he was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, occupation, broker.
Death Record - Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 74, married, a bookkeeper, residing at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, New York City, born 1825 in the U.S., the son of John Baxter of N.C. and Ellen King, both of North Carolina, died on July 27, 1899 in in St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and was buried at Patchogue, L.I. on July 29, 1899.
He was buried on July 29, 1899 at the Episcopal Cemetery by J.W. Diggles.
(B. G. Blackwood/Rebekah T. Teel in the New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, Marriage ID: 2220309674; U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for H G Blackwood, New York, New York Evening Post, Marriage, 1849-1852; New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s; 1860, 1870 and 1892 US Federal Census; U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Barter Blackwood/Sarah Devlin in the New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, Certificate Number: 63315; Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 18 Apr 1876, Tuesday, Page 3; New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971; Baxter G. Blackwood/Baxter G Kery/Elzabeth J Baker in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 15385; New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948; Town of Brookhaven Historians Alpha List; St. Paul's Episcopal Parish Records; New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Reference ID cn 12998, GS Film Number 1324018)
Husband of Sarah Devlin, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Mitchel, whom he married on December 24, 1886 in New York City.
Husband of Elizabeth J. Baker, the daughter of William Henry Baker and Mary E. Conkling, whom he married on September 21, 1890 in Patchogue, New York
Marriage - Hoboken, N.J., Monday, October 22 (1855), Rev. J.K. Burr, H.G. Blackwood, of North Carolina to Rebecca T., daughter of George T. Teel.
In the New York City Directory for the year 1857, Baxter G. Blackwood was shown living at the National Park Hotel, working as a clerk at 19 Park Place.
In 1860, B.G. Blackwood, aged 39, born in North Carolina, was living in Hoboken, New Jersey with his wife, Rebecca, and George T. Blackwood, aged 2, John Blackwood, aged 6 months, and servant, Mary Mallory, aged 16. He was shown to be a merchant.
In 1861, he was living at 68 Garden, Hoboken, NJ and employed in hardware in New York.
In 1862, Baxter G. Blackwood a grocer with a store at 98 Washington, Jersey City, New Jersey, was residing at 190 Bloomfield, Hoboken, New Jersey.
In 1870, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 42, could be found living in Woodside, Essex, NJ, with wife, Rebecca, aged 40, and children, George T., aged 13, John J., aged 11, and Laura C. Blackwood, aged 8 months. He was described as a hardware merchant, born in North Carolina.
April 18, 1876 - From the Newark, N.J. Advertiser - "On December 9th, 1873, Mr. B.G. Blackwood, a respectable and much esteemed resident of Woodside, disappeared from his home in an excited state of mind, and as he failed to return, although a man of punctual habits, the greatest anxiety was entertained by his family in regard to his absence. Late in the afternoon of the day in which Mr. Blackwood disappeared, a valise containing some of his clothing and letters addressed to his wife, was found on the margin of Newark Bay, near Bayonne, Hudson County, which gave rise to the belief that in a moment of aberration he had committed suicide. One of the letters found in the valise was as follows:
"My Dear Wife, I am not able to bear my ground in this life and have gone to another world. May God take care of you and the children. Ask Mr. Howe and Mr. Cooper to advise you. My many troubles have brought this on me."
Another letter, written with a pencil on the back of a bill, read as follows:
"I am tired of life and have no desire to live. My troubles have driven me to this and I leave my dear wife and children in the hands of God, in whom she has found a friend, I trust. Should by body be found, bury it in the sand away from anybody else. As I am alone in this world, let my body rest alone. Good by." December 4, 1873.
His deeply afflicted family still, however, refused to believe what, from these letters was quite apparent to others, and for a time they clung to the hope that he would yet be found wandering about in an insane condition. They knew that while engaged as a sewing machine agent in Jersey City his generous nature had led him to be too lenient, and involved him in debt, and that in consequence he had several times exhibited indications of an unsettled mind. Hence they regarded the valise and its contents as only another evidence of his insanity. He was an elder of Woodside Church, and had led a consistent Christian life, and this fact only served to inspire them with hope that tidings would yet be received of him. Days, weeks, and months passed away, however, and no tidings whatsoever being received in regard to him, the last hope was finally abandoned. On the 25th of May, letters of administration were taken out and his business affairs were settled up. And now comes the sequel of this marvelous affair. Some two months ago, Mr. George T. Teel, a brother-in-law of the supposed suicide, had occasion to visit Baltimore, and while passing along one of the principal streets, suddenly caught sight of a face and form which he felt positive could only belong to no other than Baxter G. Blackwood. Of course he addressed him by name, but Blackwood refused to recognize Mr. Teel in return, and flatly denied that his name was Blackwood, or that he had ever known anybody of that name. But Mr. Teel refused to be put off in that manner, and so pressed him with questions, that he finally admitted that he was none other than the Baxter G. Blackwood, who had been mourned as dead, and stated that he was engaged in teaching music under an assumed name, and was making sufficient for his subsistence. He talked intelligently upon all subjects save that of his business matters in this city, and when it was alluded to he seemed to lose all balance, and begin with the most "absurd observations." Mr. Teel learned he soon arrived after his disappearance from Newark, in 1873, he had been confined three months in a Lunatic Asylum, and that when he was discharged from that institution he was pronounced on all matters save business transactions. He still remains in Baltimore pursuing his avocation as a music teacher, although he has once since discovery by Mr. Teel visited his family in this city, but was seen while here by none but his immediate relatives."
In 1876, in the directory for Jersey City, NJ, Rebecca Blackwood, widow of Baxter G. Blackwood, was living on Pavonia Avenue, c Erie.
Rebecca Blackwood, aged 52, died on 28 Jan 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
John J. Blackwood, aged 19, died on 19 November, 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
Marriage - On December 24, 1886, Baxter Blackwood, aged 60, married, born 1826 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of John Blackwood and Ellen Craig, married Sarah Devlin, aged 49, single, born 1837 in New York, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Whitehead, in Manhattan, New York.
Baxter, aged 68, could be found living in Brooklyn, NY in 1892, with Elizabeth Blackwood, aged 32. The census stated that he was a bookkeeper. No relation was shown for the two.
In 1898, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 68, was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, occupation broker, with his wife, Elizabeth Baker, aged 32.
In the 1900 directory under "Names Too Late for Insertion in Regular Order", he was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, occupation, broker.
Death Record - Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 74, married, a bookkeeper, residing at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, New York City, born 1825 in the U.S., the son of John Baxter of N.C. and Ellen King, both of North Carolina, died on July 27, 1899 in in St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and was buried at Patchogue, L.I. on July 29, 1899.
He was buried on July 29, 1899 at the Episcopal Cemetery by J.W. Diggles.
(B. G. Blackwood/Rebekah T. Teel in the New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, Marriage ID: 2220309674; U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for H G Blackwood, New York, New York Evening Post, Marriage, 1849-1852; New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s; 1860, 1870 and 1892 US Federal Census; U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Barter Blackwood/Sarah Devlin in the New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, Certificate Number: 63315; Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 18 Apr 1876, Tuesday, Page 3; New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971; Baxter G. Blackwood/Baxter G Kery/Elzabeth J Baker in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 15385; New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948; Town of Brookhaven Historians Alpha List; St. Paul's Episcopal Parish Records; New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Reference ID cn 12998, GS Film Number 1324018)
Son of John Blackwood and Eleanor "Ellen" Craig, husband of Rebecca T. Teel, the daughter of George Tucker Teel and Mary Steinback Hoagland, whom he married on October 24, 1855 in New York City, NY, and father of George T., John J. and Laura C. Blackwood (married William J. Daly).
Husband of Sarah Devlin, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Mitchel, whom he married on December 24, 1886 in New York City.
Husband of Elizabeth J. Baker, the daughter of William Henry Baker and Mary E. Conkling, whom he married on September 21, 1890 in Patchogue, New York
Marriage - Hoboken, N.J., Monday, October 22 (1855), Rev. J.K. Burr, H.G. Blackwood, of North Carolina to Rebecca T., daughter of George T. Teel.
In the New York City Directory for the year 1857, Baxter G. Blackwood was shown living at the National Park Hotel, working as a clerk at 19 Park Place.
In 1860, B.G. Blackwood, aged 39, born in North Carolina, was living in Hoboken, New Jersey with his wife, Rebecca, and George T. Blackwood, aged 2, John Blackwood, aged 6 months, and servant, Mary Mallory, aged 16. He was shown to be a merchant.
In 1861, he was living at 68 Garden, Hoboken, NJ and employed in hardware in New York.
In 1862, Baxter G. Blackwood a grocer with a store at 98 Washington, Jersey City, New Jersey, was residing at 190 Bloomfield, Hoboken, New Jersey.
In 1870, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 42, could be found living in Woodside, Essex, NJ, with wife, Rebecca, aged 40, and children, George T., aged 13, John J., aged 11, and Laura C. Blackwood, aged 8 months. He was described as a hardware merchant, born in North Carolina.
April 18, 1876 - From the Newark, N.J. Advertiser - "On December 9th, 1873, Mr. B.G. Blackwood, a respectable and much esteemed resident of Woodside, disappeared from his home in an excited state of mind, and as he failed to return, although a man of punctual habits, the greatest anxiety was entertained by his family in regard to his absence. Late in the afternoon of the day in which Mr. Blackwood disappeared, a valise containing some of his clothing and letters addressed to his wife, was found on the margin of Newark Bay, near Bayonne, Hudson County, which gave rise to the belief that in a moment of aberration he had committed suicide. One of the letters found in the valise was as follows:
"My Dear Wife, I am not able to bear my ground in this life and have gone to another world. May God take care of you and the children. Ask Mr. Howe and Mr. Cooper to advise you. My many troubles have brought this on me."
Another letter, written with a pencil on the back of a bill, read as follows:
"I am tired of life and have no desire to live. My troubles have driven me to this and I leave my dear wife and children in the hands of God, in whom she has found a friend, I trust. Should by body be found, bury it in the sand away from anybody else. As I am alone in this world, let my body rest alone. Good by." December 4, 1873.
His deeply afflicted family still, however, refused to believe what, from these letters was quite apparent to others, and for a time they clung to the hope that he would yet be found wandering about in an insane condition. They knew that while engaged as a sewing machine agent in Jersey City his generous nature had led him to be too lenient, and involved him in debt, and that in consequence he had several times exhibited indications of an unsettled mind. Hence they regarded the valise and its contents as only another evidence of his insanity. He was an elder of Woodside Church, and had led a consistent Christian life, and this fact only served to inspire them with hope that tidings would yet be received of him. Days, weeks, and months passed away, however, and no tidings whatsoever being received in regard to him, the last hope was finally abandoned. On the 25th of May, letters of administration were taken out and his business affairs were settled up. And now comes the sequel of this marvelous affair. Some two months ago, Mr. George T. Teel, a brother-in-law of the supposed suicide, had occasion to visit Baltimore, and while passing along one of the principal streets, suddenly caught sight of a face and form which he felt positive could only belong to no other than Baxter G. Blackwood. Of course he addressed him by name, but Blackwood refused to recognize Mr. Teel in return, and flatly denied that his name was Blackwood, or that he had ever known anybody of that name. But Mr. Teel refused to be put off in that manner, and so pressed him with questions, that he finally admitted that he was none other than the Baxter G. Blackwood, who had been mourned as dead, and stated that he was engaged in teaching music under an assumed name, and was making sufficient for his subsistence. He talked intelligently upon all subjects save that of his business matters in this city, and when it was alluded to he seemed to lose all balance, and begin with the most "absurd observations." Mr. Teel learned he soon arrived after his disappearance from Newark, in 1873, he had been confined three months in a Lunatic Asylum, and that when he was discharged from that institution he was pronounced on all matters save business transactions. He still remains in Baltimore pursuing his avocation as a music teacher, although he has once since discovery by Mr. Teel visited his family in this city, but was seen while here by none but his immediate relatives."
In 1876, in the directory for Jersey City, NJ, Rebecca Blackwood, widow of Baxter G. Blackwood, was living on Pavonia Avenue, c Erie.
Rebecca Blackwood, aged 52, died on 28 Jan 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
John J. Blackwood, aged 19, died on 19 November, 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
Marriage - On December 24, 1886, Baxter Blackwood, aged 60, married, born 1826 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of John Blackwood and Ellen Craig, married Sarah Devlin, aged 49, single, born 1837 in New York, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Whitehead, in Manhattan, New York.
Baxter, aged 68, could be found living in Brooklyn, NY in 1892, with Elizabeth Blackwood, aged 32. The census stated that he was a bookkeeper. No relation was shown for the two.
In 1898, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 68, was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, occupation broker, with his wife, Elizabeth Baker, aged 32.
In the 1900 directory under "Names Too Late for Insertion in Regular Order", he was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, occupation, broker.
Death Record - Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 74, married, a bookkeeper, residing at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, New York City, born 1825 in the U.S., the son of John Baxter of N.C. and Ellen King, both of North Carolina, died on July 27, 1899 in in St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and was buried at Patchogue, L.I. on July 29, 1899.
He was buried on July 29, 1899 at the Episcopal Cemetery by J.W. Diggles.
(B. G. Blackwood/Rebekah T. Teel in the New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, Marriage ID: 2220309674; U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for H G Blackwood, New York, New York Evening Post, Marriage, 1849-1852; New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s; 1860, 1870 and 1892 US Federal Census; U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Barter Blackwood/Sarah Devlin in the New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, Certificate Number: 63315; Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 18 Apr 1876, Tuesday, Page 3; New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971; Baxter G. Blackwood/Baxter G Kery/Elzabeth J Baker in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 15385; New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948; Town of Brookhaven Historians Alpha List; St. Paul's Episcopal Parish Records; New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Reference ID cn 12998, GS Film Number 1324018)
Husband of Sarah Devlin, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Mitchel, whom he married on December 24, 1886 in New York City.
Husband of Elizabeth J. Baker, the daughter of William Henry Baker and Mary E. Conkling, whom he married on September 21, 1890 in Patchogue, New York
Marriage - Hoboken, N.J., Monday, October 22 (1855), Rev. J.K. Burr, H.G. Blackwood, of North Carolina to Rebecca T., daughter of George T. Teel.
In the New York City Directory for the year 1857, Baxter G. Blackwood was shown living at the National Park Hotel, working as a clerk at 19 Park Place.
In 1860, B.G. Blackwood, aged 39, born in North Carolina, was living in Hoboken, New Jersey with his wife, Rebecca, and George T. Blackwood, aged 2, John Blackwood, aged 6 months, and servant, Mary Mallory, aged 16. He was shown to be a merchant.
In 1861, he was living at 68 Garden, Hoboken, NJ and employed in hardware in New York.
In 1862, Baxter G. Blackwood a grocer with a store at 98 Washington, Jersey City, New Jersey, was residing at 190 Bloomfield, Hoboken, New Jersey.
In 1870, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 42, could be found living in Woodside, Essex, NJ, with wife, Rebecca, aged 40, and children, George T., aged 13, John J., aged 11, and Laura C. Blackwood, aged 8 months. He was described as a hardware merchant, born in North Carolina.
April 18, 1876 - From the Newark, N.J. Advertiser - "On December 9th, 1873, Mr. B.G. Blackwood, a respectable and much esteemed resident of Woodside, disappeared from his home in an excited state of mind, and as he failed to return, although a man of punctual habits, the greatest anxiety was entertained by his family in regard to his absence. Late in the afternoon of the day in which Mr. Blackwood disappeared, a valise containing some of his clothing and letters addressed to his wife, was found on the margin of Newark Bay, near Bayonne, Hudson County, which gave rise to the belief that in a moment of aberration he had committed suicide. One of the letters found in the valise was as follows:
"My Dear Wife, I am not able to bear my ground in this life and have gone to another world. May God take care of you and the children. Ask Mr. Howe and Mr. Cooper to advise you. My many troubles have brought this on me."
Another letter, written with a pencil on the back of a bill, read as follows:
"I am tired of life and have no desire to live. My troubles have driven me to this and I leave my dear wife and children in the hands of God, in whom she has found a friend, I trust. Should by body be found, bury it in the sand away from anybody else. As I am alone in this world, let my body rest alone. Good by." December 4, 1873.
His deeply afflicted family still, however, refused to believe what, from these letters was quite apparent to others, and for a time they clung to the hope that he would yet be found wandering about in an insane condition. They knew that while engaged as a sewing machine agent in Jersey City his generous nature had led him to be too lenient, and involved him in debt, and that in consequence he had several times exhibited indications of an unsettled mind. Hence they regarded the valise and its contents as only another evidence of his insanity. He was an elder of Woodside Church, and had led a consistent Christian life, and this fact only served to inspire them with hope that tidings would yet be received of him. Days, weeks, and months passed away, however, and no tidings whatsoever being received in regard to him, the last hope was finally abandoned. On the 25th of May, letters of administration were taken out and his business affairs were settled up. And now comes the sequel of this marvelous affair. Some two months ago, Mr. George T. Teel, a brother-in-law of the supposed suicide, had occasion to visit Baltimore, and while passing along one of the principal streets, suddenly caught sight of a face and form which he felt positive could only belong to no other than Baxter G. Blackwood. Of course he addressed him by name, but Blackwood refused to recognize Mr. Teel in return, and flatly denied that his name was Blackwood, or that he had ever known anybody of that name. But Mr. Teel refused to be put off in that manner, and so pressed him with questions, that he finally admitted that he was none other than the Baxter G. Blackwood, who had been mourned as dead, and stated that he was engaged in teaching music under an assumed name, and was making sufficient for his subsistence. He talked intelligently upon all subjects save that of his business matters in this city, and when it was alluded to he seemed to lose all balance, and begin with the most "absurd observations." Mr. Teel learned he soon arrived after his disappearance from Newark, in 1873, he had been confined three months in a Lunatic Asylum, and that when he was discharged from that institution he was pronounced on all matters save business transactions. He still remains in Baltimore pursuing his avocation as a music teacher, although he has once since discovery by Mr. Teel visited his family in this city, but was seen while here by none but his immediate relatives."
In 1876, in the directory for Jersey City, NJ, Rebecca Blackwood, widow of Baxter G. Blackwood, was living on Pavonia Avenue, c Erie.
Rebecca Blackwood, aged 52, died on 28 Jan 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
John J. Blackwood, aged 19, died on 19 November, 1878 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.
Marriage - On December 24, 1886, Baxter Blackwood, aged 60, married, born 1826 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of John Blackwood and Ellen Craig, married Sarah Devlin, aged 49, single, born 1837 in New York, the daughter of William Devlin and Martha Whitehead, in Manhattan, New York.
Baxter, aged 68, could be found living in Brooklyn, NY in 1892, with Elizabeth Blackwood, aged 32. The census stated that he was a bookkeeper. No relation was shown for the two.
In 1898, Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 68, was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, occupation broker, with his wife, Elizabeth Baker, aged 32.
In the 1900 directory under "Names Too Late for Insertion in Regular Order", he was shown living at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, occupation, broker.
Death Record - Baxter G. Blackwood, aged 74, married, a bookkeeper, residing at 29 Brooklyn Avenue, New York City, born 1825 in the U.S., the son of John Baxter of N.C. and Ellen King, both of North Carolina, died on July 27, 1899 in in St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and was buried at Patchogue, L.I. on July 29, 1899.
He was buried on July 29, 1899 at the Episcopal Cemetery by J.W. Diggles.
(B. G. Blackwood/Rebekah T. Teel in the New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, Marriage ID: 2220309674; U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for H G Blackwood, New York, New York Evening Post, Marriage, 1849-1852; New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s; 1860, 1870 and 1892 US Federal Census; U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; Barter Blackwood/Sarah Devlin in the New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937, Certificate Number: 63315; Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 18 Apr 1876, Tuesday, Page 3; New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971; Baxter G. Blackwood/Baxter G Kery/Elzabeth J Baker in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, Certificate Number: 15385; New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948; Town of Brookhaven Historians Alpha List; St. Paul's Episcopal Parish Records; New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Reference ID cn 12998, GS Film Number 1324018)
Gravesite Details
Located in the Baker family plot in the Rice Section of the Waverly Avenue Cemeteries
Family Members
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