Saved by: Haskell Funeral Home
Printed in: The Lovell Chronicle
Typed by: Lovell Cemetery
James Amos Blackburn was born May 16, 1892, the fifth child of William and Sarah Alice Holden Blackburn at Yost, Utah. The family moved to Moreland, Ida., in 1898, then to Cumberland in 1901 where Jim started school. In 1902 the family moved to the Big Horn Basin and lived on Coon creek, the children attending the Byron school. At an early age Jim went to work as a sheepherder and later was called into the Army during WWI and he fought in the battle of the Argonne forest. He returned to this area after receiving his discharge in 1919. A year later, Nov. 5, 1920 he was married to Phoebe Cowley. To this union was born five children, two sons and three daughters. They lived on a farm at Penrose, and later moved to Lovell where he worked in the glass factory and later the sugar factory and brick and tile plant. They moved to Salt Lake where Jim worked on the railroad and then moved to Tyhee, Ida where he worked on a farm for two years. They then moved to Fort Hall for a short time and came back to Wyoming. They lived at Otto and later moved to the Little Valley ranch. In 1935 Jim bought a farm near Lovell and lived there for the next 15 years.
In 1950 Jim sold the farm and they moved to Lovell where he was an employee of the town until he retired in 1956. He then served as relief pumper during the rush summer months.
He died Friday, Sept. 22 at the North Big Horn Hospital after a heart attack.
Survivors include his widow, two sons, Amos of Fort Worth, Tex., and Clair of Phoenix; three daughters, Pearl Downer of Heart Mountain, Rinnie Dalton and LaNora Syverson of Lovell; three brothers, Johnathan, Modesto, Calif., Alfred, Salem, Utah, and Hyrum of Lovell; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah Bryant, Watsonville, Calif., Mrs. Josie Gore, Salt Lake, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jensen, Pocatello, Ida; and 15 grandchildren.
Printed in: The Lovell Chronicle
Typed by: Lovell Cemetery
James Amos Blackburn was born May 16, 1892, the fifth child of William and Sarah Alice Holden Blackburn at Yost, Utah. The family moved to Moreland, Ida., in 1898, then to Cumberland in 1901 where Jim started school. In 1902 the family moved to the Big Horn Basin and lived on Coon creek, the children attending the Byron school. At an early age Jim went to work as a sheepherder and later was called into the Army during WWI and he fought in the battle of the Argonne forest. He returned to this area after receiving his discharge in 1919. A year later, Nov. 5, 1920 he was married to Phoebe Cowley. To this union was born five children, two sons and three daughters. They lived on a farm at Penrose, and later moved to Lovell where he worked in the glass factory and later the sugar factory and brick and tile plant. They moved to Salt Lake where Jim worked on the railroad and then moved to Tyhee, Ida where he worked on a farm for two years. They then moved to Fort Hall for a short time and came back to Wyoming. They lived at Otto and later moved to the Little Valley ranch. In 1935 Jim bought a farm near Lovell and lived there for the next 15 years.
In 1950 Jim sold the farm and they moved to Lovell where he was an employee of the town until he retired in 1956. He then served as relief pumper during the rush summer months.
He died Friday, Sept. 22 at the North Big Horn Hospital after a heart attack.
Survivors include his widow, two sons, Amos of Fort Worth, Tex., and Clair of Phoenix; three daughters, Pearl Downer of Heart Mountain, Rinnie Dalton and LaNora Syverson of Lovell; three brothers, Johnathan, Modesto, Calif., Alfred, Salem, Utah, and Hyrum of Lovell; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah Bryant, Watsonville, Calif., Mrs. Josie Gore, Salt Lake, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jensen, Pocatello, Ida; and 15 grandchildren.
Saved by: Haskell Funeral Home
Printed in: The Lovell Chronicle
Typed by: Lovell Cemetery
James Amos Blackburn was born May 16, 1892, the fifth child of William and Sarah Alice Holden Blackburn at Yost, Utah. The family moved to Moreland, Ida., in 1898, then to Cumberland in 1901 where Jim started school. In 1902 the family moved to the Big Horn Basin and lived on Coon creek, the children attending the Byron school. At an early age Jim went to work as a sheepherder and later was called into the Army during WWI and he fought in the battle of the Argonne forest. He returned to this area after receiving his discharge in 1919. A year later, Nov. 5, 1920 he was married to Phoebe Cowley. To this union was born five children, two sons and three daughters. They lived on a farm at Penrose, and later moved to Lovell where he worked in the glass factory and later the sugar factory and brick and tile plant. They moved to Salt Lake where Jim worked on the railroad and then moved to Tyhee, Ida where he worked on a farm for two years. They then moved to Fort Hall for a short time and came back to Wyoming. They lived at Otto and later moved to the Little Valley ranch. In 1935 Jim bought a farm near Lovell and lived there for the next 15 years.
In 1950 Jim sold the farm and they moved to Lovell where he was an employee of the town until he retired in 1956. He then served as relief pumper during the rush summer months.
He died Friday, Sept. 22 at the North Big Horn Hospital after a heart attack.
Survivors include his widow, two sons, Amos of Fort Worth, Tex., and Clair of Phoenix; three daughters, Pearl Downer of Heart Mountain, Rinnie Dalton and LaNora Syverson of Lovell; three brothers, Johnathan, Modesto, Calif., Alfred, Salem, Utah, and Hyrum of Lovell; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah Bryant, Watsonville, Calif., Mrs. Josie Gore, Salt Lake, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jensen, Pocatello, Ida; and 15 grandchildren.
Printed in: The Lovell Chronicle
Typed by: Lovell Cemetery
James Amos Blackburn was born May 16, 1892, the fifth child of William and Sarah Alice Holden Blackburn at Yost, Utah. The family moved to Moreland, Ida., in 1898, then to Cumberland in 1901 where Jim started school. In 1902 the family moved to the Big Horn Basin and lived on Coon creek, the children attending the Byron school. At an early age Jim went to work as a sheepherder and later was called into the Army during WWI and he fought in the battle of the Argonne forest. He returned to this area after receiving his discharge in 1919. A year later, Nov. 5, 1920 he was married to Phoebe Cowley. To this union was born five children, two sons and three daughters. They lived on a farm at Penrose, and later moved to Lovell where he worked in the glass factory and later the sugar factory and brick and tile plant. They moved to Salt Lake where Jim worked on the railroad and then moved to Tyhee, Ida where he worked on a farm for two years. They then moved to Fort Hall for a short time and came back to Wyoming. They lived at Otto and later moved to the Little Valley ranch. In 1935 Jim bought a farm near Lovell and lived there for the next 15 years.
In 1950 Jim sold the farm and they moved to Lovell where he was an employee of the town until he retired in 1956. He then served as relief pumper during the rush summer months.
He died Friday, Sept. 22 at the North Big Horn Hospital after a heart attack.
Survivors include his widow, two sons, Amos of Fort Worth, Tex., and Clair of Phoenix; three daughters, Pearl Downer of Heart Mountain, Rinnie Dalton and LaNora Syverson of Lovell; three brothers, Johnathan, Modesto, Calif., Alfred, Salem, Utah, and Hyrum of Lovell; three sisters, Mrs. Hannah Bryant, Watsonville, Calif., Mrs. Josie Gore, Salt Lake, and Mrs. Elizabeth Jensen, Pocatello, Ida; and 15 grandchildren.
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