--Confederate Veteran: Corporal in Company B, 20th NC Infantry. He was wounded in the right leg at Gettysburg Jul 1863. He was also captured, but soon exchanged. He was captured again at Ft. Stedman, VA in March 1865 and held POW until June 1865.
--He married Margaret C. Walter Dec 19, 1855 in Cabarrus County. The couple had 8 children: David F., Jane Elizabeth, Mary Susan, Martin Park, John Henderson, James Michael, Margaret Theresa, & William Baxter Blackwelder.
NOTE: Headstone gives death month as March, but death certificate says February.
--Confederate Veteran: Corporal in Company B, 20th NC Infantry. He was wounded in the right leg at Gettysburg Jul 1863. He was also captured, but soon exchanged. He was captured again at Ft. Stedman, VA in March 1865 and held POW until June 1865.
--He married Margaret C. Walter Dec 19, 1855 in Cabarrus County. The couple had 8 children: David F., Jane Elizabeth, Mary Susan, Martin Park, John Henderson, James Michael, Margaret Theresa, & William Baxter Blackwelder.
NOTE: Headstone gives death month as March, but death certificate says February.
Family Members
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David Francis Blackwelder
1856–1939
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Jane Elizabeth Blackwelder Efird
1858–1925
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Mary Susan Blackwelder Johnson
1860–1941
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Martin Parks Blackwelder
1863–1910
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John Henderson Blackwelder
1869–1957
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James Michael Blackwelder
1871–1962
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Margaret Theresa "Maggie" Blackwelder Walter
1873–1935
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William Baxter Blackwelder
1876–1947
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