Let op: Echtgenote (Caroline Thomas Blacknall) is ook zijn nicht.
Hij is getrouwd met Caroline Thomas Blacknall.
Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1874 te Granville County, North Carolina area ac.
Kind(eren):
Descendants of Oscar W. Blacknall, Sr.
Generation No. 1
1. Oscar W.4 Blacknall, Sr. (Charles Christopher3, Thomas2, Thomas1)1 was born 06 Sep 1852 in NC, and died 06 Jul 1918 in Vance County, NC2. He married Caroline T. Unknown Abt. 1875. She was born Jul 1857 in NC, and died 06 Jul 1918 in Vance County, NC2.
Notes for Oscar W. Blacknall, Sr.:
Census Microfilm Records: North Carolina, 1900
Lived in: East Kittrell Township, Vance County, North Carolina
Series: T623 Microfilm: 1220 Book: 1 Page: 211
Blacknall, Oscar W Head Sep 52 47 M 25 NC
Carrie T. Wife Jul 57 42 M 25 8/6 NC
Oscar W., Jr Son Sep 77 22 S
Charles H Son Jul 79 20 S
Gladys Dau Feb 82 18 S
Shields M Son Feb 83 17 S
Kate M Dau May 89 11 S
Harcourt Son Feb 94 06 S
More About Oscar W. Blacknall, Sr.:
Burial: Kittrell Cemetry, Kittrell, NC
Children of Oscar Blacknall and Caroline Unknown are:
2 i. Oscar W.5 Blacknall, Jr., born Sep 1877 in NC.
More About Oscar W. Blacknall, Jr.:
Burial: Kittrell Cemetry, Kittrell, NC
3 ii. Charles H. Blacknall, born Jul 1879 in NC.
4 iii. Gladys O. Blacknall, born Feb 1882 in NC.
5 iv. Shields M. Blacknall, born Feb 1883 in NC.
More About Shields M. Blacknall:
Burial: Kittrell Cemetry, Kittrell, NC
6 v. Kate M. Blacknall, born May 1889 in NC; died 06 Jul 1918 in Vance County, NC2.
More About Kate M. Blacknall:
Burial: Kittrell Cemetry, Kittrell, NC
7 vi. Harcourt Blacknall, born Feb 1894 in NC.
More About Harcourt Blacknall:
Burial: Kittrell Cemetry, Kittrell, NC
Endnotes
1. Mrs. Ural Bell Alexander, Our Family Mosaic, (Bobbitt, Vance County, NC), Several members of the “Blacknall Clan” through the years committed suicide. Many now living remember when Mr. “O.W.” himself became deranged and killed his wife and daughter and then himself. All three were buried side-by-side in one large grave.
2. Ancestry.com <http://Ancestry.com>, NC Death Collection, 1908-1996, Source Citation: Source: NC State Archives. North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67; Certificate: .
Blacknall, Oscar Williams. New and enlarged manual on practical strawberry and berry fruit culture; also of grapes, asparagus, rhubarb, etc... [s.n.], Kittrell, N.C. : [1900]
FROM: http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/b.html
1880
Household Record 1880 United States Census
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Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
O. W. BLACKNALL Self M Male W 28 NC Tobacco Manufactor NC NC
Carrie T. BLACKNALL Wife M Female W 23 NC Keep House NC NC
Oscar W. BLACKNALL Son S Male W 3 NC NC NC
Charles H. BLACKNALL Son S Male W 1 NC NC NC
Amy YOUNG Other W Female B 28 NC NC NC
Lula YOUNG Other S Female B 6 NC NC NC
Carry YOUNG Other S Female B 1 NC NC NC
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Source Information:
Census Place Kitrells, Granville, North Carolina
Family History Library Film 1254964
NA Film Number T9-0964
Page Number 323A
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1900
BLACKNALL, OSCAR W (1900 U.S. Census) NORTH CAROLINA , VANCE, E KITTRELL TWPAge: 48, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NCSeries: T623 Roll: 1220 Page: 211
1910
BLACKNALL, C L (1910 U.S. Census) NORTH CAROLINA , VANCE, KITTRELL TWPAge: 53, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NCSeries: T624 Roll: 1127 Page: 199
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Blacknall, Oscar William
by B. W. C. Roberts, 1979
6 Sept. 1852–6 July 1918
Oscar William Blacknall, business executive and author, was born on his father's farm near Kittrell. His father, Colonel Charles C. Blacknall, served the Confederacy in the Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment until he fell mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester. The Blacknall family was seated in Buckinghamshire in England as early as the fourteenth century, on an estate known as Sulgrave Manor. The Reverend John Blacknall , a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford, accompanied Sir Richard Everard , who had been appointed to succeed Governor George Burrington , to North Carolina in 1725. His grandson, Thomas Blacknall, enlisted as a revolutionary soldier at the age of sixteen. In 1795, Thomas Blacknall settled in Granville (presently Vance ) County, where he married Polly Kittrell, a granddaughter of Jonathan Kittrell, one of the first settlers in the area, near the present town of Kittrell.
At the age of fourteen, having experienced poverty and a limited education, Oscar William Blacknall was employed as a clerk in a country store. Later he was employed by W. H. and R. S. Tucker and Company, a mercantile establishment in Raleigh . While in Raleigh, he studied law under R. H. Battle .
In 1871, because of poor health, he returned to Kittrell and there organized his own tobacco business, with Mazeppa his major brand of plug tobacco. After five years of hard work, this marginal business venture became successful enough to allow him time to pursue his literary interests. His first three articles were published in a North Carolina newspaper, and he was complimented and encouraged. Afterward he was successful in having his articles accepted for publication in Atlantic Monthly, Oliver Twist, The Youth's Companion, and Kate Field's Washington. He wrote articles dealing with life in the South during the Civil War , character sketches, and informative articles on fruit culture, many of which were syndicated in leading farm journals. He sometimes used the pseudonym David Dodge.
In 1888 he organized Continental Plant Company, a highly successful nursery business specializing in strawberry plants.
Blacknall married his double first cousin, Carrie Thomas Blacknall, on 27 July 1875. The first of seven children, Oscar ("Ossie") William, Jr., was born in 1880. The other children included Charles Harry, Shields Mallette, Gladys, Kate McClannahan, a child whose name is unknown, and Harcourt.
The family suffered a number of tragedies: the oldest son died of tuberculosis; two of the other children were suicide cases; and the sixth child died as an infant. On 6 July 1918, Blacknall shot his wife and his daughter Kate and then committed suicide. Newspaper accounts described it as a "triple tragedy" and expressed sorrow for the loss of the "head of the South's largest nursery" and members of his family.
In 1928, Blacknall's son Shields presented his father's collection of books to the Library of The University of North Carolina .
References:
Henderson Daily Dispatch, 10 July 1918.
Samuel Thomas Peace, Zeb's Black Baby (1955).
Raleigh News and Observer, 7 July 1918.
C. L. Van Noppen Papers <http://www.worldcat.org/title/charles-leonard-van-noppen-papers-1881-1935/oclc/20273330> (Manuscript Department, Library, Duke University, Durham).
Weeks Scrapbook (North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) 3 (1893), 8 (1892).
Additional Resources:"Kittrell's Springs." N.C. Highway Historical Marker G-42, N.C. Office of Archives & History. <http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=Markers&k=Markers&sv=G-42> (accessed May 17, 2013).
Subjects:
Biography
Business leaders
Farmers
UNC Press
Writers, journalists, and editors
Authors:
Roberts, B. W. C.
Origin - location:
Vance County
From:
Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.