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Merriweather Whitley “WHIT” Blackburn Veteran

Birth
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Death
9 Jul 1923 (aged 87)
Bell County, Texas, USA
Burial
Killeen, Bell County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
In an unmarked grave near his father, Capt. John Porter Blackburn,
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M. W. Blackburn died at his old home near Killeen, July 9, and now lies buried in the Blackburn Cemetery near his father, Captain John Porter Blackburn, one of the five veterans of the War of 1812 buried in Texas.


He was born in Maury County, Tennessee June 4, 1836, and served with the Ross Texas Rangers in the 50's and was a veteran of the Civil War.

M. W. Blackburn died at his old home near Killeen, July 9, and now lies buried in the Blackburn Cemetery near his father, Captain John Porter Blackburn, one of the five veterans of the War of 1812 buried in Texas.


He was born in Maury County, Tennessee June 4, 1836, and served with the Ross Texas Rangers in the 50's and was a veteran of the Civil War.



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