She was the widow of Col. Charles C. Blacknall who died of wounds at the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19th, 1864. She was the daughter of Major Abraham Spencer, one of the first settlers of the town of Oxford, and the grand-daughter of John Spencer, of Halifax County, Va., who bore a commission in the Virginia line in the War of the Revolution. She leaves five children, O.W. Blacknall, C.L. Blacknall and Miss Emma Blacknall of Kittrell, W.H. Blacknall of Raleigh, and Mrs. W.A. Adams of Oxford.
She was the widow of Col. Charles C. Blacknall who died of wounds at the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19th, 1864. She was the daughter of Major Abraham Spencer, one of the first settlers of the town of Oxford, and the grand-daughter of John Spencer, of Halifax County, Va., who bore a commission in the Virginia line in the War of the Revolution. She leaves five children, O.W. Blacknall, C.L. Blacknall and Miss Emma Blacknall of Kittrell, W.H. Blacknall of Raleigh, and Mrs. W.A. Adams of Oxford.
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