William and Mary Elizabeth were married 16 Sept 1857, Salem, Roanoke County, VA by Rev. William Logwood Hatcher.

Children include-

1. male infant (b. 4 Oct 1858, Montgomery County, VA - 25 Oct 1858, Montgomery County, VA) aged 21 days

2. Eliza A. Blackburn (b.Nov 1859 in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia; Death abt. 1941 in Roanoke, VA) She married Lorenzo Amos Duckwiler at her father's house in the Bend Neighborhood, Salem, Roanoke County, VA the 22nd of Nov 1875 with Rev. William Logwood Hatcher presiding. Eliza was 16 yrs. and Lorenzo was 22 yrs.
a. Anna Duckwiler (B. abt.1878)
b. Otho Amos Duckwiler (b. 23 JUN 1888, Roanoke County, VA)
c. Robert D. Duckwiler (b. 25 MAR 1896 in ROANOKE, VIRGINIA; Death 7 APR 1961 in SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI)
d. Lena L. Duckwiler (b. abt. 1903)

3. Charles W. Blackburn (b. about 1863, Roanoke County, VA - d. 18 Mar 1895, Roanoke City, VA) married to Amanda A. H. "Hattie" Wright (b. 10 Mar 1866, Sewell Twp, Fayette County, WV - d. 31 May 1932, McDonald, Fayette County, WV) on 16 Dec 1883, Fayette County, WV. Hattie was the daughter of Benjamin C. Wright and Mary Jane Jones. Was Charles employed by N&W Railroad?
a. Annie B. Blackburn (b. Jan 1885, WV) Was she married to a Jones?
b. Mary E. Blackburn (b. 23 Oct 1886, Fayette, Fayette County, WV - d. 30 Apr 1887, Fayette County, WV)
c. Samuel Blackburn (b. 20 Mar 1889, Fayette County, WV - d. 15 Sept 1907)
d. Marguerite "Maggie" Blackburn (b. 30 Oct 1891, Mt. Cove, Fayette County, WV - d. 1 Oct 1954, Fairmont, Marion, WV) married 1st to Lonnie Blake (b. 25 Jun 1890, WV - d. about 1920) 11 Dec 1907, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV and 2nd to Mc Comas and then was divorced
e. Ida Mae Blackburn (b. 10 Feb. 1895, Bradley, Raleigh County, WV - d. 30 Jan. 1971, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia) married to John Gray Helton (b. 21 Jun 1891, Kanawha County, WV - d. 10 Jan 1954, Scarbro, Fayette County, WV) 4 Jul 1911, Mt. Hope, Fayette County, WV

4. John Alexander Blackburn (b. 17 Jul 1869, Bedford County, VA) married to Allie Early (b. 14 Nov 1881, Shawsville, Montgomery County, VA - d. 26 Apr 1955, Santa Clara, CA) 20 Jun 1901, Montgomery County, VA. She was the daughter of Jubal and Elizabeth C. "Bettie" Waldron Early. They divorced around 1907 and Allie took the kids to Nebraska and remarried to Harry Fletcher Matthews. John was a railroad worker.
a. William John Blackburn (b. 1 Feb 1905, VA - d. 10 May 1953, Sacramento, CA)
b. Fred Sylvester Blackburn (b. 24 Jan 1907, VA - d. 13 Jul 1943, Placer, CA)
John married a second time to Tempy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gilley, daughter of Fountain and Mary Ann Keaton Gilley.