GEO. BLACKBOURN, farmer, P. O. Lancaster; born in 1799, in England, where he lived up to 1846, when he emigrated to America, and settled in La Fayette Co., Wis.; in 1856, he moved to Grant Co., where he has since lived; he has a farm of 300 acres. He was married at the age of 27, in England, to Miss Nevitte; they had nine children; two of his sons were in the late war; one of them was wounded in battle. Mr. Blackbourn is a Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.