Howard, Blackmar, Gordon, Morris, Blood Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 436

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three boxes pertaining to the history of the Howard, Blackmar, Gordon, Blood, and Morris families of Columbus, Georgia. Detailed genealogies and photographs are included of these families, all very important in the growth of the city. Included are photographs, genealogy books and charts, and other books written by extended members of these families.

Dates

Creation: 1800s-1999

Biographical / Historical

The large families of the Blackmar clan in Columbus, Georgia include the marriages into other families prominent in the history of Columbus. They all took a prominent role in the social, educational, religious and industrial life of the city.

The story starts with the birth of Alfred Owen Blackmar on July 14, 1830 in Savannah, Georgia. He died just before reaching his 100th birthday in 1930. The family moved to Columbus in 1835 when Alfred was 5 years old. Starting in 1881 he was connected with the London Lancashire Insurance Company. He married Mary Ann Blood of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1851. Her parents were Dexter and Mary Gordon Dana Blood. Mary Ann and Alfred shared a 5th great grandfather, James Blackmar. Alfred and Mary Ann celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary in 1926. The couple had five children; John, Savannah, Mary, Dana and Betsey. Most of the family is buried in the Blackmar plot in Linwood Cemetery in Columbus.

For further research into these families, the genealogies of the other families are included in this collection.