Caroline Blackburn

b. circa 1854, d. between 1885 and 1900
  • Caroline Blackburn was born circa 1854 in Alabama.
  • Josephine Theresa Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, apparently operating a large boarding house for coal agent D. R. Pervine?. Other members of the household included Caroline Blackburn, Adosia A. Blackburn.
  • Andrew R. Brown and Josephine Theresa Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Montevallo PO, Shelby County, Alabama, living next to Josephine's daughter Adosia Blackburn Cunningham, and not far from Josephine's father James Adams.. Other members of the household included Caroline Blackburn, Hattie Josephine Brown and Walter Andrew Brown. Also enumerated in the household were two store clerks and two domestic servants.
  • She married William Blunt Strong, son of John McKay Strong and Eliza Beebe, circa 1878.
  • William Blunt Strong and Caroline Blackburn appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Chilton County, Alabama. Other members of the household included John McKay Strong.
  • Caroline Blackburn died between 1885 and 1900.
  • Her husband William Blunt Strong became a widower at her death.
  • Last Edited: 23 Jan 2011

Family: William Blunt Strong b. 30 June 1850, d. 8 January 1913