Record #469 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary	April 12-16, 1950
Deceased Person	James Henry Blackiston
Birth	10/31/1869 in Kent County, near Dover, Del.
Death	9/22/1949 Service at Bambridge St. Philadelphia, Pa. Interment in Mt. Laurel Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information	Parents sold farm to move to Dover so he could obtain education. Joined Whatcoat Methodist Episcopal Church, Dover, Del. After elementary studies, he attending "The Institute for Colored Youth" in Philadelphia, Pa. while maintaining domestic obligations to family; graduated 1889. Became teacher & later started preaching & ordained in 1905 at Whatcoat. Joined Delaware Conference at Zoar M.E. Church in Philadelphia. Charges: St. Mary, Burlington, N.J.; Fordsville, N.J.; Buttonwood and Christiana, Del. Worked for firm of D. F. McCallister & Co. 30 yrs & 40 years with Delaware Conference.
Family and Other Information	Parents: James H. & Sarah Blackison Spouse: Bertha Elizabeth Spencer, public school teacher of Wilmington, Del. married 6/15/1893 - 7 children; Ralph & Lillian deceased. Survived by: Myrtle, Harry, Bertrand, Adrian & Calvin, 5 grandchildren, brother William, 2 nieces.
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