Benjamin Rufus Blackburn: Robin's Roots

1871 - 1959 (88 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

More detail

Generation: 1

Benjamin Rufus Blackburn was born on 10 May 1871 in Jefferson Co, TN (son of William Wirt Blackburn and Harriet E McSpadden); died on 16 Aug 1959 in Houston, Harris, TX.

Benjamin married Effie May Yarbrough in 1898 in Limestone Co, TX. Effie was born on 23 Mar 1881 in Texas; died on 5 Jan 1967 in Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Hattie Pearl Blackburn was born on 24 Jun 1902 in Liberty Co, TX; died on 4 Aug 1997 in Houston, Harris, TX.
William Charles Blackburn was born about 1906 in Liberty Co, TX.
Benjamin Rufus Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 May 1908 in Liberty Co, TX; died on 2 Aug 1996 in New Caney, Montgomery, TX; was buried in Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, Harris, TX.
Joseph Lawrence Blackburn was born on 25 May 1913 in Houston Heights, Harris, TX; died on 18 Sep 1989 in Houston, Harris, TX.
Clifford Wesley Blackburn was born on 25 Dec 1918 in Houston, Harris, TX; died on 22 May 1935 in Houston, Harris, TX.

Generation: 2

William Wirt Blackburn was born on 9 Apr 1838 in Jefferson Co, TN (son of Benjamin Andrew Blackburn and Isabel M Caldwell); died on 31 Dec 1915 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

William married Harriet E McSpadden
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on 12 Jan 1869 in Jefferson Co, TN. Harriet was born on 13 Jun 1846 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 2 Aug 1921; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet E McSpadden was born on 13 Jun 1846 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 2 Aug 1921; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

Children:

William Wallace Blackburn was born on 15 Nov 1869 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 24 Dec 1927 in Jackson Co, TN; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.
1. Benjamin Rufus Blackburn was born on 10 May 1871 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 16 Aug 1959 in Houston, Harris, TX.

Generation: 3

Benjamin Andrew Blackburn was born on 8 Jun 1805 in Jefferson Co, TN (son of John Blackburn, Jr and Elizabeth McGuirk); died on 26 Sep 1877 in Jefferson Co, TN; was buried in Dandridge Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

Benjamin married Isabel M Caldwell on 19 Feb 1827 in Jefferson Co, TN. Isabel was born on 1 Sep 1806 in Tennessee; died on 7 Apr 1887 in Jefferson Co, TN; was buried in Dandridge Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel M Caldwell was born on 1 Sep 1806 in Tennessee; died on 7 Apr 1887 in Jefferson Co, TN; was buried in Dandridge Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

Children:

Elizabeth J Blackburn was born about 1832 in Jefferson Co, TN.
Louisa Rosilla Blackburn was born on 12 Sep 1833 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 22 Jun 1900; was buried in New Market Cemetery, New Market, Jefferson, TN.
2. William Wirt Blackburn was born on 9 Apr 1838 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 31 Dec 1915 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.
Martha M Blackburn was born about 1840 in Jefferson Co, TN.
Catherine M Blackburn was born about 1842 in Jefferson Co, TN.
Harriet J Blackburn was born in 1844 in Jefferson Co, TN.
John Fain Blackburn was born on 30 Jan 1846 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 19 Sep 1920 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, TN; was buried in Eckel Cemetery, Baneberry, Jefferson, TN.
Joseph H M Blackburn was born in Jan 1849 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 2 Dec 1904 in Knoxville, Knox, TN; was buried in Eckel Cemetery, Baneberry, Jefferson, TN.

Generation: 4

John Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 Mar 1778 in Washington Co, VA (son of John B Blackburn and Janet Mathews); died on 28 Feb 1868; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

John married Elizabeth McGuirk on 22 Sep 1802 in Jefferson Co, TN. Elizabeth was born on 19 Jul 1782 in Virginia; died on 3 Apr 1867; was buried in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth McGuirk was born on 19 Jul 1782 in Virginia; died on 3 Apr 1867; was buried in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

Children:

Jane Mathews Blackburn was born in 1803 in Jefferson Co, TN; died in 1805 in Jefferson Co, TN.
4. Benjamin Andrew Blackburn was born on 8 Jun 1805 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 26 Sep 1877 in Jefferson Co, TN; was buried in Dandridge Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.
Andrew A Blackburn was born on 18 May 1814 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 13 Jul 1891 in Suwannee Co, FL; was buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Live Oak, Suwannee, FL.
Gideon H Blackburn was born about 1821 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 14 Sep 1911; was buried in Wiley Cemetery, Rocky Top, Anderson, TN.
Mather? Blackburn was born about 1824 in Tennessee.


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