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Nancy Ann Houghton   (Daughter of Jonathan & Nancy)  Complete

Born: 12 Jun 1843, Bedford Township, Ontario, Canada
Married: 26 Feb 1863, Philo Blackman, in Dekalb, IL, Son of Philo Blackmon and Lucy Adams, (b. 1828 in Canada West) (d. 1 Nov 1891 in Paradise Township , Grand Traverse County, Michigan) Philo moved bet. 1867 and 1869 to Grand Traverse Co . Paradise Township Michigan . Burial: Blackmon Cemetery, Paradise Township, Section 20, Summit City, Michigan Cause of Death: Blood Poison
Produced: Jenny Blackmon, (b. 1865, Illinois) (d.17 Oct 1872, Paradise Township , Grand Traverse County, Michigan), Died as Child. Burial: Blackmon Cemetery Cause of Death: Typhoid pneumonia.  
Racinus Blackmon, (b. 1867) (d.18 Oct 1872,  Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan) Died as Child. Burial: Blackmon Cemetery, Cause of Death: Typhoid pneumonia.
Grace Blackmon, (b. 1867, Michigan) (d. 1872, Paradise Township , Grand Traverse County, Michigan), Died as Child. Burial: Blackmon Cemetery.
Philo Grant Blackmon, (b. 1869) (d. 22 Oct 1872, Michigan), Died as Child. Cause of Death: Typhoid pneumonia.
Grant Blackmon, (b. 1870, Michigan) (d. ??) May have died as infant.
Lucy Bell Blackmon, (b. 1876, Michigan) (d. 7 Jul 1879, Paradise Township , Grand Traverse County, Michigan), Died as Child. Burial: Blackmon Cemetery Cause of Death: Congestion of the brain.
Philo Blackmon, (b. 1882, Michigan) (d.10 Sep 1884, Paradise Township , Grand Traverse County, Michigan), Died as Child. Burial: Blackmon Cemetery Cause of Death: Whooping cough.
It appears that none of Nancy's children survived and her line is completed.
Died: 27 Jan 1934, at niece's home Mrs. Amos Sisson at 913 Herring Street of Cadillac, MI. 
Burial:  Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, MI.:  Blackman, Nancy Ann, 27 Jan 1934, 91, Cadillac, MI., Block 65 Lot 4 N 1/2, 2nd addition.
Narrative: * 10 Apr 1873, Land Records show a land patent for 160 acres to Philo Blackman in Paradise Township. See below.
* 1900 Michigan Census, Nancy Blackman, Living with brother Elgin in Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse Co. Michigan.
* Lived most of her life in and around Traverse City, MI.


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This photo is of Nancy and her brother Elgin & his wife Emma

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Land Patent for Traverse County Michigan
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 Nancy's Obituary as it appeared in Record Daily, Traverse City, 31 Jan 1934.
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Nancy's Grave Marker in Oakwood Cemetery, Grand Traverse County.
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Note: Nancy is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. 
Her husband and children are buried in Blackmon Cemetery.
Husband Philo Blackmon's Grave Marker and children.
Does anyone know the story behind that decision.
None of their 7 children lived to adulthood.