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Overview
John Wilford Blackstone Sr. was a Hamilton College alumnus, listed in the 1868–69 catalog as a member of the class of 1819. He is identified in that catalog as serving in the role of Annalist for a Hamilton alumni gathering, and is noted as residing in White Oak Springs, Illinois at that time.
Relevance to Research
The 1868–69 course catalog lists Blackstone in an alumni officers section as “Annalist” for the class of 1819, giving his location as White Oak Springs, Illinois. This is the sole corpus mention; no further career detail is provided.
Notes
The catalog text reads “Waite Oak Sprines, Il.” which is likely an OCR rendering of “White Oak Springs, Ill.” The “Sr.” suffix is from external sources; it does not appear in the corpus. The role of Annalist was a common alumni class office responsible for keeping class records.
Related Sources
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1868-69_djvu.txt