Blackwell family.

Samuel, sugar refiner, and Hannah (Lane) Blackwell emigrated from England in 1832 and settled with their nine children in Cincinnati, Ohio. After Samuel's death in 1838, the family opened a school. Later the sons went into business. Samuel, a bookkeeper and business agent, married Antoinette Brown Blackwell, first woman to be ordained as a minister in the Congregational Church. Henry was involved in sugar refining and, with his suffragist wife, Lucy Stone, founded and edited The Woman's Journal. Howard returned to work in England and died there, and George Washington made a fortune in real estate and development. None of the five sisters married; Anna was a poet, translator, and journalist based mainly in Paris, France; Marian kept house for her relatives and settled eventually near Elizabeth in Hastings, England. Elizabeth and Emily were pioneering physicians and founders of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children, and Ellen taught school and wrote a biography of Anna Ella Carroll. The third generation consists of the children of Samuel, Henry, and George, and the adopted children of Elizabeth, Emily, and Ellen, and the fourth generation consists of George's grandchildren.

From the description of Papers, 1832-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122407924