Bios: DR. THOMAS J. BLACKWOOD,: Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens
  Lawrence County Pennsylvania
  Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
  
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    DR. THOMAS J. BLACKWOOD,
    
    [p. 625] a leading physician and surgeon of New Castle, Pa., who has been
  prominently identified with the medical circles of that city as a regular
  practitioner for the past quarter of a century, was born in this county, in
  Slippery Rock township, Jan. 13, 1844.
    
    Dr. Blackwood's father, Rev. James Blackwood, was Irish by birth; he was a
  minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, and was a graduate of the
  Glasgow University. He followed his profession as long as his years would
  permit, and his last years as a minister of the gospel were spent as a pastor
  in New Castle. Some among the older residents of New Castle and the
  surrounding country will remember him to the last of their days as an earnest
  and forcible speaker, with a convincing power that brought the truth home to
  many a wavering one, and saved them for usefulness for the Master and His
  Kingdom. He married Jemima Calderwood, a native of Ireland, and to them were
  given eight children, as follows: Martha E.; Isabella C.; Thomas J., our
  subject; William; James, deceased; Jane; Robert; Andrew, and Jemima.
    
    Dr. Blackwood secured an elementary education in the schools of Grove City,
  Pa., and later attended Beaver Academy of Beaver Falls, Pa.; when he had
  completed the course of studies prescribed at that institution, he took a
  medical course at the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which
  institution he graduated in 1866. He also further perfected himself with a
  postgraduate course at the Polyclinic Institute of New York City in 1883. His
  first field of practice was in Butler Co., Pa.; in 1873 he located in New
  Castle, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice, which amply
  rewards him for his painstaking efforts. His office practice demands the
  greater portion of the time, which is devoted to his profession.
    
    In 1866 he exchanged mutual vows of fidelity and love with Sarah M. Magee,
  who accordingly became his wife and trusted helpmeet; she was a daughter of
  James Magee of Butler Co., Pa. The union of our subject and wife has been
  cemented with the birth of four children, as follows: Mary J., who married
  James Armstrong, and has one child, Thomas L.; Jemima C., who married Arthur
  Foster, and became the mother of one child, Arthur B.; Margaret, who
  graduated in the class of 1897 from the State Normal at West Chester, with
  average scholarship of 97; and James M., who is at present attending College
  at Beaver Falls, Pa. Jemima C. is at present matron of the Elmira Home of New
  Castle, Pa.a home for the aged. Dr. Blackwood and his family are in their
  religious views Reformed Presbyterians, and support the church of that
  denomination in New Castle.