{"id":2731,"date":"2020-10-26T13:22:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2731"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:01:34","slug":"stephen-b-blackwell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen B Blackwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blackwell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3084\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blackwell-216x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blackwell-216x300.png 216w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blackwell.png 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Stephen B. Blackwell (Issaquena County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1882-1889<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>August 5, 1849 in Issaquena County<\/p>\n<p>Farmer. Appears on the 1870 census in Skipwith with a family of Robinsons. Listed on the 1880 and 1900 census in Issaquena County with wife Fanny and son Solomon. He and Fanny appear again on the 1910 and 1920 census, still in Issaquena.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4875\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4875\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blackwell.png\" alt=\"Signature of Stephen B. Blackwell\" width=\"500\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blackwell.png 629w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/blackwell-300x51.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Stephen B. Blackwell from an 1874 letter to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4878\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/bwletter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4878\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4878\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bwletter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Governor Ames, June 6, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bwletter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bwletter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Governor Ames, June 6, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2737\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/conv-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2737 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/conv-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/conv-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/conv-2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Commercial Herald, Aug 28, 1885<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2745\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/bio-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2745 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bio-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bio-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bio-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, January 12, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2742\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/card\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2742 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/card-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/card-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/card-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, March 18, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5521\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/george-w-huntley\/1888-meeting\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5521\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1888-meeting-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, February 16, 1888\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1888-meeting-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1888-meeting-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, February 16, 1888<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5735\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-c-moore\/the_weekly_democrat_times_1890_04_26_5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5735\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5735\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1890_04_26_5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Democrat-Times, April 26, 1890\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1890_04_26_5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Democrat_Times_1890_04_26_5-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat-Times, April 26, 1890<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2739\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/levee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2739 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/levee-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/levee-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/levee-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Commercial Herald, May 2, 1890<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2121\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-w-randolph\/league\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2121 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/league-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/league-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/league-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, June 17, 1898<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2735\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/land\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2735 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/land-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/land-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/land-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion Ledger, March 7, 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen B. Blackwell (Issaquena County) State House:\u00a01882-1889 Born:\u00a0August 5, 1849 in Issaquena County Farmer. Appears on the 1870 census in Skipwith with a family of Robinsons. Listed on the 1880 and 1900 census in Issaquena County with wife Fanny and son Solomon. He and Fanny appear again on the 1910 and 1920 census, still in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/stephen-b-blackwell\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stephen B Blackwell&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2731","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5739,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2731\/revisions\/5739"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}