Blackstone Phillip Doddridge

His Story

     Up until the time of the breaking out of the Civil War, Blackstone, lived and worked on his fathers farm in Ohio, but at the first call for 75,000men to suppress the invasion of the enemy he enlisted in the 18^th Ohio volunteer Infantry, and served for 3 months.  He re-enlisted soon after for three years and took part during his term of service in the battles of Cheat Mountain, Shiloh, Stone River and others of no small importance.  At the expiration of his term he became a member of the 148^th Ohio infantry for 100 days.  Upon the close of the war Mr. Doddridge returned to McArthur where he remained for about a year and a half, engaged with his father in the hardware business.  In 1867 he sold out his interest and went to Wapello County, Iowa.  He lived there for three years, then came to Caldwell County, Missouri.  Since that time he has devoted himself to carrying on his landed estate of 160 acres, a place well adapted for general farming .  In October 1867, Mr. Doddridge was united in marriage with Miss Sarah P. Winder, whose birth occurred on January 29,1849, in Bucks County , Pennsylvania.

     They have by the year 1886 ,three children.  Joseph, George and Winder B.

      His wife Sarah(Sally) died in 1910.  In the year 1912, Blackstone was living in the Old Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, Kansas.  He was still listed as a resident in 1916.