Isaac Blackford Born on November 6, 1786, in Boundbrook, New Jersey, Blackford graduated from Princeton University. He read and practiced law in… Read More »Isaac Blackford
Francis (Scrapper) Blackwell Born on February 21, 1903, in Syracuse, South Carolina, Francis (Scrapper) Blackwell arrived in Indianapolis at age three and was… Read More »Francis (Scrapper) Blackwell
Easley Rutland Blackwood Sr. Born on June 25, 1903, in Birmingham, Alabama, Blackwood spent most of his adult life in Indianapolis. After graduating from… Read More »Easley Rutland Blackwood Sr.
James Blake Colonel James Blake was a veteran of the War of 1812. He was born on March 3, 1791, and arrived… Read More »James Blake
Eliza Ann Blaker Born on March 4, 1854, a native of Philadelphia, Blaker graduated from that city’s Girls’ Normal School and, in 1880,… Read More »Eliza Ann Blaker
Richard I. Blankenbaker Born on December 7, 1930, in New Albany, Indiana, Richard Blankenbaker began his long career in the grocery business at… Read More »Richard I. Blankenbaker
Sol Blickman Sol Blickman was born on December 28, 1921, in Detroit, Michigan. A year later, the young Blickman family, Sol along… Read More »Sol Blickman
William H. Block Born Herman Wilhelm Bloch, the founder of the department store, came by steerage in 1874 from Trepezin, Hungary, to New… Read More »William H. Block
Benjamin I. Blythe Benjamin I. Blythe was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, to Samuel Blythe and Jemima Irwin. The farming and milling family… Read More »Benjamin I. Blythe
John Stough Bobbs Born on December 28, 1809, in Greene Village, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where he obtained his early education, Bobbs began the… Read More »John Stough Bobbs
