HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis
Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, 
Vol. III, pp. 1270-71.   [Woodford County]

SMITH A. BLACKBURN, M. D., is numbered among the representative physicians
and surgeons of his native county and state and is actively engaged in
the general practice of his profession in the attractive little city of
Versailles, Woodford county.  Smith Alford Blackburn was born in this
county on the 22d of August, 1875, and is the only child of William and
Jennie (Alford) Blackburn.  The father was born near Spring Station,
Woodford county, in the year 1846, and is a son of William E. Blackburn,
an elder brother of Hon. Joseph S. C. Blackburn, who served in the
distinguished office of governor of Kentucky.  William E. Blackburn was a
son of Major Edward and Prudence (Berry) Blackburn and his father was a
gallant officer in the Mexican war, soon after the close which is death
occurred.  William E. Blackburn married Henrietta Everitt and her death
occurred November 19, 1904, at a venerable age.  The Blackburn family has
been most prominently identified with the development and upbuilding of
the fine old Blue Grass commonwealth and the name has long been associated
with the annals of Woodford county.  Here William Blackburn, father of him
whose name initiates this sketch, was reared and educated and her he was
long identified with agricultural pursuits.  He became one of the
prominent and influential citizens of the county and at the present time
he is a resident of the city of Louisville, where he is employed in the
Unites States internal revenue service.  He has been twice married.  He
first wedded Miss Jennie Alford, of Midway, Woodford county, and she died
on the 2d of September, 1875, only a few weeks after the birth of her only
child, Dr. Smith A.  The father later wedded Miss Ada Bibb, of Arkansas
and the union has been without issue.
     Dr. Blackburn gained his early educational discipline in the public
schools of Woodford county and this training included a course in the
high school at Versailles.  Later he continued his academic studies in
Center College, Danville, and in preparation for the work of his chosen
profession he finally was matriculated in the medical department at
Columbian University, now known as the George Washington University, in
the city of Washington, D.C.  In this celebrated institution he was
graduated as a member of the class of 1899, and he duly received his well
earned degree of Doctor of Medicine.  He shortly afterward opened an
office in the city of Louisville, where he built up a successful practice
and where he continued to maintain his residence until 1901, when he
returned to his native county and established himself in practice at
Versailles, where he now controls a large and representative professional
business and where he holds prestige as one of the leading physicians and
surgeons of the county.  The Doctor is a member of the Kentucky State
Medical Society and the American Medical Association.  He is a close and
appreciative student of both departments of his profession and has
recourse to the best of its standard and periodical literature.  He was
reared in the faith of the Democratic party and has never severed his
allegiance thereto, though he has never had aught of ambition for
political office, finding that the demands of his exacting profession
place sufficient responsibility upon him without digression from this
course.  He is past chancellor commander of Grey Lodge, No. 27, Knights
of Pythias, in Versailles, and holds membership in the Christian church.
His wife is a member of the Methodist church.
     In the year 1906 was solemnized the marriage of Dr. Blackburn to Miss
Laura Browning, who was born and reared at Versailles, and who is a
daughter of Charles W. and Laura Browning, both of whom are living in
Versailles.  Mr. Browning was for a number of years general manager of the
Louisville & Atlantic Railroad and was an influential figure in connection
with railroad affairs in Kentucky.  Dr. and Mrs. Blackburn have one
daughter, Henrietta.

Blackburn Alford Berry Everitt Alford Bibb Browning
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