Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

THOMAS W. BLACKHART.  Although Thos. W. Blackhart is a son of Ohio, yet so
intimately has he identified himself with the development of the State,
that Kentucky claims him by right of adoption.  Youngest son of Barkley and
Martha (Walters) Blackhart, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, he was born
in Ohio, October 26th, 1859.  His father was a farmer, and Thomas spent his
early life on the farm.  He received a good common-school education,
finishing his course at the age of fifteen; he then came to Louisville and
was engaged on the city newspapers until 1876, when he entered the service
of Price & Lucas, manufacturers of cider and vinegar.  Here he soon evinced
superior business talents and judgment and soon became the head of their
office, conducting a large business successfully until 1887, when he
retired to devote all his time to his private interests.  He is president
of the Daisy Realty Co., and treasurer of the Westview Building Co., and
the largest stockholder in both companies; vice-president of the West
Louisville Land & Improvement Co., president of a coal and lumber company;
a director in the Pine Mountain Iron & Coal Co., and mayor at the town of
Parkland, where he resides, and is first in all movements for advancement
of town and state.  He has great force, energy and determination, and that
thorough-going disposition which takes right hold of great projects with
both hands and drives into thick and thin in spite of all obstacles and
opposition, however great, and thus accomplishes wonders.  He has a natural
love for hard work, and capacity for carrying forward great undertakings,
and will make a decided mark in the business world, or in whatever
department these energies may be exercised.  Mr. Blackhart was married, in
1877, to Miss Anna M. Brown, of Elmira, N. Y., who proved a devoted and
loving help-meet and judicious adviser.  She died March 9, 1888.

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