Background
Blackstock, Ira Burton was born on April 3, 1866 in near Paxton, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Emily (Meharry) Blackstock.
Blackstock, Ira Burton was born on April 3, 1866 in near Paxton, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Emily (Meharry) Blackstock.
Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts, DePauw University, 1886.
General manager Blackstock Farms. President Kiowa, Hardtner & Pacific Railroad Company. Manager Pure Ice & Cold Storage Company.
Director Springfield Finance & Thrift Company, et cetera
Joint donor with wife of Blackstock Swimming Pool, Illinois Woman’s College, Jacksonville, and of Blackstock Athletic Field, DePauw University Trustee DePauw University. Member Book Committee Methodist Episcopal Church Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, Des Moines, Iowa, 1920, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1924, Kansas City, Missoury, 1928.
Also Ecumenical Conference, London, 1921, Atlanta, Georgia., 1931. Member 6th International Art Congress, Prague.
Member Book Committee Methodist Episcopal Church Delaware General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, Des Moines, Iowa, 1920, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1924, Kansas City, Missoury, 1928. Member 6th International Art Congress, Prague. Fellow American Geography Society, Royal Society of Arts (London).
Married Mary J. Hardtner, June 16, 1897.