Background
Blackwell was born in England, the son of Bristol sugar refiner Samuel Blackwell (c 1790–1838) and Hannah Lane, who moved their family of eight children to the United States in 1832.
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They first lived in New York City, and later in New Jersey. In 1838, the year he died, the family was living in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the husband of Antoinette Brown, the first woman ordained in a recognized church in the United States, and prominent speaker in the Abolitionism and Women"s Rights Movements.
At that time, Blackwell was in the hardware business and also invested in real estate.
The couple next lived in New York City and then for many years in New Jersey. Stone was also an important abolitionist and worker for women"s suffrage.
He was the brother of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first women to receive a Doctor of Medicine in United States and the first to practice medicine, and Emily Blackwell, the third female graduate of a United States. medical school. He was also the brother of Anna Blackwell, who translated George Sand, and the metaphysical works of Alan Kardec.
