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James Marion Blackwell 1860–1932 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 JAN 1860

Birth Location: Floyd County, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 30 MAY 1932

Death Location: Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Father: Thomas Blackwell

Mother: Mary Finch

Spouse(s): Hester Forrester, Margaret Glasgow

Children(s): Bessie Blackwell, Mary Blackwell, Charles Blackwell, James Blackwell, Minnie Blackwell, Napoleon Blackwell, Gertrude Blackwell, Elen Blackwell, Thomas Blackwell, Julia Blackwell, Harold Blackwell, Ernest Blackwell

James Marion Blackwell was born in 1860 in Floyd County, Georgia, USA, the child of Thomas Crowell Blackwell And Mary Jane Finch. In 1870, James Marion Blackwell resided in Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama, USA. In 1880, James Marion Blackwell resided in , Jefferson, Alabama, USA. James Marion Blackwell married Hester Luevina Forrester, Margaret Joanna Frances Glasgow, and had children including Bessie Mae Blackwell, Charles Wayne Blackwell, Elen M Blackwell, Ernest Pope Blackwell, Gertrude A Blackwell, Harold Scott Blackwell, James Belton Blackwell, Julia Viola Blackwell, Mary Alice Blackwell, Minnie Belle Blackwell, Napoleon Metz Blackwell, Thomas Jackson Blackwell. James Marion Blackwell passed away in 1932 in Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • James Marion Blackwell was born in 1860 in Floyd County, Georgia, USA, the child of Thomas Crowell Blackwell And Mary Jane Finch.
  • In 1870, James Marion Blackwell resided in Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1880, James Marion Blackwell resided in , Jefferson, Alabama, USA.
  • James Marion Blackwell married Hester Luevina Forrester, Margaret Joanna Frances Glasgow, and had children including Bessie Mae Blackwell, Charles Wayne Blackwell, Elen M Blackwell, Ernest Pope Blackwell, Gertrude A Blackwell, Harold Scott Blackwell, James Belton Blackwell, Julia Viola Blackwell, Mary Alice Blackwell, Minnie Belle Blackwell, Napoleon Metz Blackwell, Thomas Jackson Blackwell.
  • James Marion Blackwell passed away in 1932 in Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Blackwell
1840–1903
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Mary Finch
1841–1871
Birth Location: SC, USA
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Spouses(s)

Hester Forrester
1879–1970
Birth Location: MS, USA
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Margaret Glasgow
1863–1895
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
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Children(s)

Bessie Blackwell
1897–1948
Birth Location: Cardeff Jeff, Alabama
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Mary Blackwell
1900–1972
Birth Location: Powhatan, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
MB
Charles Blackwell
1907–1980
Birth Location: Jefferson, Alabama, USA
CB
James Blackwell
1902–1980
Birth Location: Short Creek, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
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Minnie Blackwell
1912–1973
Birth Location: AL, USA
MB
Napoleon Blackwell
1905–1977
Birth Location: Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
NB
Gertrude Blackwell
1897–1948
Birth Location: AL
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Elen Blackwell
1906–1948
Birth Location: AL, USA
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Thomas Blackwell
1910–1985
Birth Location: Short Creek, Jefferson, Alabama
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Julia Blackwell
1883–1930
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
JB
Harold Blackwell
1889–1950
Birth Location: Jefferson, AL
HB
Ernest Blackwell
1892–1900
Birth Location: Jefferson, Alabama, USA
EB

James Blackwell's Ancestors

Self
James Blackwell
1860–1932
Birth Place: Floyd County, Georgia, USA
Parents
Thomas Crowell Blackwell
1840–1903
North Carolina, United States
Mary (Jane) Finch
1841–1871
SC, USA
Grandparents
Jonathan (Samuel Hartwell) Blackwell
1808–1888
North Carolina, North Carolina, USA
Susana (Crowell Jane) Littlejohn
1809–1891
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Blackwell
1767–1830
Susanna Pope
1769–
Eli Littlejohn
1740–1815
Susanna Fourd
1762–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Blackwell
1742–1830
SARAH BALL
1746–
Thomas POPE
1740–
Mary Greene
1742–
Thomas Littlejohn
1720–

James Blackwell's Descendants

1.
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James (Marion) Blackwell (5 JAN 1860–30 MAY 1932) m. Hester (Luevina) Forrester (5 May 1879–21 May 1970) m. Margaret (Joanna Frances) Glasgow (28 FEB 1863–28 APR 1895)
  1. 1. Bessie (Mae) Blackwell 1897–1948 m. Thomas (C) Stewart 1890–1962
    1. 1. Nannie (Lee) Stewart 1913–1987 m. Garland (Eugene) Hancock 1910–1990
      1. 1. Peggy (Gerome) Hancock 1934–1996 m. Wenford (Lee) McCarley 1924–2010
      2. 2. Terry (Roland) Hancock 1936–2014 m. Bettie (Elizabeth) Hancock 1936–2007
      3. 3. Thomas (Howard) Hancock 1947–2016
      4. 4. Allen (Dewitt) Hancock 1938–1938
    2. 2. Mildred (Mae) Stewart 1916–1998 m. William (Albert) Little 1914–2005
    3. 3. Gertrude (Elizabeth) Stewart 1922–1993 m. Paul (Richard) Cook 1918–1984
      1. 1. Carolyn (Ann) Cook 1941–1998 m. Mark (Leslie) Delaney 1944–1981
    4. 4. Tommie (Sue) Stewart 1924–1974 m. William (Henry Foster) Sr 1924–1997
      1. 1. Patty (Sue) Foster 1946–2017 m. William (A.) Reese –2014 m. James (Rudolph) Thomas 1947–1996
    5. 5. Richard (Eugene) Stewart 1931–1997 m. Emma (Jean Mabel) Johnson 1931–1963
  2. 2. Mary (Alice) Blackwell 1900–1972 m. Elias (Solomon) Reid 1894–1968
    1. 1. Solomon (Reid) Jr 1919–1974 m. Dorothy (Dutton) Reid 1923–1988 m. Martha (Virginia) Cunningham 1925–
    2. 2. Martha (Louise) Reid 1922–1985 m. Millard (Ottis) Harris 1914–1989 m. Leslie (Harold) Blankenship 1917–1957
      1. 1. Donald (Ray) Blankenship 1948–1971
  3. 3. Charles (Wayne) Blackwell 1907–1980 m. Queenie (Elette) Jones 1910–1996
    1. 1. Retha (Jones) Blackwell 1936–2006 m. Kenneth (Ray Suchey) Sr 1935–2018
  4. 4. James (Belton) Blackwell 1902–1980 m. Frances (Gaynell) Hamaker 1908–1985
    1. 1. Dorothy (Nell) Blackwell 1926–2006 m. Luther (Earl Harmon) Jr 1927–2006
    2. 2. James (Milton) Blackwell 1932–1996 m. Wilma (Frances) Hosmer 1932–2011
  5. 5. Minnie (Belle) Blackwell 1912–1973 m. Collins (David) Lawson 1909–1969
  6. 6. Napoleon (Metz) Blackwell 1905–1977 m. Saderia (Pearl) Davenport 1905–2000
    1. 1. Infant Blackwell 1925–1925
    2. 2. Realious (Hoyt) Blackwell 1925–2014 m. Virginia (Rose) Day 1926–
    3. 3. Ray (Edward) Blackwell 1927–2003 m. Ruby (Lee) Mann 1923–1959
    4. 4. Gerald (Andrew) Blackwell 1934–2001
  7. 7. Gertrude (A) Blackwell 1897–1948
  8. 8. Elen (M) Blackwell 1906–1948
  9. 9. Thomas (Jackson) Blackwell 1910–1985 m. Lavada Hatcher 1914–2005
    1. 1. Thomas (Marion) Blackwell 1939–2009
  10. 10. Julia (Viola) Blackwell 1883–1930 m. George (W) Weaver 1877–1957
    1. 1. Margaret (J) Weaver 1914–1998 m. Malcolm (Wheelock) Upchurch 1906–1981
    2. 2. George (Toliver) Weaver 1910–1974
    3. 3. Maude Weaver 1900–1992 m. William (Ashby) Forrester 1894–1982
      1. 1. Martha (Frances) Forrester 1921–2013 m. Robert (Earl Spencer) Lt. 1921–2010
      2. 2. Mary (Kathryn) Forrester 1924–2017 m. Donald (Aaron Van) Vleet 1925–1998
      3. 3. James (Elbert) Forrester 1928–2012
  11. 11. Harold (Scott) Blackwell 1889–1950 m. Lucinda Blackston 1896–1983
    1. 1. James (Eanest Blackwell) Sr 1930–2012
    2. 2. Joseph (Eugene) Blackwell 1932–2011
    3. 3. Billy (Charles) Blackwell 1933–1996
    4. 4. Lucius (Elgin) Blackwell 1935–1937
    5. 5. Francis (H) Blackwell 1937–1938
  12. 12. Ernest (Pope) Blackwell 1892–1900

James Blackwell's Timeline

9 Records

1860
5 JAN 1860
Birth of James Marion Blackwell in Floyd County, Georgia, USA
Floyd County, Georgia, USA
1870
1870
Age 10
James Marion Blackwell resided here in Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama, USA
Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama, USA
1880
1880
Age 20
James Marion Blackwell resided here in , Jefferson, Alabama, USA
, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1895
1895
Age 35
James Marion Blackwell was married
None
1900
1900
Age 40
James Marion Blackwell resided here in Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1910
1910
Age 50
James Marion Blackwell resided here in Short Creek, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Short Creek, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1920
1920
Age 60
James Marion Blackwell resided here in Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1930
1930
Age 70
James Marion Blackwell resided here in Precinct 19, Precinct 19, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Precinct 19, Precinct 19, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1932
30 MAY 1932
Age 72
Death of James Marion Blackwell in Bayview, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Bayview, Jefferson, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 JAN 1860
    Event Place: Floyd County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: M593_39; Page: 524A; Family History Library Film: 545538
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1895
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama; Page: 25; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240020

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 14, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: M593_39; Page: 524A; Family History Library Film: 545538

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: , Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama; Page: 25; Enumeration District: 0085; FHL microfilm: 1240020

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Short Creek, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Short Creek, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T624_17; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1374030

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T625_22; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 163

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Precinct 19, Precinct 19, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 MAY 1932
    Event Place: Bayview, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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