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William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn 1876 – 1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Aug 1876

Birth Location: Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA

Death Date: 22 Feb 1961

Death Location: Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA

Father: James Blackburn

Mother: Mary Heflin

Spouse(s): Mary Hightower

Children(s): Edith Blackburn, Sherman Blackburn, John Blackburn, Ruth Blackburn

The story of William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn began in 1876 in Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA. William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn married Mary Ella Hightower, and had children including Edith Ethel Blackburn, Sherman Alonzo Blackburn, John Paul Blackburn, Ruth Bernice Blackburn. William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn passed away in 1961 in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn began in 1876 in Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA.
  • William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn married Mary Ella Hightower, and had children including Edith Ethel Blackburn, Sherman Alonzo Blackburn, John Paul Blackburn, Ruth Bernice Blackburn.
  • William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn passed away in 1961 in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Blackburn
1854 – 1885
Birth Location: Arkansas, USA
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Mary Heflin
1861 – 1884
Birth Location: Arkansas City, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Hightower
1887 – 1983
Birth Location: Red River, Searcy, Arkansas, USA
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Children(s)

Edith Blackburn
1904 – 2000
Birth Location: Eufaula, Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
EB
Sherman Blackburn
1906 – 1996
Birth Location: Eufaula, McIntosh, Oklahoma, USA
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John Blackburn
1912 – 2003
Birth Location: Oklahoma
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Ruth Blackburn
1925 – 2013
Birth Location: Hoyt, Haskell County, Oklahoma, USA
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William Blackburn's Ancestors

Self
William Blackburn
1876 – 1961
Birth Place: Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA
Parents
James Carroll Blackburn
1854 – 1885
Arkansas, USA
Mary (Ann) Heflin
1861 – 1884
Arkansas City, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States
Grandparents
Alexander (Jackson) Heflin
1834 – 1918
Hardin, Tennessee, United States
Virginia (Hill) Scott
1841 – 1880
Fairfield ,Wayne Co. ILL.
Great-Grandparents
William Heflin
1798 – 1870
Isabella Morris
1804 – 1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Heflin
1773 – 1823
Elizabeth Davis
1782 – 1877

William Blackburn's Descendants

1.
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William (Wesley Henry Alonzo) Blackburn (5 Aug 1876 – 22 Feb 1961) m. Mary (Ella) Hightower (3 Jan 1887 – 18 Jan 1983)
  1. 1. Edith (Ethel) Blackburn (20 Dec 1904 – 19 Apr 2000)
  2. 2. Sherman (Alonzo) Blackburn (14 Dec 1906 – 5 Feb 1996) m. Patricia (Belle) Downs (18 Oct 1917 – Jan 1978)
    1. 1. Terrell (Dean) Blackburn (6 May 1933 – 22 March 2010) m. Darlene (Dee) Blackburn (7 June 1936 – 30 September 2010)
      1. 1. Blackburn
    2. 2. Jame (W) Blackburn (abt 1935 – )
    3. 3. Chas (D) Blackburn (abt 1939 – )
  3. 3. John (Paul) Blackburn (abt 1912 – 19 Oct 2003)
  4. 4. Ruth (Bernice) Blackburn (5 January 1925 – 21 February 2013)

William Blackburn's Timeline

2 Records

1876
5 Aug 1876
Birth of William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn in Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA
Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA
1961
22 Feb 1961
Age 85
Death of William Wesley Henry Alonzo Blackburn in Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA
Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Aug 1876
    Event Place: Gum Log, Pope, Arkansas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1961
    Event Place: Anadarko, Caddo, Oklahoma, USA
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