The Blount County News and Dispatch, 21 Mar 1889 Died-In Little Warrior, Blount County, Ala., on the 15th inst., Mr. Blake Tidwell, one of Blount County's old and respected citizens. He was a native of Tennessee, but came to Alabama with his parents in his boyhood. He was 75 years of age, was 55 years married, and raised seven sons and one daughter, six of the sons are living and one dead, and all have families of their own. His wife survives him, and is still in good health. Five years ago the deceased saw one of his sons [Uriah] elected Sheriff and four of them to the office of Justice of the Peace. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church for fifty years, and died in the hope of a glorious resurrection. Notes: His monument in the Tidwell Cemetery in the Concord Community near Locust Fork recorded Blake Tidwell, son of R. and M. Tidwell, was born 1 Mar 1816 and died 15 Mar 1889; his wife, Jennie Tidwell was born 26 Jan 1819 and died 11 Aug 1913.