Edgar, I think if you look at the obit, the inference there is that Sabra Blackburn died at home. I think that means Lawrence Co. And another idea of why she died here is that I don't think my ggrandmother Lizzie would have been in CO or NM, just my read on things but, goodness I'm wrong so many times I just get mad thinking about it. <ducking> Kay At11:06 PM 06-01-00 ,[email protected] wrote: >Kay... Digging a tad deeper I found the following. Now.. if our Sabra died in >CO, I reckon that she still could have been buried in MO. (Did you know that >her middle name was Angeling?) Again, my info comes from handwritten >hand-me-downs, so it is far from confirmed. I am in touch with some of our >Blackburn cousins in CO that have no trouble accepting all of the >following... whatever that means! >Isn't this root'n business simply great stuff! >Edgar > >Descendants of William Blackburn > >Generation No. 1 > >1. WILLIAM1 BLACKBURN was born 1824 in TN., and died 1873 in Lawrence Co., >MO. He married SABRA ANGELING WATSON 1847 in White County, TN. She was born >December 14, 1827 in Pittsylvania County, VA, and died October 03, 1914 in >Los Animas Co, CO. > >Notes for WILLIAM BLACKBURN: >1. Married Sabra Abt.? two weeks after they met. >2. Had a brother in Arkansas who was a freighter with several wagons. >3. During the Civil War, they lived in Confederate Territory, but did not >espouse the Southern cause. The bushwhackers drove them to Missouri. >4. First went to Chillicothe Abt. 1848. In 1860 he was in Washington County, >AR., where he had a "tanning yard." Then in 1869/70 he moved to homestead a >prarie farm two mile from where the Hunt family lived in Lawrence County. MO. >5. William was killed soon after reaching S. MO. when a saw mill and the >engine blower blew up. "One of the boy's named Gid" was also killed. >6. Is interned next to his wife in Round Grove Cemetery. >7. Most of his children had moved to Colorado by 1895. > >Notes for SABRA ANGELING WATSON: >1. Her mother was Dutch >2. Had 77 living descendents when she died - 8 children, 38 grandchildren and >1 ggrandchild. >3. Her family was still living in Lawrence Co., Mo by 1870. Prior to this >lived in NW? AR. > >More About WILLIAM BLACKBURN and SABRA WATSON: >Marriage: 1847, White County, TN > >Children of WILLIAM BLACKBURN and SABRA WATSON are: > i. NANCY ELIZABETH2 BLACKBURN, b. 1849; m. WILLIAM H. TRIMBLE. > >Notes for NANCY ELIZABETH BLACKBURN: >1. Called "Lizzie" she lived in Polk County, MO or CO. >2. Her husband was a great fox hunter and kept 17 hounds. >3. Lived in Fairplay, CO. or MO. in 1914. > >Notes for WILLIAM H. TRIMBLE: >Moved to Polk Co., MO > > ii. THOMAS W. BLACKBURN, b. 1850, TN; d. 1925, Los Animas Co, CO; m. > MARY >ELIZABETH SKEEN, 1872, MO.. > >Notes for THOMAS W. BLACKBURN: >1. Went to Texas to homestead and didn't like it and returned to MO. >2. Were the first of the family to migrate to Western Colorado - Soon after >the Indians were moved to Utah. >3. Lived on homesteads at Ophir and Vance Junction, near Telluride, Colorado. >4. Lived in Tinchera, CO. in 1914. > >More About THOMAS BLACKBURN and MARY SKEEN: >Marriage: 1872, MO. > >2. iii. MARY JANE BLACKBURN, b. 1853, Springdale, AR; d. Unknown, >Lawrence Co. MO. > iv. WILLIAM RITE BLACKBURN, b. 1853. > >Notes for WILLIAM RITE BLACKBURN: >1. Was a fun-loving man, liked to tell tall tales in which he was the hero, >and furnished the humor for all the family. >2. Lived in Olathe, CO. in 1914. > > v. GIDEON MOSES BLACKBURN, b. 1855. > >Notes for GIDEON MOSES BLACKBURN: >1. Nicknamed "Gid" >2.Him and his father were killed in a saw mill or thrashing machine explosion. >3. Interned at Round Grove Cem. > > vi. DANIEL MONROE BLACKBURN, b. 1857. > vii. CORTEZ COLOMBUS BLACKBURN, b. 1859. > >Notes for CORTEZ COLOMBUS BLACKBURN: >Lived in Austin in 1914. > > viii. ALONZO A. BLACKBURN, b. 1864. > >Notes for ALONZO A. BLACKBURN: >Lived in Pueblo, CO. in 1914. > > ix. LEONA BLACKBURN, b. 1866; d. 1948, Miller, MO; m. REVREND REV. HIRAM >C. HELM, 1907; d. MO. > >Notes for LEONA BLACKBURN: >Lived in Miller, MO in 1914. Is enterned in Round Grove Cementery > >Notes for REVREND REV. HIRAM C. HELM: >Was a Baptist Preacher. Is interned at Campground Cem., Chesapeake, MO. > >More About HIRAM HELM and LEONA BLACKBURN: >Marriage: 1907 > > x. VALENTINE VASCO BLACKBURN, b. 1868. > > >Generation No. 2 > >2. MARY JANE2 BLACKBURN (WILLIAM1) was born 1853 in Springdale, AR, and died >Unknown in Lawrence Co. MO. She married JOHN C. HUNT, son of DANIEL HUNT and >MARY WOODSON. He was born February 26, 1849 in Lawrence Co. MO, and died in >Lawrence Co. MO. > >Notes for MARY JANE BLACKBURN: >1. Lived in AR before her parent settled in South Missouri and attended the >same school as he future husband. >2. She was married when she was 16 years old. > >Notes for JOHN C. HUNT: >Was living with his father during the 1870 Lawrence County Census. > >Twenty years after his marriage he became the first of this Hunt line to move >to Colorado (1890). He then went to Montrose, CO. where he homesteaded for 12 >years. Homesteaded on Ash Meas and East Mesa, In Western Colorado. His third >homestead was on Henry Ramage's place, a mile and a half north of Montrose, >CO. > >Moved back to Missouri in 1912. > >I have much more on these folks if anyone wants it --- Edgar Hunt > > >==== BLACKBURN Mailing List ==== >When the subject changes, please change the Subject line.. >Searching for roots beats chasing dust bunnies! Kay Griffin Snow