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