Jack... I seem to recall that we have been in touch before. In any event, Leona was the sister of my great grandmother, Mary Jane. I am sending you all of the information I have on them. As to the pictures... I am not sure that I could identify them. But, Kay Griffin Snow -kgsno@primary.net - the owner of this Blackburn site -- is our common cousin who still lives in the area and is sure to be able to identify them if anyone can. Edgar Hunt - The Florida Keys Descendants of William S. Blackburn Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM S.1 BLACKBURN was born August 15, 1824 in TN., and died November 13, 1873 in Lawrence Co., MO. He married SABRA ANGELINE WATSON 1847 in White County, TN. She was born December 14, 1827 in Pittsylvania County, VA, and died October 03, 1914 in Round Grove, MO. Notes for WILLIAM S. 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 Gideon" 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. 8. Traveled to Daviess County, Missouri during the Civil War. We know William S. Blackburn didn't want to serve in the Confederate Army from Arkansas, but why did he chose to travel to Daviess County, Missouri? It seems he chose to go there because that's where his sister Elizabeth lived, after she married Wright Taylor. That sounds logical -- go to where you have relatives. William S. and Sabra traveled to Daviess County prior to January 11, 1858, because that's where and when Daniel Monroe Blackburn was born. William S. and Sabra evidently returned to Arkansas after 1858, for the birth of Christopher Cortez Blackburn in 1859 and Alonzo Alvis Blackburn in 1863, but then were back in Daviess County, Missouri for the birth of Leona Louise Blackburn on November 03, 1865 in Jamesport, Daviess County, Missouri. They moved to Lawrence County, Missouri, it seems, for the birth of their last child, Valentine Volney (Vollie) Blackburn on February 14, 1869. Notes for SABRA ANGELINE WATSON: 1. Her mother was Dutch 2. Had 77 living descendents when she died - 8 children, 38 grandchildren and 1ggrandchild. 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. August 09, 1848; d. February 11, 1920, Polk County, MO; m. WILLIAM HARDEN TRIMBLE, February 13, 1871, St. Louis, MO; b. April 06, 1850, Lawrence County, MO; d. August 14, 1923, Shady Grove, Polk County, MO. 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. 4. See photo of her at Mary Jane Hunt's scrapbook. More About NANCY ELIZABETH BLACKBURN: Burial: Fairplay, MO Notes for WILLIAM HARDEN TRIMBLE: Moved to Polk Co., MO More About WILLIAM TRIMBLE and NANCY BLACKBURN: Marriage: February 13, 1871, St. Louis, MO ii. THOMAS WINFIELD BLACKBURN, b. November 16, 1849, Nashville, TN; d. March 12, 1925, Branson, Los Animas Co, CO; m. MARY ELIZABETH SKEEN, November 25, 1872, Lawrence County, MO.; b. November 01, 1849, Round Grove, Lawrence County, MO; d. February 16, 1926, Folsom, New Mexico. Notes for THOMAS WINFIELD 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: November 25, 1872, Lawrence County, MO. 2. iii. MARY JANE BLACKBURN, b. December 10, 1853, Springdale, AR; d. December 30, 1943, Olathe, CO. iv. WILLIAM RITE BLACKBURN, b. March 08, 1852, MO; d. June 24, 1937, Olatha, Delta County, CO; m. AMANDA. 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. MOSES GIDEON BLACKBURN, b. October 06, 1855, Arkansas. Notes for MOSES GIDEON 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. More About MOSES GIDEON BLACKBURN: Burial: November 13, 1873, Miller, Lawrence County, MO 3. vi. DANIEL MONROE BLACKBURN, b. January 11, 1858, Daviess County, MO; d. May 04, 1909, Eckert, Delta County, CO. vii. CHRISTOPHER CORTEZ BLACKBURN, b. November 02, 1859, Fayetteville, AR; d. December 19, 1933, CO; m. (1) LORETA A. COTTEN; b. 1871; d. 1905; m. (2) JENNIE WADE, Aft. 1905; b. 1876; d. 1956. Notes for CHRISTOPHER CORTEZ BLACKBURN: Lived in Austin in 1914. More About CHRISTOPHER BLACKBURN and JENNIE WADE: Marriage: Aft. 1905 viii. ALONZO ALVIS BLACKBURN, b. June 26, 1863, Arkansas; d. November 25, 1916, Colorado. Notes for ALONZO ALVIS BLACKBURN: Lived in Pueblo, CO. in 1914. ix. LEONA LOUISE BLACKBURN, b. November 03, 1865, Jamesport, Daviess County, MO; d. September 07, 1948, Round Grove, Miller, MO; m. REVREND REV. HIRAM C. HELM, May 23, 1907, Lawrence County, MO; b. December 25, 1852, Lawrence County, MO; d. January 14, 1936, Lawrence County, MO. Notes for LEONA LOUISE BLACKBURN: Lived in Miller, MO in 1914. Is interned in Round Grove Cemetery 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: May 23, 1907, Lawrence County, MO x. VALENTINE VOLNEY BLACKBURN, b. February 14, 1869, MO; d. March 26, 1945; m. VESTIA CLARA VAN HORN; b. February 06, 1872, MO; d. June 17, 1936, CO. Generation No. 2 2. MARY JANE2 BLACKBURN (WILLIAM S.1) was born December 10, 1853 in Springdale, AR, and died December 30, 1943 in Olathe, CO. She married JOHN C. HUNT June 10, 1970 in Lawrence County, MO (Recorded Mt. Vernon, MO), son of DANIEL HUNT and MARY WOODSON. He was born February 26, 1849 in Lawrence Co. MO, and died in Olatha, Delta County, CO. 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. More About MARY JANE BLACKBURN: Burial: Olatha, Delta County, CO 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. Homesteads on Ash Mesa and East Mesa, In Western Colorado. His third homestead was on Henry Ramage's place, a mile and a half north of Montrose, CO. Migrated to Olathe, CO about 1890, moved back to Missouri in 1912 and returned to CO about 1920. More About JOHN HUNT and MARY BLACKBURN: Marriage: June 10, 1970, Lawrence County, MO (Recorded Mt. Vernon, MO)