Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameSanford Josiah Blackwell
Birth27 Oct 1850, Hall, GA76,1,2
Death13 Feb 1920, Canton, Cherokee, GA76,1,2
Burial14 Feb 1920, Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee, GA76,1,2
FatherDavid Glenn Blackwell (~1821-1863)
MotherMary Turpin Goode (1825-1900)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 13-Feb-1920 Canton, Cherokee, GA deaths76, 20650, S. J. Blackwell, born 27-Oct-1851, age 69 years 3 months 16 days, https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/gadeaths/id/20650/rec/17
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee, GA1, Elder S. J. Blackwell, born 27-Oct-1850, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54291384
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Sanford Josiah Blackwell, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/G9V3-PNP
!BIRTH-DEATH: Blackwell descendants, Sanford Josiah Blackwell, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 19-Jun-1860 434th District, Hall, GA, 358/317, Sanford Blackwell
!MARRIAGE: 1870 GA, Sanford J. Blackwell and Frances Marion Rives
!CENSUS: 21-Jun-1870 Thomason's District, Hall, GA, 581/509, Sanford Blackwell
!CENSUS: 16-Jun-1880 Buckhead, Fulton, GA465, 190/190, Sanford Blackwell
!CENSUS: 04-Jun-1900 Little River, Milton, GA539, 50/50, Sanford J. Blackwell
!CENSUS: 19-Apr-1910 Crossville, Milton, GA467, 29/29, Sanford J. Blackwell
!RESIDENCE: 1920 Gainesville Street, Canton, Cherokee, GA76, S. J. Blackwell
!OCCUPATION: Baptist minister; farmer465,539
!REFERENCE: Ancestry.com196, Sanford Josiah Blackwell, "Story written by my mother, Betty Baker Smith, daughter of Flora Blackwell Baker as told by my grandmother, Flora. - Married Frances Marian Rives in Hall Co., Georgia. Moved to Cherokee shortly afterwards where all the children were born. Both of their fathers were killed in the Civil War. Sanford Josiah was a Primitive Baptist preacher (a good one) and was for 22 years Moderator of the Little River Primitive Baptist association."
!REFERENCE: George Pegram descendants541, Rev. Sanford J. Blackwell
!REFERENCE: Reliques of the Rives543, page 232
Spouses
Birth15 Oct 1854, Hall, GA76,1,2
Death29 Jun 1920, Atlanta, Fulton, GA76,1,2
BurialRiverview Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee, GA76,1,2
FatherJohn Forsyth Rives (~1831-1863)
MotherHarriet Kinsey Chapman (1833-~1886)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: 29-Jun-1920 Atlanta, Fulton, GA deaths76, 17521-B, Mrs. Frances Blackwell, cause: carcinoma of liver following carcinmoa of right breast, https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/gadeaths/id/65204/rec/11
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Riverview Cemetery, Canton, Cherokee, GA1, Fannie M. Blackwell, "his wife", https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54291421
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Frances Marion Rives, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KNZ2-P7X
!BIRTH-DEATH: Blackwell descendants, Frances Marion Rives, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BlackwellDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 25-Jun-1860 District 810, Hall, GA, 481/434, Frances Rives
!MARRIAGE: 1870 GA, Sanford J. Blackwell and Frances Marion Rives
!CENSUS: 21-Jun-1870 Thomason's District, Hall, GA, 581/509, Frances Blackwell
!CENSUS: 16-Jun-1880 Buckhead, Fulton, GA465, 190/190, Frances Blackwell, mother Harriett K. Rives is 2 households away544
!CENSUS: 04-Jun-1900 Little River, Milton, GA539, 50/50, Fanny Blackwell
!CENSUS: 19-Apr-1910 Crossville, Milton, GA467, 29/29, Fannie Blackwell
!REFERENCE: 30-Jun-1920 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, page 17, obituary for Mrs. F. J. Blackwell, 10 children
!REFERENCE: Ancestry.com196, Smith Family Tree, Frances Marion Rives, picture
!REFERENCE: George Pegram descendants541
!REFERENCE: Reliques of the Rives543, page 232 Frances Marion Rives, born 1854, married Rev. Blackwell, a Baptist minister, and resided at Rossville, GA
Marriage1870, GA
ChildrenFloyd M. (1871-1947)
 George David (1873-1910)
 Franklin Columbus (1876-1944)
 John Alonzo (1877-1960)
 Dozier Edgar (1881-1962)
 James Sanford (1883-1926)
 Jesse Hilliar (1886-1961)
 William Lester (1889-1973)
 Walter McCabe (1891-1972)
 Frances May (1897-1945)
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