Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameWalter McCabe Blackwell
Birth27 Oct 1891, GA76,42,1,2
Death16 Mar 1972, Hall, GA76,42,1,2
Burial18 Mar 1972, Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Fulton, GA1,2
FatherSanford Josiah Blackwell (1850-1920)
MotherFrances Marion Rives (1854-1920)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: 16-Mar-1972 Hall, GA deaths76, 009998, Walter M. Blackwell
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index42, Walter Blackwell
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Fulton, GA1
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Walter M. Blackwell, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KLJ3-FHK
!CENSUS: 04-Jun-1900 Little River, Milton, GA539, 50/50, Walter M. Blackwell
!CENSUS: 19-Apr-1910 Crossville, Milton, GA467, 29/29, Walter Blackwell
!MARRIAGE: 25-Dec-1910 Cobb, GA marriages300, Walter M. Blackwell and Lizzie A. Broadwell
!CENSUS: 12-Jan-1920 512 South Main Street, Ward 3, Fitzgerald, Ben Hill, GA, 203/235, Walter M. Blackwell, wife Lizzie Blackwell, daughter Elizabeth Blackwell
!REFERENCE: 1922-1925 Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church History Minutes, http://atlantaprimitivebaptistchurch.org/apbchistoryb.pdf, "The constitution of the Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church was consummated on Wednesday night, May 9, 1922, by a small group, assembled in the Majestic Hotel on Peachtree Street. The Presbytery consisted of Elders George D. Godard and Walter M. Blackwell. … SEE APPENDIX B FOR PEACHTREE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ON PAGE 82. Elder Walter M. Blackwell was chosen as the first pastor, serving full time. … August 8, 1922 the church being at the Jackson Hills Baptist Church for Baptism service, went into conference and appointed a building committee … Elder Walter M. Blackwell, … the building was sufficiently completed for Dedication Service in November 19, 1922, only six months after the Constitution of the Church. The house was filled with people. The sermon was preached by Elder W. M. Blackwell … Soon after organizing, there was an in gathering of new members, many of whom proved to be pillars of the Church; mentioning some of these --- Sister Lizzie Blackwell and daughter, Elizabeth, family of the pastor … Elder Blackwell resigned from the Church July 15, 1925.", and numerous other references in these minutes to Blackwell up through at least 1942
!CENSUS: 22-Apr-1930 16 Cheshire Road, Peachtree, Fulton, GA, 26/28, Walter M. Blackwell, spouse Lizzie Blackwell, daughter Elizabeth Blackwell
!CENSUS: 15-Apr-1940 26 Standish Avenue, NW, Atlanta, Fulton, GA, 28, widowed, daughter Elizabeth Thompson, son-in-law Buford Thompson
!OCCUPATION: Minister
!REFERENCE: 17-May-1951 Jackson Progress-Argus
!RESIDENCE: 1972 Gainesville, Hall, GA 3050142, Walter Blackwell
!REFERENCE: 18-Mar-1972 Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, page 25, obituary for Rev. Walter M. Blackwell
!REFERENCE: George Pegram descendants541, Rev. Walker M. Blackwell, spouse Elizabeth Alma Broadwell (1890-1938), son Walker Everett Blackwell (1911-1914), daughter Frances Elizabeth Blackwell, son-in-law Buford Henderson Thompson (son of Deloney H. Thompson and Lessie G.)
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