Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Lester Blackwell Sr.
Birth11 Mar 1889, Hickory Flat, Cherokee, GA42,1,2
Death25 Jul 1973, Canton, Cherokee, GA42,1,2
BurialCherokee Memorial Park, Canton, Cherokee, GA1,2
FatherSanford Josiah Blackwell (1850-1920)
MotherFrances Marion Rives (1854-1920)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: US Social Security Death Index42, William Blackwell
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Cherokee Memorial Park, Canton, Cherokee, GA1, Wm. L. Blackwell, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150839178
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, William Lester Blackwell, Sr., https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LHLS-ZX5
!CENSUS: 04-Jun-1900 Little River, Milton, GA539, 50/50, Wm. L. Blackwell
!CENSUS: 1910 Canton, Cherokee, GA, W. L. Blackwell, note that the head of household (F. M. Blackwell) is possibly William Lester Blackwell Sr.’s older brother Floyd Blackwell
!REFERENCE: 05-Jun-1917 Cherokee, GA WWI draft registration card, William L. Blackwell, born Hickory Flat, GA
!REFERENCE: 1920 Canton, Cherokee, GA deaths76 20650 for father S. J. Blackwell, W. L. Blackwell
!CENSUS: 14-15-Apr-1930 Main Street, Canton, Cherokee, GA, 411/515, W. L. Blackwell
!OCCUPATION: Credit accountant
!RESIDENCE: 1973 Canton, Cherokee, GA 3011442
!REFERENCE: Mary Gib Coker New, William Blackwell has a daughter who married a Presley who gave information to Mary Gib Coker New on where Sanford Blackwell and Frances Blackwell are buried.
!REFERENCE: Jul-2005 emails from granddaughter Anne Marie Alexander to Don Braffitt547, William Lester Blackwell, Sr.
Spouses
Birth8 May 1888, Canton, Cherokee, GA1,2
Death21 Oct 1964, Canton, Cherokee, GA76,1,2
BurialCherokee Memorial Park, Canton, Cherokee, GA1,2
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Cherokee Memorial Park, Canton, Cherokee, GA1, Ada E. Blackwell, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150839177
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Ada Elizabeth Edwards, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LRM6-QCK
!CENSUS: 14-15-Apr-1930 Main Street, Canton, Cherokee, GA, 411/515, Ada Blackwell
!DEATH: 21-Oct-1964 Cherokee, GA deaths76, 031985, Ada E. Blackwell
!REFERENCE: 1997 Shirley Morris548, Ada E. Blackwell, parents William T. Edwards (1846-1934) and Frances S. Edwards (1859-1903)
!REFERENCE: Jul-2005 emails from granddaughter Anne Marie Alexander to Don Braffitt547, Ada Elizabeth Edwards, parents William Twitty Edwards and Frances E. Sewell
ChildrenMary Bess (1912-1915)
 Marie Sewell (1915-2008)
 William Lester (1918-1978)
 Martha Jane (1920-1994)
 Patricia Sanford (1925-2007)
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