Rev. 18 May 2005, Gen. 922

ELIZABETH GRAVES AND JOSEPH B. BLANTON OF AL AND CHOCTAW CO., MS

GENERATION 1

Elizabeth Graves (6) was born 25 Dec. 1818 in AL, and died 31 July 1893 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She married Joseph B. Blanton, son of Lewis Blanton and Frances Hester, about 1837 in MS. He was born in 1813 in SC, and died 24 Feb. 1863 in MS. (R‑1)

Children - Blanton

2. Jane Blanton, b. 1838 (Snowville Twp., MS).

3. Mary M. Blanton, b. 10 Feb. 1840 (Snowville Twp., MS).

+4. Joseph A. Blanton, b. 14 June 1841, m. Susan M. ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 12 Feb. 1862.

5. Charles M. Blanton, b. 2 Nov. 1843 (Snowville Twp., MS).

+6. Sarah Minerva Blanton, b. 11 July 1845, m. Sam Houston Quinn.

+7. William Pinkney Blanton, b. 8 June 1849, m. Emma M. Fulcher, 22 Dec. 1875, d. 19 Dec. 1915.

+8. Julia (A., I. or T.) Blanton, b. 2 Nov. 1851, m. Augustus R. Graves, 12 Feb. 1874, d. before 1910.

+9. Francis Annie Blanton, b. 29 June 1856, m. Charlie D. Dunn, 11 April 1874, d. 26 Sept. 1921.

+10. Isham H. Blanton, b. 8 Dec. 1858, m. Minnie Fancher, 1874, d. 20 Aug. 1897.

GENERATION 2

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH GRAVES (6) AND JOSEPH B. BLANTON

Joseph A. Blanton (4) was born 14 June 1841 in Snowville Twp., MS, and died 12 Feb. 1862. He married Susan M. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. (R‑1)

Children - Blanton

+11. Joseph Dewitt Blanton, b. 11 Oct. 1862, m(1) Mary Catherine Jackson, 1879, m(2) Catherine Ann McChan, 21 Sept. 1882, m(3) Susan Catherine Peaster, 28 Aug. 1886, d. 17 April 1925.

Sarah Minerva Blanton (6) was born 11 July 1845 in Snowville Twp., MS. She married Sam Houston Quinn. (R‑1)

Children - Quinn

+12. Lilly Mae Quinn, b. 13 April 1886, m. Wiley Lewis Black, 8 Jan. 1905, d. 24 March 1930.

William Pinkney Blanton (7) was born 8 June 1849 in Snowville Twp., MS, and died 19 Dec. 1915. He married Emma M. Fulcher on 22 Dec. 1875. She was born 24 Aug. 1850 in MS, and died 20 June 1931. This family was listed on the 1880, 1900 and 1910 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. In 1900 and 1910, Emma stated that both of her two children were living. In 1920, ‘E. M.’ was a 69-year old widow in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. Her Rainey granddaughters lived with her. In 1930, she was recorded as ‘grandmother’ in the Henry L. Graves (Genealogy 118) family in Ackerman, MS. (R‑1)

Children - Blanton

13. L. Blanton [daughter], b. 1876 (Choctaw Co., MS).

+14. S. Elizabeth Blanton, b. 25 May 1877, m. James C. Rainey, 7 Dec. 1900, d. 12 Sept. 1929.

+15. Viola Jane Blanton, b. 10 Jan. 1879, m. Boyce Orlando Bruce, 24 Oct. 1897, d. 5 May 1957.

16. Willis Blanton, b. 1881, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Roughton.

Julia Blanton (8) was born 2 Nov. 1851 in Snowville Twp., MS, and died before 1910 in MS; Augustus was recorded as a widower in 1910. She married Augustus R. Graves , son of Lewis Graves and Olive Stewart (Genealogy 118), on 12 Feb. 1874 in MS. He was born in Nov. 1851 in AL, and died after 1920, probably in MS. This family was recorded on the 1880-1910 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. In 1900, Julia stated that both of her two children were living. In 1920, Augustus was recorded in Choctaw Co., MS living with his son W. T. and his family; single daughter Leona also lived with them. (R‑1)

Children - Graves

+17. William T. Graves, b. 1878, m. Naomie Oswalt, after 1910.

18. Leona Graves b. 1882 (MS).

Francis Annie Blanton (9) was born 29 June 1856, and died 26 Sept. 1921, both in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She married Charlie D. Dunn, son of Samuel Dunn and Sarah Mathwis, on 11 April 1874 in Ackerman. He was born 10 Dec. 1853 in Benton, Polk Co., TN, and died 19 May 1930 in Ackerman, MS. All their children, except for Belle, were born in Choctaw Co., MS. (R‑1)

Children - Dunn

+19. Joseph H. Dunn, b. 18 March 1875, m. Ida May Barksdale, 5 Nov. 1897, d. Sept. 1947.

+20. Julia Elizabeth Dunn (twin), b. 22 Jan. 1877, m. Edwin Mitchell Blackwood, 24 Oct. 1896, d. 1957.

21. Paula Rebekah Dunn (twin), b. 22 Jan. 1877, d. 1877.

+22. Belle Dunn, b. 4 Feb. 1882, m. Robert Noail Oswalt, 26 Dec. 1897, d. 2 Sept. 1927.

+23. Samuel M. Dunn, b. 22 Nov. 1883, m. Anna Oswalt, c. 1911, d. March 1974.

+24. William Pinkney Dunn, b. 29 March 1885, m. Mary Graves, 1 Feb. 1908, d. 21 Dec. 1955.

25. Willie Mae Dunn, b. 13 June 1889, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Graves.

+26. Lou Emma Dunn, b. 28 Jan. 1892, m. Robert Larkin White, 16 Nov. 1913, d. 28 Feb. 1929.

+27. Rufus Levert Dunn, b. 13 Jan. 1895, m. Caldonia Fox, d. April 1979.

+28. Lydia R. Dunn, b. 12 Nov. 1899, m. Jonathan Price Oswalt.

Isham H. Blanton (10) was born 8 Dec. 1858 in Snowville Twp., MS, and died 20 Aug. 1897 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. He married Minnie Fancher in 1874. (R‑1)

Children - Blanton

29. Minnie Florence Blanton, b. 19 Sept. 1881 (Ackerman, MS), d. 8 July 1897 (Ackerman, MS).

30. Joseph Pinkney Blanton, b. 2 Nov. 1883, d. 26 July 1887 (Ackerman, MS).

GENERATION 3

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH A. BLANTON (4) AND SUSAN M. ‑‑‑‑‑‑

Joseph Dewitt Blanton (11) was born 11 Oct. 1862 in Snowville Twp., MS, and died 17 April 1925. He first married Mary Catherine Jackson in 1879. He married second Catherine Ann McChan on 21 Sept. 1882, and married third Susan Catherine Peaster on 28 Aug. 1886. (R‑1)

Children - Blanton, by Mary C. Jackson

31. Robert Blanton, b. 1878, d. 1963.

Children - Blanton, by Catherine McChan

32. Cora B. Blanton

Children - Blanton, by Susan Peasr

33. Charlie Blanton, b. Jan. 1887, m. Etta Hunt. She was b. 5 Nov. 1891 and d. 15 May 1959.

+34. Sallie Blanton, b. 18 May 1891, m. Anderson Savage, d. 19 March 1966.

+35. William Harrison Blanton, b. 20 Feb. 1897, m. Elba Tyler, 1 Aug. 1921, d. 9 Nov. 1971.

36. Lela Blanton, b. 22 Aug. 1903, m. Willie J. Long, d. 27 July 1989. He was b. 18 Aug. 1896 and d. 21 March 1963.

CHILDREN OF SARAH M. BLANTON (6) AND SAM H. QUINN

Lilly May Quinn (12) was born 13 April 1886 in Choctaw Co., MS, and died 24 March 1930 in Mathison, Webster Co., MS. She married Wiley Lewis(“Jake”) Black, twin son of Moses Black and Susannah Dunn, on 8 Jan. 1905. He was born 27 Oct. 1878 in Mt. Airy, Choctaw Co., MS, and died 5 Oct. 1952 in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, LA. (R‑1)

Children - Black

37. Willie Louie Black, b. 1906.

38. James Houston Black, b. 27 Dec. 1907, d. 15 Sept. 1990 (Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS).

39. Lillie Mavis Black, b. 1910.

40. Norman Quinn Black, b. 1912.

41. Charles Buford Black, b. 1913.

42. Mary John Black, b. 1915.

43. Sarah Maurine Black, b. 1916.

44. Mildred Louise Black, b. 1918, m. William McCLure.

45. Melba Charlese Black, b. 1920.

46. Mamie Dondee Black, b.c. 1923.

47. Francis Mae Black, b.c. 1924.

48. Martha Elena Black, b.c. 1926.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM P. BLANTON (7) AND EMMA M. FULCHER

S. Elizabeth Blanton (14) was born 25 May 1877 in MS, and died 12 Sept. 1929. She married James C. Rainey on 27 Dec. 1900. He was born 16 Jan. 1874 and died 2 Jan. 1929. This family was recorded with Elizabeth’s parents in 1910 and her widowed mother in 1920, both in Choctaw Co., MS. (R‑1)

Children - Rainey

+49. Mary E. Rainey, b. 10 Oct. 1901, m. Henry L. Graves, c. 1925, d. 15 April 1934.

50. Willis B. Rainey, b.c. 1903.

Viola Jane Blanton (15) was born 10 Jan. 1879 in Choctaw Co., MS, and died 5 May 1957 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She married Boyce Orlando Bruce on 24 Oct. 1897. He was born 10 Sept. 1873 in MS, and died 9 June 1959 in Ackerman, MS. (R‑1)

Children - Bruce

51. Jewel Bruce, b. 12 Aug. 1899 (MS), m. Fred McKnight.

+52. Maggie Pearl Bruce, b. 11 Aug. 1901, m. Willis Clarice Long, d. May 1994.

CHILDREN OF JULIA BLANTON (8) AND AUGUSTUS R. GRAVES

William T. Graves (17) was born in May 1878 in MS. He married Naomie Oswalt, daughter of Urbins Oswalt and Clementine White, after 1910. She was born 3 Sept. 1889 in MS. This family was recorded on the 1920 census in Choctaw Co., MS. (R‑6)

Children - Graves

53. Artas Graves, b.c. 1914 (MS).

CHILDREN OF FRANCIS A. BLANTON (9) AND CHARLIE D. DUNN

Joseph H. Dunn (19) was born 18 March 1875 in Choctaw Co., MS, and died in Sept. 1947 in OK. He married Ida May Barksdale on 5 Nov. 1897 in Choctaw Co. She was born 4 Nov. 1873 in MS. All their children were born in MS. (R‑1)

Children - Dunn

54. Odie C. Dunn, b. 1900.

55. Thelma Dunn, b. 1902.

56. Leatha M. Dunn, b. 1903.

57. Lillian F. Dunn, b. 1905.

Julia Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Dunn (20) was born 22 Jan. 1877 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS, and died in 1957 in Winters, Runnels Co., TX. She married Edwin Mitchell Blackwood, son of G. Blackwood and Sallie ‑‑‑‑‑‑, on 24 Oct. 1896 in Ackerman. He was born in Oct. 1874 in MS, and died in Winters Runnels Co., TX. (R‑1)

Children - Blackwood

58. Lydia R. Blackwood, b. Sept. 1897 (TX).

59. Beuah Blackwood, b. 1899 (TX), d. 1998 (Winters, TX).

60. J. D. Blackwood, b. 4 Aug. 1903 (Winters, TX), d. 15 June 1905 (Winters, TX).

61. Ora Lucille Blackwood, b. 1906 (Franklin, Runnels Co., TX), m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Taylor.

+62. Graned Cates Blackwood, b. 17 May 1913, m(1) Elizabeth Underwood, m(2) J. Qubelle Adams, 22 May 1950.

+63. Edwin Mitchell Blackwood, Jr., b. 11 Jan. 1915, m. Dorothy K. Davis, d. 1968.

64. Lizzie Mae Blackwood, b. 1918 (Runnels Co., TX).

+65. Willie Lois Blackwood, b. 1920, m(1) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Daniels, m(2) Watson Chest Briley, c. 1938.

Belle Dunn (22) was born 4 Feb. 1882 in Sumner Co., MS, and died 2 Sept. 1927 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She married Robert Noail Oswalt, son of James Oswalt and Louise Jackson, on 26 Dec. 1897 in Choctaw Co. He was born 24 Dec. 1875 in Choctaw Co., and died 6 March 1958 in Ackerman, MS. All their children were born in Choctaw Co., MS. (R‑1)

Children - Oswalt

66. Nora Oswalt, b. 12 Nov. 1898, d. 14 Dec. 1898 (Choctaw Co., MS).

67. Olea (or Olia) Oswalt, b. 8 Feb. 1900, d. 27 Feb. 1900 (Choctaw Co., MS).

68. Eleard (or Eliard) Oswalt, b. 3 Feb. 1901, d. 2 March 1901 (Choctaw Co., MS).

+69. Earl Oswalt, b. 23 Jan. 1902, m. Nellie Neal, d. Jan. 1975.

+70. Mamie Oswalt, b. 27 June 1904, m. Harold Reid, d. March 1993.

71. Noel Oswalt, b. 28 July 1906, m. Rubie Mae ‑‑‑‑‑‑ c. 1929, d. 1 May 1946.

72. Garland Oswalt, b. 23 Aug. 1908, d. 22 May 1909 (Choctaw Co., MS).

73. Houston L. Oswalt, b. 18 Dec. 1910, d. 4 May 2000. Dates are from the SSDI; last residence was Weir, Choctaw Co., MS.

74. Charlie Brady Oswalt, b. 21 Feb. 1915, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑, d. 2 Nov. 1965 (Choctaw Co., MS).

Samuel M. Dunn (23) was born 22 Nov. 1883 in MS, and died in March 1974 according to the SSDI; his last residence was Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. He married Anna Oswalt, daughter of Joseph Oswalt and Susan Moss, about 1911. She was born 18 Jan. 1897 in MS, and died 31 Aug. 1993 in MS. This family was recorded on the 1920 and 1930 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS. (R‑1)

Children - Dunn

75. Christina Dunn, b.c. 1912, m. John Howie.

76. Evelyn Dunn, b.c. 1919.

77. Dara Mozelle Dunn, b.c. 1929, m. Clyde Harrison.

William Pinkney Dunn, called “Pink”, (24) was born 29 March 1885, and died 21 Dec. 1955, both in Choctaw Co., MS. He married Mary (“Mollie”) Graves, daughter of Augustus Graves (Genealogy 118) and Julia Blanton, on 1 Feb. 1908 in Choctaw Co., MS. She was born 15 June 1888, and died 25 March 1969 in Choctaw Co., MS according to the SSDI; her last residence was Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She first married Bowers Mabus, son of Newton Mabus and Susan ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was born in Nov. 1890 in MS. This family was recorded on the 1910-1930 censuses in Choctaw Co., MS; their children were born in MS. (R‑1)

Children - Dunn

78. Charley D. Dunn, Jr., b.c. 1909. Called Durrell on the 1930 census.

79. Fannie Dunn, b.c. 1910.

80. Marie Dunn, b. 14 Feb. 1914, m. Halbert T. Reid. He was b. 5 April 1903, d. Aug. 1972 (Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS).

81. Evelyn Dunn, b.c. 1922.

Lou Emma Dunn (26) was born 28 Jan. 1892, and died 28 Feb. 1929, both in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS. She married Robert Larkin White, son of Robert White and Harriett Clark, on 16 Nov. 1913 in Calera, Bryan Co., OK. He was born 11 Sept. 1893 in Isla, Sabine Co., TX, and died 14 Feb. 1987 in Amherst, Lamb Co., TX. (R‑1)

Children - White

+82. Robert Charles White, b. 9 Oct. 1914, m. Lou Ella Henderson, 14 Aug. 1934.

+83. Reudolph White, b. 4 Dec. 1916, m(1) Hattie Jo Craig, m(2) Frances Marguerette Shaffer, 31 Oct. 1941, d. 26 Sept. 1996.

+84. Pete White, b. 3 Nov. 1918, m. Bessie Lee Bell, 24 April 1939.

+85. Jack White, b. 23 June 1920, m. Margaret Peggy Bumm, 23 Dec. 1942.

+86. Bob White, b. 12 March 1923, m(1) Martha Morrow, m(2) Vertie Lou Davidson, 22 May 1949.

+87. Helen Louise White, b. 8 Feb. 1929, m. Raymond Hartley Simmons, 31 Dec. 1943, d. 6 June 2000.

Rufus Levert Dunn (27) was born 13 an. 1895 in Ackerman, Choctaw Co., MS, and died in April 1979 in Starkville, Okibbeha Co., MS. He married Caldonia Fox, daughter of Joseph Fox and Susan Bright. She was born 28 June 1903 in Bankston, MS, and died in July 1970 in Starkville, MS. (R‑1)

Children - Dunn

88. May Dunn

89. Evelyn Dunn, b.c. 1920.

Lydia R. (“Liddy") Dunn (28) was born 12 Nov. 1899 in MS. She married Jonathan Price Oswalt. He was born about 1898. (R‑1)

Children - Oswalt

+90. Leon Oswalt, m. Mimby ‑‑‑‑‑‑.

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