Norman Dean Blackwell

Other Events and Attributes:

• MILF: Y
• Religion: Methodist/Catholic?
• USR1: Complications of Muscular Dystrophy

Notes:

Obit:
N. Dean Blackwell of Washington, MO passed away Tuesday October 15, 2019.
He is survived by his wife, Jean Blackwell of Washington, MO;
Two step-sons, Keith Koch and wife Wendi of IA and Jesse Koch of Washington, MO;
Four step-grandchildren, Austin Koch, Nicole Fangmann (Matthew), Jessica and Levi Koch;
One step-great-grandchildren, Harper Fangmann;
One brother, John Venneri of PA.
Visitation for 84 year old N. Dean Blackwell will be Monday October 21, 2019 from 9-11 a.m. at the Oltmann Funeral Home in Washington, MO.
Funeral Service will be Monday October 21, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Oltmann Funeral Home in Washington, MO.
Burial with full military honors to follow in the St. Francis Borgia Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), Gray Summit United Methodist Church, Our Lady Lourdes Church or St. Francis Borgia Church.
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First married Joann Stahlman, second Wanda LeMay-Perry, third Imogene.

Buried:
Saint Francis Borgia Cemetery

Norman married Imogene Margaret (Jean) Kliethermes on 11 Sep 1993 in Washington, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
3rd marriage

Samuel + Mildred Blackwell. Mildred (daughter of John Newton Blackwell and Joanne Alice Childers) was born on 30 Nov 1917 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 5 Dec 2006 in North Huntington Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA; was buried in North Huntington Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Published in Greensburg Tribune Review on Dec. 6, 2006

Mildred G. Blackwell Venneri, 89, of North Huntingdon, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006, in Mercy Jeannette Hospital. She was born Nov. 30, 1917, in Leslie, Mo., the daughter of the late John and Alice Childres Blackwell, and also was predeceased by her husband, Samuel F. Venneri; a son, C. Douglas Venneri, and two brothers, Earl E. and Milford J. Blackwell. She was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Irwin; the Golden Echoes; the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Chapter 392, Greensburg, and the AARP, North Huntingdon. Mildred was fortunate to have lived in her own home until the time of her passing and always enjoyed activities with her friends and church family. She is survived by sons Samuel L. (Janet), Venneri, of Middletown, Md., and John J. (Jane) Venneri, of Connellsville, and a brother, Milton "Squeech" (Bonnie) Blackwell, of Leslie, Mo. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the WILLIAM SNYDER FUNERAL HOME, 521 Main St., Irwin, 724-863-1200, where a blessing service will be at 1 p.m. Friday. Interment will follow in Penn-Lincoln Memorial Park, North Huntingdon.

Buried:
Penn Lincoln Memorial Park

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• USR1: Carcinoma of mouth, causing severe hemorrhage and resulting death
• Residence: 1911

Notes:

Gerald Journal, Feb. 21, 1919:
“J. H. Meyer of Leslie Route 2 bought the 40 acre farm of John Blackwell on Leslie Route 2 the first of the week. They both were in Gerald Tuesday to make the deed for the transaction.”

Birth:
Ervin Blackwell said Henry and John were born in Leasburg.

Residence:
Living in Iron Mine area of Boone Twp.

Died:
Died at his home

Buried:
St. Johns? - Adams-Butler Cemetery, Lyon Township

John + Joanne Alice Childers. Joanne (daughter of George Henry Childers and Sarah Francis Stiewig) was born on 27 Oct 1887 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO; died on 21 Sep 1935 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 23 Sep 1935 in Leslie, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• USR1: Chronic Myocorditis

Notes:

Obituary The Republican Tribune, Union, MO April 10, 1925, page 1

Mrs. Alice Blackwell, nee Childers, was born October 27, 1887, and was called to her heavenly home September 21, 1935, at the age of 47 years, 10 months, and 26 days.
Mrs. Blackwell made her confession in Christ in the early part of her life and remained a most devoted Christian until the und.
She lived a quiet and peaceful life in the realm of her household, where all her interests were centered. She was a devoted wife and a loving and sacrificing mother, and these little characteristics will long be remembered by the broken hearted ones left to mourn.
She is not here to comfort and console her children and never again will they hear that gentle voice, or feel the loving arms sheltering them from error and pain, as they grope their way along the misty pathway of young manhood and womanhood.
A loving husband and five children are mourning the departure of this beautiful life. The children are Earl, Ervin, Milford, Mildred, and Milton, who are all at home with their father and one grandchild. Besides her own family, she leaves to mourn for her three brothers, Fred Childers of Ellinwood, Kansas, Robert of Kansas City, and Lee of Seattle, Washington, and one sister, Mrs. C.R. Farrar of Union, MO.
Four sisters and two brothers precede her into the unknown world. She will also be missed by her many friends and neighbors to whom she expressed such a wonderful example of neighborly kindness. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. B. Adams at the home, and thence to the family cemetery near Beaufort.

Buried:
Adams-Butler Cemetery, Lyons Twp. - St. Johns?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: Abt 1914, Maries Co., MO
• Census: 26 Jan 1920, S. Jefferson Twp., Maries Co., MO

Notes:

The 1900 census lists Tom living as a farmer in the south part of Boone Township, Franklin Co., MO. He was renting a farm and reported that he could neither read nor write. His wife could do both. His two sons were listed as farm laborers. Mary and Effie were in school, Ada at home. Living with the family was Elizabeth West Keeney, Clarissa's sister, who later married Tom.

The 1920 census reports that Tom's parents were born in Tennessee, but this may be incorrect.
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Gasconade County Republican, Owensville, MO, January 13, 1938: Father of H. Blackwell buried at Lanes Prairie-Funeral Services were held for Thomas Blackwell Sunday at the Skaggs Chapel at Lanes Prairie with burial in the Skaggs Cemetery. Rev. J. Arvin conducted the services.

Thomas Blackwell was born in Walbert [Franklin Co, MO] on May 2, 1862. He was 75 years old at the time of his death. He leaves his wife, nee Betty West, four daughters: Mrs. Mary Riske, Mrs. Ada Unger of St. Louis; Mrs. Effie Parks of Fisher, Illinois; and Mrs. Bertha West of Lanes Prairie; and two sons, John of Gerald and Henry of Owensville. 
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Home in 1930: Jefferson, Maries Co, MO 
Radio Set: No 
Occupation: Farmer 
J H Blackwell 69 lst mar age 21 MO MO MO
Elisabeth J Blackwell 74 wf lst mar age 20 MO

Home in 1920: Jefferson, Maries, Missouri 
Thomas H Blackwell 53 mar. MO TN TN
Elizebeth J Blackwell 63 wf mar. MO
Skaggs Adaline 85 mil wd TN
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Marriage, Maries Co, MO: Thomas Blackwell and Elizabeth J. West married 4 June 1916. Note: full name for Thomas Blackwell is "James Thomas William Henry Blackwell".
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Home in 1910: Boone, Franklin Co, MO
Date: 11 May 1910
Street: Sullivan Road 
Thomas Blackwell 49 mar2 3y farmer MO
Elizabeth A Blackwell 50 wf mar2 3/3 ch MO
Bertha V Blackwell 6 dau MO
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Marriage, Franklin Co, MO: Thomas Blackwell and Elizabeth Keeney married 16 Nov 1907 in Union, Franklin Co, MO.
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March 29, 1907: Clarissa Jane Blackwell died
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Home in 1900: Boone, Franklin, Missouri 
Thomas Blackwell 38 May 1862 mar 16y MO
Clarissa Blackwell 38 wf Oct 1861 6/5 ch MO
John Blackwell 17 son Feb 1883 sgl MO
Henry Blackwell 17 son Feb 1883 sgl MO
Mary Blackwell 14 dau Jun 1885 MO
Effie Blackwell 9 dau Jul 1890 MO
Ada Blackwell 7 dau May 1893 MO
Elizabeth Keeney 42 sil Jun 1857 Div. MO
(Elizabeth A. West, Mar. John Keny 26 Nov 1874, Franklin, MO)
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Marriage, Franklin Co, MO: James William Thomas Henry Blackwell, Shotwell, Franklin Co, MO and Clarissa Jane West from Shotwell, Franklin Co, MO married in Shotwell, Franklin Co, MO on 30 April 1882.
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Home in 1880: Boone, Franklin Co, MO 
Clarisia J. Blackwell 51 f/w wd KY 
Eliza J. Blackwell 25 dau sgl MO
James W. H. T. Blackwell 18 son sgl MO
James P. Childers 74 father sgl KY
Sarah E. Berte 6 gd MO
Jesse Cooper 30 w/m -- farmer MO 

Census:
ED 68 p.4, Line 3

Census:
Listed with wife, children, sister-in-law, ED 28 p.3 Line 58, Cannot read or write.

Residence:
Gerald Independent, 10-1-1920.

Census:
ED 62 p.8 Line 30 Living with Tom and Elizabeth was Adaline Skaggs, Elizabeth’s mother

Died:
Ervin and Earl Blackwell served as pallbearers for Tom.

Buried:
Skaggs Chapel Cemetery (according to Earl Blackwell, who was a pallbearer along with Ervin)

James married Clarissa Jane West on 30 Apr 1882 in Shotwell, Franklin Co., MO. Clarissa (daughter of John William (Westley?) West and Mary Jane Ankrum) was born on 30 Oct 1860 in Walbert/Gerald, Franklin Co., MO; died on 29 Mar 1907 in Shotwell, Franklin Co., MO; was buried on 30 Mar 1907 in Gerald, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Paralysis

Notes:

OBIT:
Source: Friday, April 5, 1907 Republican Headlight
Franklin County Historical Society

Again the Angel of Death has entered our threshold and taken from our midst Mrs. Clarissa Blackwell, the beloved wife of Thomas Blackwell of Gerald.

Clarissa West was born near Walbert Oct 31, 1861 and was married to Thomas Blackwell May 1, 1882 and died March 29, 1907, age 45 years, 5 months, and 89 days.
Deceased leaves to mourn her untimely death a husband, two sons, four daughters, an aged mother, one brother and two sisters.

She was stricken Sunday morning March 24 with paralysis and while everything was done that could be done by human hands, she grew rapidly worse and all realized the case to be hopeless from the start.

To the bereaved family our hearts go out in sympathy. Could we but relieve one pain and thus help them to bear their burden, we feel the bitter pangs of giving up a loving wife and mother.
In her death, the husband has lost an affectionate wife and the children a fond and loving mother and the community an esteamable neighbor.

The remains were tenderly laid to rest in the New Friendship cemetery Sat, March 30, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. Rev. W. B. Adams conducted the funeral services with two fitting and appropriate sermons, one at the residence and the other at the cemetery, each paving a beautiful tribute to the faith she embraced while yet in her tender years.
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Place name:Shotwell - https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html

Description:A former post office in the northwest part of Boone Township, about one mile east of the present Gerald. The post office was established in 1855 and discontinued in 1907. Shotwell was probably a local family name; at least one Shotwell is known to have lived in the eastern part of the county. Cf. the Illmo (formerly Shotwell) Mines, above. No record remains, however, of the origin of the name. The temptation to invent an etymological explanation was irresistible, and at least two typical but contradictory stories are current locally. One tells of an early shooting affray between two pioneers who claimed the same deer lick. They met on a dark night and began shooting at each other until they had used up all their ammunition without inflicting any injuries. In mockery of their bad marksmanship, John Seaton, the first postmaster, decided to call the new post office Shotwell. Others ascribe the name to some particular exhibition of good shooting. All the explanations cannot be true, and place names seldom originate in particular incidents anyway. (Postal Guide; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13; HIST. FRANKLIN, 337; Kile's BIOG. DIR., 210; Miss Johnson: G.F. Duerr; J.A. Schroeder; Dr. W.P. Fitzgerald)Source:Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

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Home in 1880: Boone, Franklin, Missouri, USA 
Mary J. West 40 f/w wd farming Iowa 
George M. West 23 son mar. MO [lined out-error]
Harriett V. West 20 dil mar. MO [lined our-error]
Virginia A. West 1 f/w gd MO [lined out-error]
*Clarissa J. West 20 dau sgl MO
Rachel Smith 17 dau MO
Sarah F. Smith 14 dau MO
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Shotwell items:
Mrs. Thomas Blackwell died at her home last Friday, March 29. She was laid to rest in the Friendship cemetery Sat. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved. [Source: Friday, April 5, 1907 Republican Headlight - Franklin County Historical Society]

Birth:
Pension Record: Ann Wilson as midwife gives written oath to birth
birth record at
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/births.asp?id=142845
gives birth year as 1865
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189087312/clarissa-jane-blackwell gives birth day as 31 Oct 1861

Died:
At home.
Shotwell was an early name of the area which became Gerald. “Shotwell, located in Township 42, Range 3 west, was so named by John Seaton, the first postmaster, from an incident which occurred in the pioneer days of the county. Mr. Alexander Gregory and an old Mr. Wages, pioneer settlers, each claimed the same deer lick, and both went to it one night to kill deer. The deer failed to appear, and, after waiting for a long time, each became aware of the other’s presence. They soon began firing at each other, and fired away all their ammunition, without personal injury to either. Shortly after this exciting but, as it turned out, harmless episode Mr. Seaton was appointed postmaster, and in honor of such good shooting named the postoffice Shotwell. The little village was built some years afterward, and the name, was, as a matter of course, applied to the village.”

Buried:
New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery. W.B. Adams conducted the service. (Clarissa’s name does not show up on Find-A-Grave.)

Source: Friday, April 5, 1907 Republican Headlight - Franklin County Historical Society - Shotwell items:
Mrs. Thomas Blackwell died at her home last Friday, March 29. She was laid to rest in the Friendship cemetery Sat. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

OBITUARY: FRANKLIN COUNTY TRIBUNE, Union, Missouri, May 12, 1911, Page 5
George H. Childress died at his home, south of Leslie, Friday evening, May 5, 1911, at the age of fifty-six years. He was well and favorably known all over Franklin County. Always friendly and cordial, he won many friends. He was an honored member of the Champion City Lodge of Modern Woodmen of America. He was a faithful and earnest worker in the Christian church at Antioch where he will be sadly missed by all. He was tenderly laid to rest in the old family cemetery where so many of his loved ones now rest. Deceased leaves four sons, Ben, Fred, Robert, and Leo; five daughters, Mrs. James A. Graham, Mrs. Charles Farrar, Mrs. Henry Blackwell, Mrs. Charles P. Taylor, Mrs. John Blackwell, all living near Leslie. 
Funeral services were conducted at the home and at the cemetery by Rev. W.B. Adams, his pastor for many years at Antioch church. The M.W.A. conducted int funeral services at the cemetery. The grave was covered with beautiful wreathes and clusters of flowers. Everything that loved ones could do to relieve him and restore him to health was done, but a loving Father called to His--weary child, "Come home," to that beautiful shore, where times ceases never, and night comes no more, There Jesus is reigning--we'll ever be blest; We'll sever no more in the land of sweet rest. The bereaved ones have the sincere sympathy of all. A Friend.

Note: His name is George Henry Childers. His obituary states he is buried in the family cemetery. Also, his daughter's obituary states he and his wife are buried in the Adams family Cemetery.

Census:
Age 5, listed as living with Sarah his mother

Buried:
Adams-Butler Cemetery

George married Sarah Francis Stiewig on 2 Nov 1873 in Franklin Co., MO. Sarah was born on 20 Aug 1855 in TX; died on 23 Feb 1907 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• USR1: Heart Failure

Notes:

OBITUARY: Friday, March 7, 1907 Republican Headlight, Franklin Co., Missouri

Died at her home near Leslie, on Saturday morning, February 23, 1907, Sarah Frances, wife of Geo. H. Childers, in the fifty-first year of her age. Although her health had not been good for some time, her death was sudden and unexpected, as is usual in heart failure. She passed gently and peacefully into that sleep that knows no waking. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband and ten children. The surviving children are: Sarah, the eldest, who is with her father; Lucy, wife of James Graham, near Champion City; Nancy, wife of Chas. Farrar, near Leslie; Mary, wife of Henry Blackwell, of Gerald; Ida, wife of Chas. Taylor, of Gerald; Alice, wife of John Blackwell, of Gerald; and Benjamin, Frederick, Robert, and Leo, who are at home. One child died in infancy several years ago. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Stewig, who was well and favorably known in this county. She was an earnest and devoted Christian worker in the Antioch Sunday School and church of which she has been a member ever since its organization. Not only by precept but by example did she strive to train her children in the way they should go. With them she studied the Word of God and sang the beautiful songs, and although her voice will no more be heard in the choir at Antioch where she will be so sadly missed, she has joined the invisible choir in that beautiful "home over there." Our heartfelt sympathy we extend to the bereaved ones.

Birth:
Death record of daughter and 1910 census says she was born in Texas

Buried:
Adams-Butler Cemetery, Lyons Twp. - St. Johns?