Mary Ellen Hale
1851 - 1936 (84 years)
Generation: 1
1. Mary Ellen Hale was born on 3 Nov 1851 in Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois; died on 16 Mar 1936 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
Good Woman Died
Burial of Mary Ellen Blackburn to Be In Grantsville Cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Blackburn passed away at the home of her son, George S. Blackburn, Monday morning at 10:30 o’clock, March 16, 1936.
The body was taken to the Bowden Funeral Home, where it will remain until funeral services, which will be held at Purdin, Wednesday afternoon, at the Christian church at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev. C.W. Cornn, of this city. Burial will be made in the Grantsville cemetery.
Mary Ellen, daughter of Silas and Charlotte Hale, was born in Mendota, Illinois, November 3, 1851. She came to Missouri with her parents when a child and resided on a farm east of Purdin. She was united in marriage with James W. Blackburn, of the same community, September 4, 1879, and to this union eight children were born, seven of whom survive. They are J.S. Blackburn, of Brookfield; Anna B., recently of Kansas City; Silas M., Harrison W., and George s., of the home neighborhood; Mrs. E.F. Woolf, of Omaha, and Lottie Blackburn, of Ann Arbor, Michigan. John A. died at the age of seven years.
The husband preceded his wife in death February 3, 1924. Beside the sons and daughters, she leaves one brother, Charles Sumner Hale, of Kansas City.
Mrs. Blackburn was an ardent church worker, a good neighbor, a loving mother and had a host of friends, who, along with relatives, mourn her departure.
The Brookfield Argus and the Linn County Farmer, Brookfield, Missouri. Tuesday, 17 March 1936.
Name:
daughter of Silas Hale and Charlotte Doan
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1936/1936_00011879.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140897279/mary-ellen-blackburnMary married James William Blackburn in 1880. James (son of Manassah Blackburn and Sarah Grace Cassity) was born on 6 Nov 1853 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 3 Feb 1924 in Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 4 Feb 1924 in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Sumner Blackburn was born on 12 Jun 1881 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 23 Jul 1953 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Jul 1953 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri.
- Lorena Belle Blackburn was born on 15 Nov 1884 in Grantsville, Linn County, Missouri; died on 26 Oct 1953 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; was buried in Grantsville Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Silas Blackburn was born on 8 Jul 1886 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri; died on 7 Dec 1961 in Nevada City, Vernon County, Missouri; was buried on 12 Dec 1961 in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
- William Harrison Blackburn was born on 13 Aug 1889 in Missouri; died on 15 May 1958 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas; was buried in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- George Sherman Blackburn was born on 20 Mar 1890 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 30 Nov 1948 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 2 Dec 1948 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
- Lottie Hale Blackburn was born on 12 Dec 1891 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died in 1954 in Saint Lucie County, Florida; was buried in Riverview Memorial Park, Fort Pierce, Saint Lucie County, Florida.