Stokely D Bledsoe (1851 - 1929)

Born 9 Mar 1851 in Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia, United States

Husband of Lucy Jane Anderson — married 2 Sep 1873 in Lee County, Virginia, United States

Died 9 May 1929 at age 78 in Seligman, Barry County, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Stokely D. Bledsoe, son of Isaac Bledsoe and Abbie Johnson, was born on 9 March 1851 in Blackwater, Lee County, Virginia, United States.^[1][2][3]

He married Lucy Jane Anderson, daughter of John M. Anderson and Susan Raines, on 2 September 1873 in Lee County.^[4]

Stokely and Lucy were enumerated on a farm during the 1880 census in Union Township, Webster County, Missouri. A boarder, Henry Hudgens, age 13, was also living with them as a farm laborer.^[5] They and their children were living in Sugar Creek Township, Barry County, during the 1900 census. Stoke's occupation was Railroad laborer. Their home was rented, and they could read, write and speak English. They lived next door to the family of Lucy's brother, Tom Anderson.^[3]

Stokely D. Bledsoe died at age 78 of Bright's disease on 9 May 1929, and was buried the next day at New Salem Cemetery in Seligman, Barry County, Missouri.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969," Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA; Slokley D Bledsoe, death certificate no. 17187 (1929), Barry County; viewed at https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1929/1929_00017630.PDF on 15 Oct 2020
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, Stokely D. Bledsoe, Find A Grave: Memorial #17212382, created by Beverly Sweeney on 30 Dec 2006; born 1851, died 1929, buried New Salem Cemetery, Seligman, Barry Co., MO, photo of headstone included.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1900 U.S. Census, Barry County, MO, population schedule (digital image), accessed 28 Mar 2010; Sugar Creek Township, ED1, sheet 14B, dw.#257, fam.#257, household of Stoke Bledsow; she was the mother of 3 children, all 3 still living
4. ↑ Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, online https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=FS1VirginiaMarriages&indiv=try&h=3605537, viewed 30 Aug 2019; location: Lee Co., VA, USA, marriage, p. 31 #5, Stokley Bledsoe and Lucy Anderson, 02 Sep 1873; FHL microfilm no. 32441, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
5. ↑ 1880 U.S. Census, Webster County, MO, population schedule (digital image), accessed 29 Mar 2010; Union Township, ED133, page 21, dw.#176, fam.#177, household of Stokely Bledsoe; occupation Farmer. [Stokely's age was 16 years off in the census compared to 1900, and 10 years off compared to his birth record, but all other information fits for this family.]