Seth Monroe Blevins (1841 - 1874)

Born 16 Jun 1841 in Missouri, United States

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Biography

Seth was born in 1841. He was the son of Armstead Blevins and Delila Schultz. He passed away in 1874.

Rescue of Cynthia Ann Parker in 1860

A list of about 95 Texas Rangers recruited from Parker and Palo Pinto Counties of Texas involved in the rescue of Cynthia Ann Parker from Comanche Indians in 1860 included privates with the names W. H. Blevins, A. Blevins, and M. J. Blevins. These names were identified by a family descendant as Wade H. Blevins, Armstead “Armps” Blevins, Martin J. Blevins, and Seth Monroe Blevins. There was a M. M. Schultz listed who may have been Wade H. Schultz, brother-in-law to Armstead Blevins, who according to family tradition also participated in the rescue. The article was based on the diary of James H. Baker, the first schoolteacher of Palo Pinto Co., TX.

(Article by Mary Whatley Dunbar in The Senn Weekly Farm News in Palo Pinto, TX in 1937.)

Biography from Karylon Hallmark Russell

“According to the date for permanent settlement on the composite Portrait of Llano County Pioneers, Arnold A. Atkison, arrived in Llano County in 1860. He came with his in-laws, Armstead and Delila Shults Blevins, whose daughter, Misanair, he had married in 1852. The couple had four children--Delila Jane (Arnold/Pullen), Armstead A. (Bud), Allen A., and John Baylor Atkison, with another daughter, Alice, who died young. Misanair’s brothers who came were Seth Monroe, Wade Hampton (Buck), and Martin J. Blevins, who later married the youngest Atkison sister, Mary L. The Atkisons and Blevins settled in the area of Campground Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River, located a short distance downriver from Old Bluffton. Also coming to join Arnold A. Atkison by 1861 were two bachelor brothers, Albert A. and Agrippa A. Atkison. They served with other Llano County men in Captain Seth Mabry’s Co. E, 17th Texas Infantry, but Agrippa died from disease during the war. After Albert married Miss Sarah Hammons in Cherokee County, Texas, he and other members of the Hammons family also moved to Llano County, including an older Atkison sister, Margaret C., and husband, Thomas Jefferson Hammons. Several other Hammons sisters joined them with their families.”

(Published in Llano News, Llano, Texas, 28 Oct, 2015)

Armsteadt Blevins (age 39 and b. in TN) was head of household in Navarro Co., TX in 1850. His apparent wife Delila Blevins (age 33 and b. in AL) was listed with Masanair (age 13), Monroe (age 12), Martin (age 10) and Wade H. (age 8). The first three children were b. in MO and Wade was b. in AR.

1850 Census

M. J. Blevins (age 30) was head of household for the 1870 census in Llano Co., TX with apparent wife Mary L. (age 26). The children were Arnold A. (age 9), Albert (age 7), William H. (age 5), John B. (age 3), and Delily (age 2). On the next line of the census is listed Seth Blevins (age 32 and b. in AR). Also in the household are Jane Blevins (age 26 and b. in AR) and five children all b. in TX. They are Henry (age 9), Evaline (age 7), Riley (a male age 5), Roldy (a female age 3) and Emma (age 2).

1870 Census

Unsourced Biographical information from Find a Grave

Info from Deb, a TXGenWeb volunteer coordinator; Jan 2013. Full Name: Seth Monroe Blevins

Service: PVT, CAPT BOURLAND'S COMPANY, TEXAS STATE TROOPS

His wife Jane, remarried in 1880 in Burnet Co to Joseph Vineyard.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-QG2 : 23 December 2020), Monroe Blevins in household of Armsteadt Blevins, Navarro, Navarro, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Navarro, Navarro, Texas; Roll: 913; Page: 103b; Line Number: 13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #1058187 (accessed 21 July 2023)
  Monroe Blevins (12) in Navarro, Navarro, Texas, USA. Born in Missouri.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG3-R5X : 29 May 2021), Seth Blevins, 1870.

• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Colorado River, Llano, Texas; Roll: M593_1597; Page: 281A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #7765476 (accessed 21 July 2023)
  Sell Blevins (32), Farmer, in Colorado River, Llano, Texas. Born in Arkansas.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31362010/seth-monroe-blevins : accessed 9 July 2022), memorial page for Seth Monroe Blevins (16 Jun 1841–8 Mar 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31362010, citing Bluffton Cemetery, Bluffton, Llano County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by JoAnn Myers (contributor 46998468) .

• "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBM-2V8 : 10 March 2018), Monroe Blevins in entry for Wm. Riley Blevins, 30 Oct 1937; citing Arch, Roosevelt, New Mexico, reference cn 5091, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 1,913,304.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39L-CKZ : 30 June 2022), Monroe Blevins in entry for Mary Eva Dennis, 1947.

• Death of daughter Mary Eva DeNns: "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982"
  Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2272 #82217451 (accessed 21 July 2023)
  Monroe Blevins in death record for daughter Mary Eva DeNns, 30 May 1947, husband of Jane Roberts, in Precinct 1, Henderson, Texas, USA.