_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Sidney BLACK _______| | (1905 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--James Alan BLACK | | _John Wesley KING ___+ | | (1862 - 1941) m 1886 | _Clyde Vane KING ____| | | (1888 - 1974) m 1914| | | |_Valetta MCCOY ______+ | | (1865 - 1959) m 1886 |_Arabelle KING ______| | | _____________________ | | |_Emma CORRAN ________| (1889 - 1958) m 1914| |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Sidney BLACK _______| | (1905 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Sidney Jeanne BLACK | | _John Wesley KING ___+ | | (1862 - 1941) m 1886 | _Clyde Vane KING ____| | | (1888 - 1974) m 1914| | | |_Valetta MCCOY ______+ | | (1865 - 1959) m 1886 |_Arabelle KING ______| | | _____________________ | | |_Emma CORRAN ________| (1889 - 1958) m 1914| |_____________________
In the 1925 Iowa State Census, she is living in Milton in the household of her half-brother Alfred Jolly, but she is listed as Melissa Smith, parents Devolve Jolly and Mary E. Hummel! This is explained by a marriage record for William H. Smith, whose parents are listed as "D. B. Smith" and Malica Blackabee -- thus, Melissa married her step-brother Guynn Smith.
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--Anna Melissa BLACKABY | (1857 - 1925) | __ | | | _William HUMMEL _____| | | (1811 - ....) m 1834| | | |__ | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | __ | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __| (1811 - 1883) m 1834| |__
He came from Fulton Co., IL (1850 census p. 309B) to Davis Co., IA where he lived near Landon Jolly and Hugh Abernathy families in Prairie Tp. by about 1853. Surname is sometimes written so that it is difficult to read, thus sometimes transcribed Blockoley, Blackoley, etc.
_____________________ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | |_____________________ | _James Rowley BLACKABY _| | (1861 - ....) | | | _William HUMMEL _____ | | | (1811 - ....) m 1834 | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| | (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __ | (1811 - 1883) m 1834 | |--Earl BLACKABY | (1894 - ....) | _____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |________________________| | | _____________________ | | |______________________| | |_____________________
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--Francis M. BLACKABY | (1859 - 1860) | __ | | | _William HUMMEL _____| | | (1811 - ....) m 1834| | | |__ | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | __ | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __| (1811 - 1883) m 1834| |__
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--J. W. BLACKABY | (1856 - 1857) | __ | | | _William HUMMEL _____| | | (1811 - ....) m 1834| | | |__ | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | __ | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __| (1811 - 1883) m 1834| |__
still living - details excluded
_Bernard BLACKABY ____ | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 _James Rowley BLACKABY _| | (1861 - ....) | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _+ | (1835 - 1913) m 1853 _Earl BLACKABY ______| | (1894 - ....) | | | ______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | |______________________ | | |--James Rowley BLACKABY | | ______________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________ | | |________________________| | |______________________
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--James Rowley BLACKABY | (1861 - ....) | __ | | | _William HUMMEL _____| | | (1811 - ....) m 1834| | | |__ | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | __ | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __| (1811 - 1883) m 1834| |__
_____________________ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | |_____________________ | _James Rowley BLACKABY _| | (1861 - ....) | | | _William HUMMEL _____ | | | (1811 - ....) m 1834 | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| | (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __ | (1811 - 1883) m 1834 | |--Margaret BLACKABY | (1907 - ....) | _____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |________________________| | | _____________________ | | |______________________| | |_____________________
__ | _____________________| | | | |__ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | | __ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |__ | | |--Mary M. BLACKABY | (1854 - 1863) | __ | | | _William HUMMEL _____| | | (1811 - ....) m 1834| | | |__ | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | __ | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __| (1811 - 1883) m 1834| |__
_____________________ | _Bernard BLACKABY ____| | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 | | |_____________________ | _James Rowley BLACKABY _| | (1861 - ....) | | | _William HUMMEL _____ | | | (1811 - ....) m 1834 | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _| | (1835 - 1913) m 1853 | | |_Nancy M. WILCOXEN __ | (1811 - 1883) m 1834 | |--William BLACKABY | (1899 - ....) | _____________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |________________________| | | _____________________ | | |______________________| | |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_Bernard BLACKABY ____ | (1827 - 1862) m 1853 _James Rowley BLACKABY _| | (1861 - ....) | | |_Mary Emeline HUMMEL _+ | (1835 - 1913) m 1853 _Earl BLACKABY ______| | (1894 - ....) | | | ______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | |______________________ | | |--William Earl BLACKABY | | ______________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_____________________| | | ______________________ | | |________________________| | |______________________
still living - details excluded
Additional details on this family (names and dates of parents and children) from a Steen family website, contact [email protected].
[14819] supplied by Betty Lathrop, Adams Co. Gen. Soc., from "Steen Family/Silcott Family Records".
__ | __| | | | |__ | _William Laird BLAIR _______________| | (1803 - 1870) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Martha Ann BLAIR | (1837 - 1859) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Catherine (Kitty) Elizabeth STEEN _| (1810 - 1880) | | __ | | |__| | |__