Sunday’s Obituary: Mose Blanton (1871-1922)
Posted by Liv | Filed under Blanton, Sunday's Obituary, Surname
Eagle Lake Headlight, November 18, 1922 Blanton, Mose MOSE BLANTON BURIED SUNDAY Mose Blanton, one of the respectable and old-time colored citizens of this community, died at his home near town last Saturday and was buried Sunday. Mose had many friends among the white folks here, and was one among the best of the colored [...]
Tags: blanton, Colorado County, eagle lake, family history, genealogy, Mose Blanton, obituary, texas, TexGen
Sentimental Sunday: Carrie Blanton
Posted by Liv | Filed under Blanton, Chapple, Sentimental Sunday, Surname
It’s Sentimental Sunday at geneabloggers.com and this daily blogging prompt allows genealogy bloggers a chance to focus on a sentimental story or memory about an ancestor, or a wonderful family tradition. Carrie Blanton was born February 28, 1883 in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas to Carey and Alice Bailey Blanton. Like her parents and eleven [...]
Tags: 5th ward, blanton, chapple, cook, eagle lake, family history, family photo, houston, laundress, maternal great-grandmother, servant, surname, texas
FamilySearch.org
Posted by Liv | Filed under Blanton, Chapple, Research, Resources, Surname
As you know, my genealogy road trip on January 1st was the result of my 2011 New Year’s resolution to return to genealogy and from some new information I uncovered about my grandfather (Joseph Chapple) and his parents (Louis and Carrie Blanton Chapple) in Ancestry.com. That road trip was very enlightening and provided me with [...]
Tags: 5th ward, blanton, chapple, familysearch.org, genealogy, houston, resource, texas
