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Descendants of William Ash

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

     1.  William1 Ash  He married Jane Fleming. 

    

Child of William Ash and Jane Fleming is:

+     2              i.        Eliza2 Ash, born December 26, 1800 in York County, South Carolina; died August 08, 1882 in Cobb County, Ga.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

     2.  Eliza2 Ash (William1) was born December 26, 1800 in York County, South Carolina1, and died August 08, 1882 in Cobb County, Ga.  She married Lewis Thomas November 11, 1821, son of William Thomas and Agnes Carruthers.  He was born December 08, 1796 in Franklin County, Georgia, and died November 04, 1885 in Cobb County, Ga.

 

More About Eliza Ash:

Burial: New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia

 

More About Lewis Thomas:

Burial: New Hope Methodist Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia

    

Children of Eliza Ash and Lewis Thomas are:

       3              i.        James Lloyd3 Thomas, born August 23, 1822; died January 09, 1866.

       4             ii.        Mary Ann Elizabeth Thomas, born May 28, 1824.  She married Henry Massey.

       5            iii.        Rachel Jane Thomas, born May 04, 1827.

       6            iv.        William Jasper Thomas, born August 17, 1830.

       7             v.        Barthena Amanda Thomas, born April 03, 1836; died September 09, 1916.

+     8            vi.        Nancy Ersula Clementine Thomas, born July 22, 1839 in Cobb County, Georgia; died October 18, 1919 in Cobb County, Georgia.

       9           vii.        Samantha Eveline Thomas, born February 05, 1843.  She married Monroe Spinks.

       10         viii.        Angelina Patterson Thomas, born April 06, 1846.  She married W.H. Wylie.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

     8.  Nancy Ersula Clementine3 Thomas (Eliza2 Ash, William1) was born July 22, 1839 in Cobb County, Georgia, and died October 18, 1919 in Cobb County, Georgia.  She married Dempsey Smith Blackwell October 17, 1858 in Cobb County, Georgia, son of Starling Blackwell and Lucy Seay.  He was born April 19, 1829 in South Carolina, and died November 29, 1889 in Cobb County, Georgia.

 

More About Nancy Ersula Clementine Thomas:

Burial: New Providence Cemetery, Cobb, Georgia

 

Notes for Dempsey Smith Blackwell:

Served as a Private in the Civil War with Company M, Phillips' Legion, Georgia Volunteers.

 

After his marriage to Nancy Thomas, the couple moved into a house on Roswell Road beyond the Marietta Methodist Campground, Marietta, Georgia.  

 

More About Dempsey Smith Blackwell:

Burial: New Providence Cemetery, Cobb, Georgia

    

Children of Nancy Thomas and Dempsey Blackwell are:

+     11            i.        Willis Thomas4 Blackwell, born September 15, 1859 in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.

       12           ii.        Jefferson Davis Blackwell, born June 21, 1861; died April 04, 1933.

       13          iii.        Lurinda Elizabeth Blackwell, born October 04, 1864; died February 09, 1937.  She married William McCord.

       14          iv.        Lucy Ida Lee Blackwell, born November 26, 1866; died October 04, 1930.

       15           v.        Josire Lloyd Blackwell, born January 23, 1869; died March 08, 1950.

       16          vi.        Leo Marlin Blackwell, born December 17, 1870; died October 17, 1909 in Cobb County, Georgia.

 

More About Leo Marlin Blackwell:

Burial: Camp Ground Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia

 

       17         vii.        Mary Olie Blackwell, born December 06, 1872; died May 10, 1946.

       18         viii.        James Barney Blackwell, born November 23, 1874; died March 22, 1950.

       19          ix.        George Gustavius Blackwell, born January 27, 1877; died September 19, 1937.

       20           x.        Alice Talulah Blackwell, born April 07, 1879; died July 26, 1958.

       21          xi.        Theron Smith Blackwell, born April 03, 1882; died June 04, 1960.

       22          xii.        Nannie Ersula Blackwell, born May 09, 1884; died December 10, 1943.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

     11.  Willis Thomas4 Blackwell (Nancy Ersula Clementine3 Thomas, Eliza2 Ash, William1) was born September 15, 1859 in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.  He married (1) Lura A. Gable November 17, 1880.  She was born December 13, 1862, and died June 01, 1894 in Cobb County, Georgia.  He married (2) Jemima Elizabeth Hooks February 02, 1896 in Cobb County, Georgia, daughter of Thomas Hooks and Epsy Arrington.  She was born June 05, 1868.

 

Notes for Willis Thomas Blackwell:

Went to school at Marietta Campground in a one-room schoolhouse.

 

More About Lura A. Gable:

Burial: New Salem Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia

    

Children of Willis Blackwell and Lura Gable are:

+     23            i.        Lillian Magnolia5 Blackwell, born September 08, 1882.

+     24           ii.        Essie Blackwell.

       25          iii.        Grady Smith Blackwell, born September 15, 1885.  He married Annie Terry in Louisiana.

       26          iv.        Clara Gertrude Blackwell, born May 27, 1887.  She married Dessie Prince.

       27           v.        Luther Blackwell.

 

More About Luther Blackwell:

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Medical Information: Contracted Tuberculosis in the navy and died before he married or had any children

 

       28          vi.        Mary Louise Blackwell, born August 07, 1890.  She married Bobby Prince.

+     29         vii.        Hattie Leona Annabelle Blackwell, born September 25, 1892.

    

Children of Willis Blackwell and Jemima Hooks are:

       30            i.        Dempsey Thomas5 Blackwell, born November 21, 1896.

       31           ii.        Walter Henry Blackwell, born July 27, 1898.

       32          iii.        Clemie Beatrice Blackwell, born March 05, 1900 in Cobb County, Ga; died March 17, 1905 in Cobb County, Ga.

 

More About Clemie Beatrice Blackwell:

Burial: Mars Hill Cemetery, Cobb County, Georgia

 

       33          iv.        Clarence Perry Blackwell, born May 19, 1902.

       34           v.        Myrtice Blackwell, born February 1904.

+     35          vi.        Lilly Mildred Blackwell, born August 06, 1905 in Cobb County, Georgia.

+     36         vii.        Jessie Jeroma Blackwell, born May 05, 1907.

+     37         viii.        Ruby Antoinette Blackwell, born January 30, 1909; died November 05, 1999.

 

 

.                                                      Endnotes

 

1.  Genforum Message boards, Post by Paula Girouard, Posted on Genforum on June 21, 2000;  message states that Elizabeth Ash was born in Yourk County South Carolina, but that tombstone says she was born in Franklin County, Georgia.

 

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