Marshall
Needham Blackwell was
born in March 1866 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was the son of John Bailey Blackwell and Mary Susan Wyatt. Marshall was raised on
the family farm in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Marshall married Mary Catherine “Mollie”
Lehman on March 8, 1893 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Marshall was 27 years old and Mollie was 26
years. Mollie was born on July 1, 1866
in Penrod, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, the daughter of Harrison Lehman and
Delima Moore.
Marshall and Mollie were the parents
of four children:
Edgar L. Blackwell born December 27, 1894
Maude Bernice Blackwell born June 3, 1898
Orella P. Blackwell born 1902
Clarence M. Blackwell born May 13, 1907
After their marriage, Marshall and
Mollie made their home on a farm in Courthouse, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky. Like his father, Marshall was
a farmer by trade.
In 1920, the family farm was located
on Main Street in Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
Marshall and his family moved to Iowa
in 1921 and by 1925 had settled on a farm in Liberty, Woodbury County.
In 1930, Marshall and Mollie were
living and working on a farm in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. Their daughter, Maude, was also listed in the
household.
Marshall Needham Blackwell died in 1939
in Harrison County, Iowa. He was buried
in the Little Sioux Cemetery in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. Marshall was 73 years old at his death.
Mary Catherine Lehman Blackwell went
on to live another 27 years after the death of her husband. She died in 1966 in Cherokee County, Iowa. Mollie was laid to rest beside her husband in
the Little Sioux Cemetery in Little Sioux, Harrison County, Iowa. She was 99 years old at her death.
The following is from an obituary for
Mary Blackwell, posted on a family tree on Ancestry.com:
Mrs. Mary Blackwell
Mrs.
Mary C. Lehman Blackwell, 99, believed to be Cherokee County’s oldest resident,
died here Monday at 4:30pm at the home of her daughter, Miss Orella Blackwell,
17 Souix Valley Drive.
She had made her home here since
1950.
A former resident of River Sioux
[Iowa], she was born July 1, 1866 at Penrod, [Kentucky], and was married to
Marshall N. Blackwell on March 8, 1894 in Muhlenberg County, Greenville, Ky.
The couple moved to Iowa in 1921
where Mr. Blackwell was engaged in farming.
She was a member of Meyers Chapel
Methodist Church at Penrod.
Surviving are the daughter, Miss
Blackwell of Cherokee; two sons, Edgar Blackwell of Alta and Clarence of
Toledo, O.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Marshall in 1939, and also by a daughter, Mrs. Maude Young in 1963.
Funeral services are to be Thursday
at 11am at St. Paul’s Methodist Church.
Rev. Victor V. Shuldt is to officiate.
Burial is to be in River Sioux Cemetery.
Boothby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Notes for Marshall Needham Blackwell
Birth
& Death: “Marshall N Blackwell,” Ancestry.com. Iowa,
Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
1870
US Census: “Marshal N Blackwell,” Year: 1870;
Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490;
Page: 490A; Image: 347; Family History Library Film: 545989.
Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images
reproduced by FamilySearch.
1880
US Census: “M N
Blackwell,” Year: 1880; Census Place: Court House, Muhlenberg,
Kentucky; Roll: 435; Family History Film: 1254435;
Page: 108A; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 0422. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Marriage: “Marshall
N Blackwell,” Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
1900
US Census: “M N
Blackwell,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Court House,
Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 545; Page: 9A;
Enumeration District:0066; FHL microfilm: 1240545. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2004.
1910
US Census: “Marshal M
Blackwell,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Courthouse,
Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_497; Page: 8B;
Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1374510. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006.
1920
US Census: “M N Blackwell,” Year: 1920;
Census Place: Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593;
Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 99; Image: 426. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1925
Iowa Census: “M N Blockwell,” Ancestry.com. Iowa,
State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1930
US Census: “Marshal Blackwell,” Year: 1930;
Census Place: Little Sioux, Harrison, Iowa; Roll: 658;
Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0018; Image: 537.0;
FHL microfilm: 2340393. Ancestry.com. 1930
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Burial: “Marshall
Needham Blackwell,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
accessed 11 July 2015
Notes for Mary Catherine Lehman
Birth
& Death: “Mary Catherine Lehman,” Ancestry.com,
“Mitchell-Massie
Tree,” (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/29081754/person/12589926848)
Accessed 11 Jul 2015
1870
US Census: “Catharine Leaman,” Year: 1870;
Census Place: Precinct 3, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: M593_490;
Page: 466A; Image: 299; Family History Library Film: 545989.
Ancestry.com. 1870 United
States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1880
US Census: “Mary Lehman,” Year: 1880;
Census Place: Myers, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 435;
Family History Film: 1254435; Page:157A; Enumeration
District: 139; Image: 0520. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census[database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
1940
US Census: “Mary C Blackwell,” Year: 1940;
Census Place: Little Sioux, Harrison, Iowa; Roll: T627_1166;
Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 43-18. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
Burial: “Mary
C Lehman Blackwell,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index,
1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
accessed 11 July 2015
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