Joshua Columbus Blackwelder Sr. (1858 - 1920)

Born 2 Oct 1858 in Stanly, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clara Alice Blackwelder — married 21 Dec 1882 in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Annie (Harden) Blackwelder — married 17 Jul 1911 in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Bettie Esther (Haynes) Downum — married 23 Sep 1914 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1920 at age 61 in New Gilead, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Josh was born in 1858 to Lawson Blackwelder & Mary Starnes. He was the 3rd born child. He was first married to Clara A. Blackwelder, his first cousin (daughter of his uncle Wiley), from 1882 to her death in 1910. They had 8 children together. Josh then married Annie Harden^[1]. He had no children with her. Third marriage was to Betty E. Haynes in 1914 until his death in 1920. He had 3 children during this marriage. He died in 1920; aged 61.

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSS-HLQP : 16 January 2021), J C Blackwelder and Annie Hilton, 17 Jul 1911; citing Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6H-JCB : 30 December 2015), Joshua Blackwelder in entry for Lawson Blackwelder, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC66-G8H : 24 December 2015), Joshua Blackwelder in household of Lawson Blackwelder, Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 38, sheet 512C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0955; FHL microfilm 1,254,955.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F89Z-SZC : 8 July 2016), Joshua Blackwelder and Clarra Blackwelder, 1882.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV25-FB7Z : 13 December 2015), Joshua Columbus Blackwelder, 1920; Burial, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States of America, Roberta United Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 74197666, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SH-38NX : 29 March 2016), Joshua C Blackwelder, died 22 Apr 1920; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Roberta United Methodist Cemetery, Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States.

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MY-51M : 22 December 2016), J. C. Blackwelder and Bettie Haynes, 26 Sep 1914; citing , Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, p. bk p321, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 540,348.