William Monroe Bledsoe

Brief Life History of William Monroe

When William Monroe Bledsoe was born on 22 March 1896, in Bloomfield, Scott, Missouri, United States, his father, James Douglas Bledsoe, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Bagby, was 24. He married Ruby Jewell Pierce on 7 April 1923, in Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Cotton Hill Township, Dunklin, Missouri, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1921. He died on 11 June 1965, in Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bernie Memorial Cemetery, Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Monroe Bledsoe
1896–1965
Ruby Jewell Pierce
1900–1970
Marriage: 7 April 1923
J. D. Bledsoe
1924–1997
PFC Billy Kay Bledsoe
1925–1987
Glendale N. Bledsoe
1927–1929
Imogene Laverne Bledsoe
1929–2016
Bobby Lee Bledsoe
1930–1993
Jewell Dean Bledsoe Hawkins
1932–1998
Faye June Bledsoe
1933–2003
Delmar L. Bledsoe
1934–1973
William M Bledsoe
1936–1996
Forrest Dick Bledsoe
1938–1977
Jackie Gene Bledsoe
1941–1987

Sources (31)

  • W M Bledsoe, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Monroe Bledsoe, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • W M Bledsoe, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bledisloe, from the Old English personal name Blīth (a byname meaning ‘cheerful’) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, tumulus’. This surname is very rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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