Hugh Wesley Bledsoe

Brief Life History of Hugh Wesley

When Hugh Wesley Bledsoe was born on 29 July 1894, in Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States, his father, James Douglas Bledsoe, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Bagby, was 22. He married Adaline Clayton on 23 October 1915, in Greene, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Stoddard, Stoddard, Missouri, United States in 1940 and Liberty Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States in 1950. He died on 7 August 1988, in Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Bernie, Stoddard, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Wesley Bledsoe
1894–1988
Adaline Clayton
1898–1982
Marriage: 23 October 1915
Earl Bledsoe
1917–1999
RHODA JANE BLEDSOE
1920–1993
Mirel Johnson Bledsoe
1923–1997
Myrle J Bledsoe
1923–
J W Bledsoe
1926–
Ruby Bledsoe
1928–
Roha Bledsoe
1929–
Betty Joe Bledsoe
1932–
Kembra Lee Bledsoe
1935–
Margie A Bledsoe
1938–

Sources (18)

  • Hugh W Bledsoe, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Hugh Bledsoe, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Hugh Bledsoe, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice

Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

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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