Mary Dee Blackwell

Brief Life History of Mary Dee

When Mary Dee Blackwell was born on 27 February 1900, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James William Blackwell, was 32 and her mother, Sallie Dee Malugin, was 32. She married George Washington Thomas Edwards on 20 March 1921, in Humphreys, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 5, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Civil District 1, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 12 October 1981, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Old Gibson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Thomas Edwards
1897–1975
Mary Dee Blackwell
1900–1981
Marriage: 20 March 1921
Paul Jones
1917–
Grace Jones
1920–
Arthur Elmer Edwards
1922–2003
Mary Jewel Edwards
1924–2009
William Malcolm Edwards
1925–1995
Sarah Marie Edwards
1929–1930

Sources (10)

  • Mary Blackwell in household of Jar? Blackwell, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary Blackwell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Mary Dee Blackwell Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States

After the Assassination of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as the Twenty-sixth President of the United States. During his first term he didn't have a Vice President but for his second term Charles W. Fairbanks filled the position.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackwell, for example in Cumbria, Derbyshire, County Durham, Warwickshire, Somerset, Devon, Sussex, and Worcestershire, named in Old English frp blæc ‘black, dark’ + wæll(a), well(a) ‘spring, stream’. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name for someone who lived by the ‘dark well or stream’, Middle English blak + wel(le).

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

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