4. WILLIAM BLAKENEY (THOMAS3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1833 in Fayette Co., AL, and died 1863 in Tennesee (probably, in Civil War). He married (1) ELIZABETH CORDER 1849. He married (2) ELIZABETH CLANTON 1853

More About WILLIAM BLAKENEY:
March 1862, Enlisted in 41st Infantry CSA at Tuscaloosa, AL
Census: 1900, North Carolina, living in household of Ramon and Martha J. Wright, Martha Blakeney, age 70, widow.
Fact 2: 41st Infantry was part of Kentucky Brigade
Fact 3: Served at Jackson, Murphreesboro, and Chicamauga Battles, TN
Fact 4: 3Sgt., Co. B-May have been wounded at Chicamauga
Fact 5: Reported absent, Nov.-Dec. 1863 roll call at Charleston, TN hospital MILITARY: May 29, 1964, Roster call for Company "B" for 41st Alabama Infantry Regiments called 29 May 1962 in Tuscaloosa, AL. Willima Blakeney answered as 29 years of age.

More About ELIZABETH CORDER:
BURRIAL AT MT. ZION CHURCH, AL

More About ELIZABETH CLANTON:
BURIAL: MT. ZION CEMETERY, AL

Children of WILLIAM BLAKENEY and ELIZABETH CORDER are:

i. JOHN THOMAS BLAKENEY, b. December 15, 1849, Pickens Co., AL; d. May 13, 1928.

ii. JAMES VINCENT BLAKENEY, b. May 01, 1850; d. April 30, 1936; m. (1) ELIZABETH THORTON; m. (2) EVELYN SHEPHERD, February 05, 1873
More About JAMES VINCENT BLAKENEY:
Burial in Ashcraft Corner Cemetery

Children of WILLIAM BLAKENEY and ELIZABETH CLANTON are:

iii. NEWTON DAVID BLAKENEY, b. February 08, 1857; d. November 05, 1937.

iv. BELLZY ANN BLAKENEY, b. September 18, 1859; d. March 16, 1960, m. GEORGE WASHINGTON BAKER

More About BELZY ANN BLAKENEY:
BURIAL: Shephard's Church, Newtonville, AL

More About GEORGE WASHINGTON BAKER:
BURIAL: Shephard's Church, Newtonville, AL

v. MARTHA JANE BLAKENEY, b. 1861; d. 1936; m. THOMAS RAYMOND WRIGHT. BURIAL at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Fayette County, AL

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