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Joseph Milton Blackwell

21 Dec 1869 – 6 Apr 1948

Birth	21 Dec 1869
Death	6 Apr 1948
Cemetery	East Shady Grove Cemetery Leonard , Fannin County , Texas , USA
Added by	wiccanwitch on 14 Oct 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15915200

Gravesite details

Same stone with Wilma

Bio

LOYALTY RANGER Joseph Milton Blackwell was born in Polk County, North Carolina to John M. Blackwell and Louessa Jane Giles. His middle name is sometimes found spelled Melton. He stood 6ft. 2in. tall, had gray eyes, gray hair and a dark complexion. He was married to Wilma Augusta Key July 5, 1891 in Fannin County, Texas. They had nine children, two of whom were twins. They were Maude, Martha, Ina, Andrew and Ozie, Lola, Oma, Clara and Pauline. Joseph was a farmer and also became a deputy sheriff in Leonard, Fannin County. He joined the Texas Rangers as a LOYALTY RANGER from June 16, 1918 until February 1919. Loyalty Rangers worked undercover as a State Secret Service under the Hobby Act of 1918. In 1930, Joseph was still a farmer, raising cotton in Fannin County, Texas. Joseph Milton Blackwell died April 6, 1948 in Leonard, Fannin County, Texas He is buried in the East Shady Grove Cemetery, in Leonard.

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Family

Parents

• John Melton Blackwell 1845–1913
• Louisa Jane Giles Blackwell 1848–1921

Spouse

• Wilma Augusta Key Blackwell 1875–1943 FaG

Siblings

• Emma Blackwell Cooper 1866–1906
• Will H. Blackwell 1874–1949
• John James Blackwell 1876–1945
• George Washington Blackwell 1881–1954
• Walter R. Blackwell 1887–1954
• Clara Lou Blackwell Dotson 1890–1968
• Tom Blackwell 1893–1959

Children

• Ina Cornelia Blackwell Bell 1897–1986 FaG
• Andrew Rufus "Andy" Blackwell 1900–1977 FaG
• Ozie Blackwell 1903–1968 FaG
• Oma Blackwell Vaughn 1903–1970 FaG

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