William Harrison Blackburn
1889 - 1958 (68 years)
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Name William Harrison Blackburn Born 13 Aug 1889 Missouri 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1920 Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri Died 15 May 1958 Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas [3] Buried Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri [3] Person ID I2883 Hedges Last Modified 31 Aug 2023
Father James William Blackburn, b. 6 Nov 1853, Linn County, Missouri , d. 3 Feb 1924, Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri (Age 70 years) Mother Mary Ellen Hale, b. 3 Nov 1851, Mendota, LaSalle County, Illinois , d. 16 Mar 1936, Linn County, Missouri (Age 84 years) Married 1880 [2] Family ID F1097 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eunice LaVina Bales, b. 1894, Missouri , d. 1979 (Age 85 years) Married 8 Sep 1912 [3] Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 Family ID F1308 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 Aug 1889 - Missouri 
Census - 1920 - Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri 
Died - 15 May 1958 - Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas 
Buried - - Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Headstones Blackburn William Harrison, Eunice LaVina Bales
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Notes - WILLIAM HARRISON BLACKBURN, son of JAMES W. and ELLA BLACKBURN, born in Purdin 13 Aug 1888 died 15 May 1958 Kansas City. 8 Sept 1912 wed EUNICE I. BALES. 7 children, MAX and HARRY deceased; REX, MYRLE, CATHERINE OAKS, HELEN HARMON, and MARY SPROUL. (The Browning Leader-Record, issue 22 May 1958, Browning MO.l)
[3, 4] - Blackburn – William H. Blackburn, 69, Purdin, Mo, died of leukemia, yesterday at the Bethany hospital, where he had been a patient a week. He had been ill since February. He was employed by the Gamble store in Purdin. He was born in Linn County. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eunice Blackburn of the home; two sons, Rex Eugene Blackburn, Brookfield, Mo., and James Myrle Blackburn, 6405 North Main; three daughters, Mrs. Catherine Virginia Oaks, Santa Ana, Calif.; Mrs. Helen Louis Harmon, Purdin, and Mrs. Mary Ellen Sproul, Brookfield, a brother, Silas M. Blackburn, Preston, Mo.; 16 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services will be at 2 o’clock Saturday at the Purdin Methodist church. Burial will be in the Purdin cemetery.
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Missouri. Friday, 16 May 1958.
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- WILLIAM HARRISON BLACKBURN, son of JAMES W. and ELLA BLACKBURN, born in Purdin 13 Aug 1888 died 15 May 1958 Kansas City. 8 Sept 1912 wed EUNICE I. BALES. 7 children, MAX and HARRY deceased; REX, MYRLE, CATHERINE OAKS, HELEN HARMON, and MARY SPROUL. (The Browning Leader-Record, issue 22 May 1958, Browning MO.l)
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