Silas Blackburn
1886 - 1961 (75 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Silas Blackburn was born on 8 Jul 1886 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri; died on 7 Dec 1961 in Nevada City, Vernon County, Missouri; was buried on 12 Dec 1961 in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- _MILT: World War I.
- Census: 1920, Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri
Notes:
_MILT:
354th Infantry. 89th Division. Supply Company. PFC. Purple Heart.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/372083/silas-m-blackburn
Section M, site 1771
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1961/1961_00047590.PDFSilas married Julia Opal Edgar on 21 Jul 1924 in Linneus, Linn County, Missouri. Julia was born on 6 Apr 1900 in Yellow Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri; died on 10 Jun 1985; was buried in Pleasant View Baptist Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. James Freddie Blackburn
was born on 16 Jun 1925 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 7 Nov 1975 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos, Los Angeles County, California.
Generation: 2
2. James Freddie Blackburn (1.Silas1) was born on 16 Jun 1925 in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri; died on 7 Nov 1975 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos, Los Angeles County, California. Notes:
Man Vows Suicide, Disappears
Sheriff’s deputies late yesterday cancelled a search after three days of looking for a Los Angeles man who threatened suicide and apparently disappeared into the hills near Pinetree tract.
The search for James Freddy Blackburn, 48, started late Tuesday after his friend, Raymond Byrne, 45, reported him missing, Blackburn’s 1971 blue Mercury was found on Land Station Road, just off Soledad Canyon Road, Tuesday night.
Sgt. William Violette, the man in charge of search and rescue operations from the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s station, said Blackburn left a note saying he was going far back into the hills and would then kill himself.
There was a quick search Tuesday before dark and two helicopters searched all Wednesday. Fog eliminated the use of helicopters yesterday but about 50 men, 30 of them on horseback, combed the area.
“There was an awful lot of country to search but we covered it all and didn’t find him,” Violette said.
The Signal, Newhall, California. Friday, 14 Dec 1973, page 1.
Death Ruled Accidental
[text about death of Barney Simmons in the parking lot of The Drifters bar]
In another homicide investigation in Santa Clara Valley, homicide officers said they are satisfied that the death of James Blackburn was a suicide.
The bones of Blackburn, a 48-year-old Los Angeles man, were found November 7 near the Pinetree tract. He vanished into that area nearly two years ago, in December 1973, after leaving a suicide note.
The Signal, Newhall, California. Monday 17 November 1975, page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10228028/james-freddie-blackburn