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I somehow made a mistake when typing the message I submitted
last night. It was the first time I had tried this message
thing, and was quite uncomfortable with it. You can find info from Gregory Perry's book online by searching on Google, and I'm sure he did not put it there. Although he made it clear that it was very unlikely that Charles' parents were James Blakely & Jennie Tye, it has been spread to every site that has anything to do with our family. I searched long and hard for a Jennie Tye before I found them in a Buchanan Co., MO history book, and then the cemetery record in the library at St. Joseph. When I made that statement regarding this, I meant that it was certainly not Jennie Tye, and of course, a different James Blakely. He also pointed out was that it was probably the younger John Calloway Blakely that was shot in 1896, but now they have them compacted into one person and even their wives' names put together into one name. The elder John C. Blakely was
the son of Joseph Martin Blakely and married Julina Smith,
daughter of William Joseph Smith and Margaret Blakely, she
a daughter of Jesse Blakely. The administration of Jesse Blakely's estate was found by a Blakely researcher and it
lists his surviving children and children of a deceased
daughter, Peggy. I received a large packet of information
from the Nodaway Co. library genealogist after I told her
I was researching these families. In this packet I found
an obituary showing the death of Julina at the home of a
granddaughter in Liberty, MO. She died in 1921. I ordered
her death certificate, and it showed her parents as Joseph
Smith and Margaret Blakely. I believe he either changed
his name, or started using a middle name as I found in a
history book that William Smith had confronted the Mormon
Joseph Smith over some issue. I found this William Smith
in the 1860 and 1870 census of Mo, both times with some of
his family with or near him. John Calloway Blakely was a
Confederate soldier, was a Lt., acting as a Captain at the
time of his death in the Civil War. Julina married 2nd to
Harvey Robison, but the marriage didn't last, and she lived
rest of her life with her with some of her children.
The younger John C. Blakely was shown as Calloway in the
1850 Cs. of Nodaway Co., MO. and was never shown in a census record again. He changed his name to John Calvin
Blakely. He was the son of Confederate Capt. Felix Canaday
Blakely, a brother of the elder John C. Blakely. His wife
was Elizabeth "Betty" Buford, daughter of Abraham Buford
and Eliza Johnson. I found two of their sons, one in IGI,
and the other working in the asylum ran by his Aunt Mary
Catherine (Blakely) and her husband George W. Wells in
Atchison, Atchison Co., Ks. He was Bruce Blakely, b.1881.
He married later to Nora A.( / )and lived in Fresno, CA. The other son was Eugene "Gene", b.1872/3. He had married
Zilla/Zella A. Lewis. I answered a query by a William Davies who was searching for his wife's ancestors, and
learned of these 3 children that she had records of: Edna
Gertrude, b. 24 Feb 1878; Eliza Frances, b. 23 Sep 1877;
Sue O. b. 19 Mar 1882. Eliza m. 1st, Gainum Maget. They
can be found in the home of Rufus Martin Maget, Gainum's
father in the 1910 Cs., Buchanan Co., MO. Gainum did not long after that, and Frances m. 2nd, James L. Barbee. She
signed the death certicate of her mother. John "Calvin"
died 04 Nov 1896, shot by Joel Hill. He is buried in the Old Campground Cemetery, seven and a half miles N. of Weston, MO. "Betty" must have also worked at the asylum,
and she was never to be found in a census record except as a child in the home of her parents in Atchison Co., KS,
1860 Cs. She had m. 2nd to John W. Wells, the brother of
George W. Wells. Her death certificate shows she was born
March 11th, 1858, died in Platte Co., MO. Her name was
Elizabeth Wells, her mother unknown. Her step-mother was Dicey Ann (Duncan)Young, De Spain, Mullins Buford. She had
lost 3 husbands evidently to the Border Wars of KS/MO. Her
son,Cyrus Young m. Sarah Eveline Blakely, a dau/of Felix
Blakely & Ann Lacky, Ann was not a sister to my Sarah nor
a daughter of Jeremiah. She was a dau/of Andrew Lacky, Jr.
& Ann Noland who had migrated from KY. Ann's father, Henry
had also come to MO. but must have returned to KY because
of losing children here. I suspect that the Martin Noland
that married Sarah Hale Blakely, dau/of Joseph M. Blakely
was also one of Henry Noland's son.
"Betty" Buford Blakely Wells is buried beside John Calvin
"Cal" Blakely. Rufus Martin Maget shown above had married
1st to Cornelia Brown, dau/of Matilda Patton & Gideon Brown
and m. 2nd Nancy Ann Blakely, dau/of Joseph Andrew Blakely
& Amanda Patton. Amanda was a dau/of Anderson Claiborne Patton & Nancy Jane Lane.
The Blakely families and their relatives had come from the
South. Their way of life was different, and some brought
slaves with them. They believed in that way of life and
many were ready to lay their lives down to protect that
way of life for those they left behind. These families had
gone through many tribulations. Many had fought in the War
with Mexico, many died in the South. Then there was the Gold Rush, the 1850 cs. shows many homes with no husband
in the home. Some came back, others didn't. Then came years
of trouble leading up to the Border Wars, continuing right up to, and perhaps a major cause of the Civil War. Some
families moved on, some stayed, but like the Loyalists
in the Revolution, they suffered because they were on the
losing side. Many of these families were devastated and
some never recovered. No wonder that they intermarried.
All they had was what was remaining of their families.
Alma Spragg
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