Wade & Webb Family History

Martha Frances Mary Walden1881–1919

Monroe · Coosa · Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery · Sulligent

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. Jun 1881 Monroe County, Mississippi

Marriages

  1. 7 Sep 1897 Willis David Blaylock, at Lamar, Alabama 2, 8

Death and burial

  1. 14 Jun 1919 Death: Coosa County, Alabama 5
  2. Date unknown Burial: Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama, United State

Family

Parents
William Walker Walden 1850–1920
Emma Louise McKinney 1854–1923
Spouse, 7 Sep 1897
Willis David Blaylock 1873–1934
Children
Leonard Hilbert Blaylock 1898–1936
Robert Lee Blaylock 1902–1966
James Elzie Blaylock 1907–1977
Fonney Owen Blaylock 1916–1991

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Martha Frances Mary Walden
  2. Sister of Lila Walden
  3. Hilda Webb, daughter
  4. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Martha Frances Mary Walden was born in Monroe County, Mississippi, in June 1881, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date or place.1 On 7 September 1897 Martha Walden married Willis D. Blaylock in Lamar County, Alabama.2 The federal census of 1900 lists her as Mary Blalock in the household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them) of Willis D. Blalock, in Beat 2 of Monroe County, Mississippi (in Mississippi a beat is a supervisor's district of a county), and Willis's First World War draft registration, made in Lamar County, names a Mary Blaylock.3 The tree names four sons: Leonard Hilbert (1898–1936), Robert Lee (1902–1966), James Elzie (1907–1977) and Fonney Owen Blaylock (1916–1991).4 She died on 14 June 1919 and was buried in the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery at Sulligent, Lamar County, where a Find a Grave memorial records her as Martha Frances Blaylock.5 The tree places her death in Coosa County, Alabama, and gives no source for it, although her home in 1900 and her grave were in Monroe County, Mississippi, and Lamar County, Alabama.6 Her husband married Frankie Flynn on 6 August 1920.7

The tree makes her a daughter of William Walker Walden and Emma Louise McKinney of Coosa County, but none of the records attached to her names her parents.8 Two things tell against the link.9 The Coosa Waldens' son Julius was born in Alabama on 11 September 1880, only nine months before her own birth in June 1881, and that birth is placed in Mississippi, while the Walden family was enumerated in Coosa County both in 1880 and in 1900.9 Inference It is therefore likely that she belonged to another Walden family of the Mississippi–Alabama border, and that her attachment to the Coosa County family, and with it the Coosa County death place, is a mistake; until a record naming her parents is found, the relationship should be treated as unproven.9

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Martha Frances Mary Walden.

  1. 07 Sep 1897Martha Walden, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 1900Mary Blalock, "United States, Census, 1900"
  3. from 1917 to 1918Mary Blaylock, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  4. Ancestry Family Trees
  5. Martha Frances Mary Blaylock; U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
  6. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: birth Jun 1881, Monroe County, Mississippi, no source attached back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Willis D Blaylock and Martha Walden, 07 Sep 1897. Record: Willis D Blaylock and Martha Walden, 07 Sep 1897 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: marriage 7 Sep 1897, Lamar, Alabama back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Mary Blalock in entry for Willis D Blalock, 1900. Record: Mary Blalock in entry for Willis D Blalock, 1900 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: residence 1900, Beat 2 Pickles & Quincy Precincts, Monroe, Mississippi "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, Mary Blaylock in entry for Willis David Blaylock, from 1917 to 1918. Record: Mary Blaylock in entry for Willis David Blaylock, 1917-1918 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-B5Y (their page): draft registration, Lamar County, Alabama back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: children Leonard Hilbert (1898–1936), Robert Lee (1902–1966), James Elzie (1907–1977), Fonney Owen Blaylock (1916–1991) back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: death 14 Jun 1919; burial Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama Martha Frances Mary Blaylock; U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Record: Martha Frances Mary Blaylock, Find a Grave memorial 47177361, martha-frances-blaylock back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: death place Coosa County, Alabama, no source attached; residence Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama back to the text
  7. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Willis D. Blaylock and Frankie Flynn, 06 Aug 1920. Record: Willis D. Blaylock and Frankie Flynn, 06 Aug 1920 back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: parents William Walker Walden and Emma Louise McKinney "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Willis D Blaylock and Martha Walden, 07 Sep 1897. Record "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Mary Blalock in entry for Willis D Blalock, 1900. Record "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", FamilySearch, Mary Blaylock in entry for Willis David Blaylock, from 1917 to 1918. Record back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LH7N-2HV (their page): Julius West Walden, born 11 Sep 1880, Alabama FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LCZP-BB9: birth Jun 1881, Monroe County, Mississippi "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Martha Walden in entry for W. W. Walden, 1880. Record: Martha Walden in entry for W. W. Walden, 1880 "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, J W Walden in entry for W W Walden, 1900. Record: J W Walden in entry for W W Walden, 1900 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY38-58X (their page): residence 1860 Coosa; children back to the text