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1. | Martin Luther Blalock was born on 4 Aug 1858 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; died on 21 Jan 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Buried: Martin married Bettie Elizabeth Scott on 16 Dec 1892 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Bettie (daughter of Arthur Fett Scott and Not Ascertainable Scott) was born on 25 Jul 1874 in Jefferson, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Sep 1951 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Margaret I Blalock (1.Martin1) was born on 9 Jan 1888 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA; died on 28 Jun 1978 in Susquehanna, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Margaret married Alexander Leslie Marshall on 6 Jul 1916. Alexander (son of William Howard Marshall and Mary L "Bessie" Dennie) was born on 5 Jan 1889 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1942 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Jane Grace Blalock (1.Martin1) was born in Sep 1893 in Kentucky, USA. Other Events:
Jane married Layton Leroy Howard on 21 Jun 1918 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Layton was born about 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Bessie Lee Blalock (1.Martin1) was born on 6 Mar 1897 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Nov 1990; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Bessie married James Edward Garrett on 1 Jun 1916 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. James was born in 1881 in Virginia, USA; died in 1965; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Martin Luther Blalock, II (1.Martin1) was born on 26 Apr 1899 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Feb 1918 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
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6. | Marian Genevieve Blalock (1.Martin1) was born in 1902 in York, York, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Oct 1903 in 413 Filbert street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
7. | Mary Blalock (1.Martin1) was born in 1905 in Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
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8. | Derell Ellis Blalock (1.Martin1) was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 Jan 1992 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Derell married Evelin E. Ukkerd on 27 Jul 1943 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA. Evelin (daughter of Charles Arthur Ukkerd, Sr., daughter of Charles Arthur Ukkerd, Sr. and Emma Alberta Washington) was born on 9 Jan 1914 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1987 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Charles Wesley Blalock (1.Martin1) was born on 24 Jan 1911 in Virginia, USA; died on 30 Aug 1968 in Laurinburg, Scotland, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Buried: Family/Spouse: Ednah Blalock. Ednah was born in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Charles married Mabel R. Franklin in 1939. Mabel was born in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Margaret Jane Marshall (2.Margaret2, 1.Martin1) was born on 28 Sep 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Mar 2005 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Margaret married Henry Rufus Smith on 28 Nov 1941 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Henry was born on 6 Feb 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 26 Jul 1995 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Miriam Elizabeth Garrett (4.Bessie2, 1.Martin1) was born on 13 Mar 1917 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Husband committed murder-suicide one year after she moved back to Harrisburg with her children to live with her parents. Miriam married Ernest Gilbert Phields, II on 11 May 1940 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA. Ernest (son of Ernest Garfield Phields, I and Corrie Bell Harris) was born on 10 May 1911 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Jul 1947 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Son Unknown Blalock (8.Derell2, 1.Martin1) |
13. | Leslie R Smith (10.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Martin1) Family/Spouse: Sandra H Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Darryl Smith (10.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Martin1) Family/Spouse: Lucille L Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Camille Elaine Smith (10.Margaret3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Martin1) was born on 30 Mar 1953 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 17 Jan 2012 in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. |
16. | Elizabeth Lee Phields (11.Miriam3, 4.Bessie2, 1.Martin1) was born on 22 Sep 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Mar 2018 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Other Events:
Notes: Elizabeth "Betsy" Overton, 77 of Harrisburg passed March 23, 2018. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Miriam "Betty" Phields. Betsy was the Chief, Division of Field Operations for the Deptartment of Public Welfare and retired with over 30 years of dedicated service from the Commonwealth. She was a member of Wesley Union AME Zion Church, a Master Gardener and enjoyed reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with family and friends. Family/Spouse: William M. Overton. William was born on 17 Apr 1921 in Elizabeth City, Camden, North Carolina, USA; died on 26 Nov 1996 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Ernest Garrett Phields, III (11.Miriam3, 4.Bessie2, 1.Martin1) was born in 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. |
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