Individual Details

1850 Census. Hh 204
Martin C. Crowder, 25, b. NC
Emeline, 26, b. NC
Amelia J., 2, b. NC

In 1900, Amelia had a considerable household. Married daughters Cora Marshall & husband William, Ann Adamson and husband Lee, Watie Ireland and husband Arthur, along with Maxine Marshall age 3, granddaughter. Lee & Ann are also stated to have 1 child but none was enumerated. Also daughters Theada, Bettie, Virgie, & Zula were all still living at home.

In 1910, Lee Admson, his wife and two year old son Richard were still in the household of Amelia Blake. Daughter Theda, now 31, still lived at home. And Emmaline Crowder is listed as Amelia's mother; she was age 87. Amelia had 9 children, 8 still living.

Amelia J. Blake is buried in the Bentonville Cemetery, with the dates, 1845-1922.

The Monett Times, Monett, MO, 4 Aug 1922, Friday, P.5
Mrs. Blake Dies at Rogers
Rogers, Ark., Aug. 1. Mrs. Amelia Jane Blake, 75 years old, died at her home in this city yesterday. Mrs. Blake was born on a plantation near Charleston, SC and had resident i Benton County seventy years. She is survived by seven daughters and one son, one of the daughter being the wife of the famous movie star and entertainer, Will Rogers. The other daughters are Mrs. L. H. Adamson, Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Arthur Ireland, Long Bearch, Calif.; Mrs. B. W. Quisenberry, Joplin; Mrs. W. L. Marshall, Mrs. J. E. stroud and Miss Theda Blake of Rogers, and the James Blake of Fort Gibson, Okla. All of the children were here for the funeral, which was hold from the family home at 10 o'clock this morning.

Wikipedia: Will Robers married Betty Blake, 1908. she was born 1879, died 1944. They had four children. Son Fred Stone died at age two of diphtheria. Will Rogers Jr. was a World War II hero, played his father in two filma, and was elected to Congress. Mary was a Broadway actress. Jamesn "Jim" was a newspaperman and rancher. They lived in New York but spent summers in Claremore, OK where he had bought a 20-acres ranch in 1911.

Birth	25 Oct 1847	North Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1865	James Wyeth Blake
Death	30 Jul 1922	Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas

Spouse	James Wyeth Blake (1845 - 1900)
Child	John Blake (1867 - )
Child	Cora Blake (1869 - 1958)
Child	Anna Blake (1871 - 1977)
Child	Waite Blake (1873 - )
Child	Theodocia Blake (1875 - )
Child	James K. Blake (1877 - 1952)
Child	Betty Blake (1879 - 1944)
Child	Virginia Blake (1881 - )
Child	Zuleki Blake (1885 - )