Individual Details

1860 Census. Choctaw Co AL, Bladen Springs P.O.
Frank Blakeney age 26, b. S. Carolina; Susan age 21, b. AL
Wm A. age 4 and Olivia A. age 2, both born in Mississippi. Benjamin F. age 1 & born Alabama.

In 1870. Choctaw Co AL, Butler P.O. Possibly the same man with a new wife and blended family. Household 280
Francis Blakeney, age 36, Farmer, born SC. M. J. age 45, Keeping house, b. AL
Wm age 15, b. MS. Austin 14, Annie 12 [Olivia A?], Laure 10 [female] and Banks age 10 [male, could this be B. F.?], James age 8. All born in Alabama. Hiram age 60, born in SC also lives with the family. James age 14, a Black boy, born in AL is also in the household. All are listed with the Blakeney surname.

FindAGrave lists Frank Blakeney as his father; says he died 1899 and is buried Kershaw City Cemetery, Kershae, Lancaster Co, SC. Seems more likely that he died in Alabama.

B. F.'s death certificate solved the problem of his parents. It did state his father was Frank and that B. F. was born in Charleston, SC. [it does seem likelier that his father was born in South Carolina, but Benjamin F. in Alabama.]

1880 Census. Fannin Co, TX. B. F. Blakeney, age 21 lived in the household of P. M. Green, wife Annie, and two sons. Blakeney was a brother-in-law. He was born in AL; his father born in SC and his mother born in AL

1900 Census. Listed in Bonham with all the children. He was born in AL, parents born in SC.

1910 Census. Lived at 306 10th Street, Bonham. Stated they had 7 children, 6 living. Mary, Myrtle, George listed in the Census. M. J. Haden, Olive's mother was also living with them.

Found in 1920 Census in Bonham. Myrtle and George still living at home, Daughter Grace Rountree and her child Mary Louise, age 8, also live with them. Grace is marked as "married" not widowed or divorced. There were probably other children.

1930 Census. Ben F. Blakeney, age 70, widowed, b. AL, father b. in SC, mother b. AL. Payne Roundtree, son-in-law, age 47, b. TX; his father b. GA, mother b. TX. Salesman in Retail Shoes. Grace Roundtree, daughter, age 44, 23 when married. Mary L. age 19, still at home.

On 21 April 1934, Joe B. Haden noted in his diary that it was "Mr. B. F. Blakeney's birthday".

"Fannin County Folks and Facts" says his ancestors came from Limerick County Ireland and was first de Blakeney. They settled in South Carolina, moving to Alabama and Missouri. Four of their seven children were born on W. 10th Street in Bonham. Ben was co-owner of a dry good store - White, Blakeney, and Fuller.

1900 Census shows a George Blakeney living in Ladonia, b. 1846, with 5 children still at home, Frank born 1872 with wife and young daughter. They were also in the dry goods business. George says he was born in SC as were his parents. Frank born in TX although he states his father born in NC.

Benjamin died in the Hospital in Bonham; he had lived there in Bonham for 63 years. The current address was 314 W. 10th St. He died of congestive Heart Failure and senility; son Joe B. Blakeney was informant for the death certificate [he lived in San Angelo, TX at that time]. Father listed as Frank; mother's name not given.

Buried Willow Wild Cemetery next to Olive and daughter Grace and her husband William Rountree. CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS - FANNIN COUNTY TEXAS, Dean & Patrician Newhouse, Vol. 3, 1982.

Birth	21 Apr 1859	Alabama
Marriage	15 Dec 1880	Fannin County, Texas - Olive Marian "Ollie" Haden
Death	16 Jun 1947	Bonham, Fannin County, Texas

Spouse	Olive Marian "Ollie" Haden (1855 - 1924)
Child	Joe Ben Blakeney (1883 - 1971)
Child	Grace Blakeney (1886 - 1945)
Child	Thurman Allen Blakeney (1888 - 1933)
Child	[Daughter] Blakeney (1890 - 1890)
Child	Mary Alice Blakeney (1892 - 1958)
Child	Myrtle Blakeney (1895 - )
Child	George Stuart Blakeney (1899 - 1956)