Individual Details

Found in 1850 Census, age 25 born KY, wife Sarah F. age 20 born KY, and George T., age 1 born MO.

Married Louisa Yarbrough, 1855.

1860 Census. Wilson Twp, Greene Co, MO, P.O Springfield, Hh 19
W. H. Blakey, 37, b. KY.
L. [female], 37
J. T., male, age 11
J. W., male, age 5
W., male, age 4
M. S., female, age 4/12, 4 months
J. Yarbrough, male, age 13
M. A., female, age 11


Greene Co MO DB L
p. 56
1 April 1861
Thos. C. Blakey of Greene Co for $200 received from William H. Blakey of the same. Tract of land. Begin at the NW corner of the North 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 23, Township 29, Range 22; running thence east 28 1/3 poles, thence north 9 poles, thence east 125 feet, thence south 9 poles, thence west, 125 feet to the beginning Containing one half acre more or less. Signed: Thos. C. Blakey. Acknowledged the same day by Thomas C. Blakey
p.57
30 Mary 1861
Thos. C. Blakey to Wm H. Blakey for $600. Begin on Western boundary of the SW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 29 North, Range 22 West, North of the NW Corner, a tract of land of two acres deeded by J. P. Campbell to Greene County for a graveyard, thence South 94 poles and 65/100, thence East 71 poles, thence North 94.65 poles, thence West 71 poles to the place of beginning. Thence South 25.31 poles, thence West 6.96 poles, thence North 25.31 poles, thence East 71.96 poles, containing one acre and 25/100 more or less. Signed: T. C. Blakey. Acknowledged the same day by Thomas C. Blakey


Service papers on Fold3.com
William H. Blakey served in the Confederacy, Company A, 3rd Regt Missouri Cavalry. He enlisted in Randolph Co, AR, on 30 Sep 1862, as a private. His name appears on some of the cards as William Hayden Blakey. He was captured Lynn Co, Kansas, 25 Oct 1864 and sent to Gratiot Street Military Prison in St. Louis, received there about 10 Nov 1864. He was on a list of those exchanged to Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio on 12 Nov 1864. He was by that time a 2nd Lt, Co. A, Green's Regt, Cavalry. He was released from Johnson's Island, 16 Jun 1865, at which time he signed the Oath of Allegiance. His home was stated as Green Hill, MO. He was age 41. Dark complexion, dark hair, hazel eyes, 6 feet 1 inch tall.


There is more than meets the eye concerning this man. In 1880, ten years before he is said to have died, Louisa was living as head of household with two children, born after the marriage to William Haden Blakey. I have not been able to find the family in 1870 with the following exception.
In Big Creek Twp, Fulton Co, AR, household 3:
W. H. Blakey, age 45, b. KY, farmer. Nancy, age 33, b. AL, keeping house.
George 21, farm labor, b. MO.
Since George is living with him and this man is the right age and born Kentucky, it would seem that William Haden Blakey had left Louisa. Was there a divorce, or is this a case of abandonment - not unusual following the Civil War.

In 1880, W. H. Blakey was still in Big Creek Twp, Fulton Co, AR, Hh 62
W. H. Blakey, age 55, b. KY, parents b. KY
J. W., age 25, son, b. MO, father b. KY, mother b. MO [b. 1855]
M., female, age 24, daughter-in-law, housekeeper, b. MO [b. 1854]
J. Bowden, age 17, stepson, b. AR, father b. IL, mother b. MO

Son George was also still in Fulton Co., Big Creek Twp Hh 58
G. Blakey, age 30, b. MO
E. Blakey, age 28, wife, b. AL
M., daughter, age 5, b. AR
E. A., sister, age 8, b. AR

Louisa Blakey in Missouri.
1880 Census. Wilson Twp, Greene Co, MO. p.105A
Louisa A. Blakey, age 54, b. MO as were her parents
Wesley D., age 24, son, tailor, b. TN, parents b. VA
Sallie Y., age 20, dau, b. TN, parent b.MO
The birth places of the parents of Wesley and Sallie make no sense. Wesley might have been a son of William H.'s first wife.

Birth	19 Dec 1824
Marriage	12 Nov 1846	Greene County, Missouri - Sarah T. Prunty
Marriage	11 Jan 1855	Louisa Yarborough
Military	1862 - 1865	Company A, 3rd Regt Missouri Cavalry, CSA, Civil War
Death	9 Feb 1890	Douglas County, Missouri

Spouse	Sarah T. Prunty (1830 - )
Child	George T. Blakey (1849 - )
Child	James Thomas Blakey (1855 - )

Spouse	Louisa Yarborough ( - )
Child	Wesley Douglas Blakey (1856 - )
Child	Sarah C. Blakey (1860 - )
Child	Nellie Ann Blakey ( - )

Father	James Whitsitt Blakey (1801 - 1852)
Mother	Nancy I.\J. Haden (1807 - 1840)
Sibling	Reuben Ewing Blakey (1826 - 1859)
Sibling	Pamelia Margaret Blakey (1828 - )
Sibling	George Douglas Blakey (1831 - 1862)
Sibling	Thomas Churchill Blakey MD (1834 - 1912)
Sibling	Mary Ellen Blakey (1835 - )
Sibling	James Whitsitt Blakey (1838 - 1912)