Name:  Blair, Isabel Gaile
Burial Date:  1934, 07/05
Age at Death: 17
Plot Location: 690 G
Notes: Daughter of George Ellis & Mildred Emily(Comstock)

Name: Blades, William
Burial Date: 1898, 07/29
Age at Death: 82
Plot Location: 579 G
Notes: Husband of Amanda Melvina (Gates)

War: Civil War  3rd Missouri Cavalry

Obituary from Sterling Bulletin

Wm. Blades died at his home, three miles east of Sterling July 28, 1898. His age was 83 years, 8 months and 23 days. He was born in Brown County, Ohio, but was raised in Kentucky. In 1857 he moved to Missouri, and in 1876 came to Kansas. His wife, 81 years and three children survive him – W. C. Blades, Covington, KY, F.S.Blades and Zella Gash, of Sterling, Kansas. He was a member of Troup B, 3rd Mo. Cavalry, his son Frank being a member of the same company. From his youth, he has been a member of the M.E. church. Over two years ago he had a paralytic stroke and has not been able to speak or to move about alone. The funeral services will be held at his late residence this Friday morning at 9:30 o’clock under the auspices of the G.A.R. Rev. R. A. Dadisman will preach the sermon.

Trans from  Lot 305 to be buried beside wife.

Pvt Co. B, 3rd MO Cav, ”
War: Civil War

Birth:	Nov. 6, 1815 Brown County, Ohio Reared in Dover Mason County Kentucky, USA
Death:	Jul. 28, 1898 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Age 82  Trans from Lot 305Pvt Co. B, 3rd MO Cav, Veteran of: Civil War Family links: Spouse: Amanda Melvina Gates Blades (1817 – 1901) Children: Isora Elizabeth Blades Washburn (1846 – 1890)**Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 579 G
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Name: Blades, Frank Sandys
Burial Date: 1925, 02/09
Age at Death: 42
Plot Location: 579 B
Notes: son of Frank Shelby & Idella’Ida’(Daniels)
War: Spanish-American

Frank Sandys Blades was born 07 April 1882 near Sterling, Kansas. He died 05 February 1925 in El Centro hospital, California, and buried in Sterling, Kansas Cemetery. He died from cerebral meningitis due to an abscessed mastoid.

Frank Sandys Blades served in the U.S. Navy for about six years, enlisting in May 1897, in New York City, on the Vermont.  In 1901 he was on the warship Glacier somewhere in the New South Wales waters, a part of New Zealand. After serving in the Navy he was a resident of California.

Survivors are two brothers William Cornelius and Andrew Jackson and two sisters Zella and Rose Mary.

Birth: Apr. 1882 Death: Feb., 1925 Age 42 Veteran of: Spanish-American Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 579 B Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 14, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105196765

Name: Blackwood, Julia Blair (Porter)
Burial Date: 1911, 05/04
Age at Death: 54
Plot Location: 395 E/F
Notes: 1st wife of Dr. Andrew Johnson Blackwood

Julia Blair Porter Blackwood

Birth:	May, 1856 LaSalle County Illinois, USA
Death:	May 2, 1911 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Age 54Family links: Parents: James Wiley Porter (1830 – 1901) Martha Eleanor Blair Porter (1832 – 1913) Spouse: Andrew Johnson Blackwood (____ – 1917)* Siblings: James Wylie Porter (____ – 1924)* Julia Blair Porter Blackwood (1856 – 1911) Frank Allen Porter (1862 – 1941)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 395 E/F
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Name: Blackwood, Ida Eva (James)
Burial Date: 1941, 12/06
Age at Death: 69
Plot Location: 348 F
Notes: 2nd wife of Dr.Andrew Johnson

Ida Eva James

1872–1941

Birth: Oct., 1872 Death: Dec., 1941 Age 69 Family links: Spouse: Andrew Johnson Blackwood (____ – 1917)**Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 348 F Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 14, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105195709

Name: Blackwood, Andrew Johnson, Dr.
Burial Date: 1917,  10/15
Age at Death: 61
Plot Location: 348 H
Notes: Husband of Julia Blair (Porter) and Ida Eva (James)

Dr. Andrew Johnson Blackwood was born on August 18, 1856, in Freeport, Ohio, his father, Samuel Morrow Blackwood , was 47 and his mother, Margaret (Martin) Blackwood, was 33. He married Julia B Porter in 1888. He died on October 10, 1917, in Sterling, Kansas, at the age of 61, and was buried there.

Ida Eva James was born on October 24, 1872, in Springfield, Illinois, her father, Samuel, was 33, and her mother, Catherine, was 36. She had two brothers and one sister. She died in December 1941 at the age of 69, and was buried in Sterling, Kansas.

Birth: 1856 Death: Oct., 1917 Age 61 Family links: Spouses: Julia Blair Porter Blackwood (1856 – 1911) Eva James Blackwood (____ – 1941) Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 348 H Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Lawcas Record added: Feb 14, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 105195605

Dr Andrew Johnson Blackwood

Name: Blackledge, William Levi Hiram
Burial Date: 1931, 07/16
Age at Death: 89
Plot Location: 249 G
Notes: husband of Ruth Ann (Pickett) and Hannah Alice (Thompson) Newby

19th Ind. Inf., Co. E   War: Civil War

Birth:	May 8, 1842 Wells County Indiana, USA
Death:	Jul. 13, 1931 Centerville Linn County Kansas, USA
Sterling Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, Rice County, KS, Vol 56, Thursday, July 23, 1931, page 8Obituary of H. Blackledge Old Settler Was Brought Back Here for Burial in Sterling Community Cemetery, July 16   Hiram Blackledge, son of Charles and Hannah Beard Blackledge, was born the eighth day of May, 1842, and departed this life at Centerville, Kansas, July 13, 1931, at the age of eighty-nine years, two months and five days. At the early age of eleven years he was bereft of his mother, he with his two brothers and sister being cared for by relatives. His home was with his uncle William Beard.In answer to President Lincoln’s call for volunteers, he enlisted in the 19th Indiana Infantry, Company C and served three years in the Army of the Potomac in every engagement of that army until on the first day of July, 1863, in the battle of Gettysburg, he was wounded and permanently disabled for the remainder of the war. The bullet that struck him barely missing the jugular vein, he carried with him to his death.On his return from the army, his friendship for Ruth Ann Pickett, a home girl, ripened into the romance of his life. They were married August 4, 1864, and were devoted companions the many years they were spared together. To this union nine children were born; Julia Etta Rhyason of Camrose, Alta, Canada; William Levi, of Nash, Oklahoma; Lydia Alta Carter, of Ulysses, Kansas; Mazana Jane Meador, of Hiwasse, Arkansas, Eldora, who died in infancy; John Charles, of Jet, Oklahoma; Lewella Cox, who died in 1909; Rufus Elbert of Jet, Okla; and Rhoda Ethel Welker of Centerville, Kansas. His wife preceded him in death in 1905. Since this time he has made his home with his children. He was kind, loving and patient, a genuine Christian, a devoted follower of Christ.In 1873 he with his wife and their three oldest children came to Kansas, settling four and a half miles northwest of Sterling, then known as Peace. They took an active part in the community, being concerned in the activities of the church and school. They were charter members of the Friends church at Center and were always at work in the things pertaining to the Kingdom. He was a member of the Friends church, of Cherokee, Okla., at the time of his death.Funeral services were conducted Wednesday, July 15, at the Centerville M. P. church by the Rev. Sutton, of Osawatomie, Kans. Internment was made in the cemetery Sterling, Kansas.Family links: Parents: Charles D. Blackledge (1815 – 1899) Hannah Beard Blackledge (1816 – 1853) Spouse: Ruth Ann Pickett Blackledge (1842 – 1905) Children: Julia Etta Blackledge Rhyason (1865 – 1952)* William Levi Blackledge (1866 – 1954)* Lydia Alta Blackledge Carter (1868 – 1963)* Mazana Jane Blackledge Meador (1871 – 1954)* Eldora Blackledge (1873 – 1873)* John Charles Blackledge (1874 – 1964)* Rufus Elbert Blackledge (1879 – 1962)* Rhoda Ethel Blackledge Welker (1883 – 1966)* Siblings: Hiram Blackledge (1842 – 1931) Philander Blackledge (1844 – 1921)* Joseph Blackledge (1851 – 1906)* Hannah Jane Blackledge Mendenhall (1853 – 1919)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
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Hiram Blackledge was born on May 8, 1842, in Wells County, Indiana, his father, Charles, was 26 and his mother, Hannah, was 25. He married Ruth Ann Pickett on August 5, 1864, in Wells County, Indiana. He died on July 13, 1931, at Centerville, Kansas, at the age of 89.

Name: Blackledge, Ruth Ann(Pickett)
Burial Date: 1905, 09/25
Age at Death: 62
Plot Location: 249 I
Notes: 1st wife of William Levi Hiram

Birth: Sep. 28, 1842 Randolph County Indiana, USA Death: Sep. 22, 1905 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Sterling Kansas Bulletin, September 29, 1905Obituary Mrs. Hiram BlacklegeRuth Ann Pickett was born in Randolph Co., Indiana, Sept. 28, 1842, and died in Sterling, Kansas, Sept. 22, 1905, aged 62 years, 11 months, and 24 days. She was joined in marriage to Hiram Blacklege at the age of 22 years. To this union were born nine children; one died in infancy; the other eight are still living, six of them being present at her funeral. Thirty-two years of her married life was spent in Kansas. She was a member of the Friends Church to which she was loyal as long as she lived. Without a moment’s warning and apparently in full health, she was taken from labors to her reward. She was a faithful wife and mother. Funeral took place from the Friends Church on Monday morning at 10 o’clock, conducted by Ira S. Bundy, assisted by Rev Sill of the U. B. Church. Family links: Parents: John B. Pickett (1818 – 1897) Merab Cox Pickett (1821 – 1853) Spouse: Hiram Blackledge (1842 – 1931)* Children: Julia Etta Blackledge Rhyason (1865 – 1952)* William Levi Blackledge (1866 – 1954)* Lydia Alta Blackledge Carter (1868 – 1963)* Mazana Jane Blackledge Meador (1871 – 1954)* Eldora Blackledge (1873 – 1873)* John Charles Blackledge (1874 – 1964)* Rufus Elbert Blackledge (1879 – 1962)* Rhoda Ethel Blackledge Welker (1883 – 1966)* Siblings: William C. Pickett (1841 – 1929)* Ruth Ann Pickett Blackledge (1842 – 1905) Mazana Jane Pickett Hill (1845 – 1922)* Henry Pickett (1848 – 1927)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: J&D Peterson Record added: Jul 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 39355890

Name: Blackledge, Eldora
Burial Date: 1873, 10/08
Age at Death: IN
Plot Location: 249 K
Notes: Daughter of William Levi Hiram & Ruth Ann(Pickett)

Birth:	Jul. 29, 1873 Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Oct. 8, 1873 Rice County Kansas, USA
Family links: Parents: Hiram Blackledge (1842 – 1931) Ruth Ann Pickett Blackledge (1842 – 1905) Siblings: Julia Etta Blackledge Rhyason (1865 – 1952)* William Levi Blackledge (1866 – 1954)* Lydia Alta Blackledge Carter (1868 – 1963)* Mazana Jane Blackledge Meador (1871 – 1954)* Eldora Blackledge (1873 – 1873) John Charles Blackledge (1874 – 1964)* Rufus Elbert Blackledge (1879 – 1962)* Rhoda Ethel Blackledge Welker (1883 – 1966)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 249 K
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Name: Blackledge, Charles Dingee
Burial Date: 1899, 05/10
Age at Death: 83
Plot Location: 249 B
Notes: husband of Hannah (Beard)

Co. A, 47th Ind. Vol.  War: Civil War

Charles Dingee Blackledge was born on November 18, 1815, in Columbiana, Ohio, his father, JOSEPH, was 39 and his mother, RACHEL, was 28. He married Hannah Beard on November 14, 1839, in Lynn, Indiana. They had seven children during their marriage. He died on May 9, 1899, in Sterling, Kansas, having lived a long life of 83 years, and was buried there.

Birth: Nov. 18, 1815 Columbiana County Ohio, USA Death: May 9, 1899 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA The Sterling Kansas Bulletin, May 12, 1899, page 14ANOTHER VETERAN MUSTERED OUT Charles Blackledge Answers the Final Roll Call at the Age of 83Again the old soldiers of Sterling have been called upon to bury a member of the G. A. R., in the person of Charles Blackledge, who died early Tuesday morning in this city. His age was 83 years, 5 months and 21 days, having been born November 18, 1815, in Columbiana County, Ohio. In that State he lived till 1839, when married to Miss Hannah Beard, at Lynn, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Blackledge went to Iowa two years later and settled on a farm near Salem. To them were born seven children, four of whom are now living–their sons Hiram, Philander and Joseph and daughter Hannah. The first is an old resident of Sterling Township, the next is in Oklahoma and the other two live on farms in northern Nebraska. Soon after the death of his wife in 1854, Mr. Blackledge and children went from Iowa to Indiana, leaving them in the care of relatives. He soon went to Colorado, overland where he lived the life of a hunter and trapper near Pike’s Peak, till the war broke out. He again returned to Indiana and enlisted in ’62 in Co. A, 47th Indiana Volunteers. Since the war he lived on claims in Southern Missouri and Eastern Kansas till the last ten years spent with his son Hiram in and around Sterling. His survivors number fifty-four children, 26 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. The funeral on Wednesday was conducted by Rev. Jess Wilmore at the Friends Church and by the Meade Post at the burial in Cottonwood Cemetery.Family links: Spouse: Hannah Beard Blackledge (1816 – 1853)   Children: Hiram Blackledge (1842 – 1931)* Philander Blackledge (1844 – 1921)* Joseph Blackledge (1851 – 1906)* Hannah Jane Blackledge Mendenhall (1853 – 1919)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Created by: J&D Peterson Record added: Jul 12, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 39355822

Hannah Beard was born on August 6, 1816, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She married Charles Dingee Blackledge on November 14, 1839, in Lynn, Indiana. They had seven children during their marriage. She died on November 1, 1853, in Salem, Iowa, at the age of 37.

Name: Blackhall, Zetta Osee (Ward)
Burial Date: 1989, 12/30
Age at Death: 86
Plot Location: 437 D
Notes: Wife of Malcolm Ransom Blackhall

 

Birth:	Jul. 18, 1903
Death:	Dec. 26, 1989
Age 86Family links: Spouse: Malcom Ransom Blackhall (1899  – 1966)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 437 D
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Name: Blackhall, William Wayne
Burial Date: 1991, 10/11
Age at Death: 91
Plot Location: 437 A
Notes: Husband of Jane Elisabeth(Seamans)

Birth:	1900
Death:	Oct., 1991
Age 91Family links: Spouse: Jane Elisabeth Seamans Blackhall (____ – 1993)**Calculated relationship
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 437 A
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Name: Blackhall, William John
Burial Date: 1942, 03/07
Age at Death: 74
Plot Location: 437 E
Notes: Husband of Elizabeth Susan(Ransom)

Birth:	1867
Death:	Mar., 1942
Age 74Family links: Spouse: Elizabeth Susan Ransom Blackhall (____ – 1945)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 437 E
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Name: Blackhall, Ralph Ward
Burial Date: 1992, 07/29
Age at Death: 62
Plot Location: 437 D Cremains
Notes: Divorced  husband of June Ellen(?) Claydon and divorced husband of Alyce May(Latta)Williamson

CPL US Army  ,  War: Korean War

Ralph Ward Blackhall

Daughter with Alyce May(Latta), Leigh Anne(Blackhall) Peltier Wilson – born July 4, 1960

Birth: Mar. 26, 1930
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USADeath: Jul. 18, 1992
Allentown
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania, USA
Age 62 CPL US Army
Veteran of: Korean War
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 437 D Crems
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Name: Blackhall, Ralph Raymond
Burial Date: 1938, 07/08
Age at Death: 35
Plot Location: 437 H
Notes: 1st husband of Naomi Hope(McPherson)Buel

Ralph died as a result of an explosion and fire at his home north of Sterling.

Naomi is buried in Lyons, KS with her 2nd husband, Dwight Buel.

Birth:	Oct. 23, 1902 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Death:	Jul. 6, 1938 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA
Age 35,   Ralph married Naomi Hope McPherson Feb. 2, 1930 at Hot Springs, Arkansas.   Family links: Spouse: Naomi Hope McPherson Buel (1911 – 1998)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 437 H
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