Elmsley P. Blount and Mary A. Hinkle

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Husband Elmsley P. Blount

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           Born: Abt 1827 - Tennessee
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 11 Nov 1880 - Hardin Co., Tennessee 1 2

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   Other Spouse: Rhoda Hinkle (Abt 1826-Abt 1855) 3 - Abt 1849 4

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Wife Mary A. Hinkle

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           Born: Abt 1836 - Tennessee
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jonathan Hinkle (Abt 1801-Abt 1857)
         Mother: Elizabeth Paine (Abt 1805-      )

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Elmsley P. Blount

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CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Hardin Co., Tennessee, 4th Civil District; Sept 12; pg 397
90/90
Elmsley P.Blount 23 MW Tn Laborer
Rhoda " 24 FW Tn </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1880 Hardin Co., Tennessee, 3rd Civil District, ED 43; June 11; pg 11
90/90
E. P. Blount 53 wid Tn Tn Tn Keeper of Poor house
R. L. " 18 son sng Tn Tn Tn Works on Farm
Wm. H. " 13 son sng Tn Tn Tn Works on Farm
Zilpha Rickman 26? dau wid Tn Tn Tn Keeping House
R. P. " ? g-son Tn Tn Tn </pre>

There are additionally 3 residents of the poor house in his household.

SECOND WIFE:

On November 11, 1880 E. P. Blount married the younger sister, Mary Hinkle, of his deceased first wife, Rhoda Hinkle. In 1900 a Mary Blount (65, Nov 1834, Tn Tn Tn) is an inmate in the poor house of Smith Co., Tennessee. She may or may not be Mary Hinkle.

CIVIL WAR:

E. P. Blount is on a roster of Company G of the 1st Confederate Cavalry Regiment, as given by J. M. Porterfield in June 1880. ("Hardin Countians in the 19th Century", compiled by Tony Hays). There are no dates on his gravestone in Big Hill Cemetery. What is on it is "CO G 1 Tenn Cav CSA" ("Cemeteries of Hardin County Tennessee" by Albert Brown, 1991)

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General Notes: Wife - Mary A. Hinkle

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CENSUS:

In 1860 Mary is living in Hardin Co., Tennessee with her older sister Emeline and her husband George W. Owens.

In 1870 and in 1880 Mary is living in the household of her older sister Arena and her husband Jasper Paulk. In November 1880 she marries Elmsley Blount, the widower of another older sister Rhoda.

In 1900 a Mary Blount (65, Nov 1834, Tn Tn Tn) is an inmate in the poor house of Smith Co., Tennessee. She may or may not be Mary Hinkle.

1 Albert Brown, Index of Hardin Co. Marriages 1859-1887, 1994, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 Shirley Drury Patterson, Hinkle/Patterson Families of Hardin Co., Tennessee, Hardin County Historian, Vol 1, No 3, July-Dec 1997, pg 44. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 Edgar D. Byler III, "Modified Register for Jesse Hinkle," unpublished.

4 Shirley Drury Patterson, Hinkle/Patterson Families of Hardin Co., Tennessee, Hardin County Historian, Vol 1, No 3, July-Dec 1997, pg 43. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.