William Royal Blackshear

1877 - Aft 1918  (41 years)

• Name	William Royal Blackshear  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	20 Aug 1877	Newton County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1918	France
  Notes	(Research):There is a historical marker in Jasper Texas which lists, among others, Maj. W. R. Blackshear, who fell in World War I. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA02K_Jasper_County The book, "Newton County Nuggets" also mentions "Captain W. R. Blackshear's Company in Jasper, Texas" which was sent to France during the First World War.
  Person ID	I43237	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 May 2013

  
  

  Father	William Royal "W. R." Blackshear, M. D.,   b. 26 Jan 1850, Texas d. 4 Nov 1930, Chireno, Nacogdoches County, Texas (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Liza Fannie Blunt,   b. Abt 1856, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1878
  Family ID	F12895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Aug 1877 - Newton County, Texas Death - Aft 1918 - France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S308] 1880 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005., (1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls. This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents? place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.), Texas, Jasper County Enumerated 30 Jun 1880 Page 52D SD 1 ED 37 416-419 (Reliability: 3). [S1594] Davis, Richard Ervin "Davis-not a tree but a forest" Ver. 2013-03-26 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=red53, (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=red53). [S1592] Newton Historical Commission, Pauline Hines, Compiler "Newton County Nuggets: A Collection of True Stories By Newton County Folk" (Nortex Press, A Division of Eakin Publications, Inc, Austin, Texas, published in 1986), p. 343 (Reliability: 3).