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John Hastens Blaylock and Family (ca 1894 and 1900)
Top Row (L-R): Uncle Bill Blaylock, Jim Blaylock, Andy
Blaylock, Jake Pickle, Green Blaylock
Seated (L-R): Aunt Lilia Blaylock, Susan Pickle, Jane
Aikens, John Blaylock, Lindy Blaylock, Clem Blaylock
The picture is a tintype from Myrtice Ray’s collection.
Myrtice was my great grandmother and the daughter of Jake and Susan Pickle in
the picture. Sometime around 1980 Myrtice identified all of the people in the
picture for me. The names used in this pieces are the ones as given to me by
Myrtice.
John Hastens Blaylock is thought to be a son of Robert
Anderson Blaylock and Pheba Rimmer. He was born on July 1, 1824 and died May
17, 1904. He is buried in the Blaylock Cemetery located on the line between Lamar
County, Alabama and Monroe County, Mississippi. John Hastens married Malinda
Ray on August 24, 1848. Malinda, a daughter of David Ray and Susan Pickle, was
born in January of 1827 and died on January 16, 1914. She is buried in Blaylock
Cemetery.
The children of John Hastens and Malinda were:
1) Elizabeth Jane Blaylock Born
1849
2) Greenberry Blaylock Born
1851
3) Susan Elizabeth Blaylock Born
1856
4) Johnnie E. Blalock Born
1858
5) Nancy Catherine Blaylock Born
1858
6) Malinda Mary Ann Blaylock Born
1862
7) William Haston “Uncle Bill” Blaylock Born
1866
8) James “Jim” Blaylock Born
1868
9) Lela Clementine “ Clem” Blaylock Born
1870
10 Daniel Andrew “Andy” Blaylock Born
1874
