Melvina Jane Blakeney

1826 - 1900  (73 years)

• Name	Melvina Jane Blakeney
  Born	25 Sep 1826	Bourbon Co., Kentucky
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Aug 1900	Vermilion, Illinois
  Buried	Springhill Cemetery, Vermilion, Illinois
  Person ID	I8228	Yatesville History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 May 2009

  
  

  Father	William Hugh Blakeney,   b. Abt 1789, Allegheny, Pennsylvania ,   d. Abt 1850, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Anna Williams,   b. 1795, Virginia ,   d. 1850/1860, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 65 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1819	Fayette, Kentucky
  Family ID	F248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph J. Anderson,   b. 10 Aug 1818, England ,   d. 27 Sep 1879, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Amanda Jane Anderson,   b. 5 Dec 1844, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 23 Apr 1916, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 71 years)   2. Emma Frances Anderson,   b. 16 Oct 1849, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 4 Jan 1944, Hettinger, Adams, North Dakota  (Age 94 years)   3. Mary Jane Anderson,   b. 9 Feb 1853, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 6 Jul 1922, Covington, Fountain Co., Indiana  (Age 69 years)   4. Mary E. Anderson,   b. Abt 1853, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 1935, Washington  (Age ~ 82 years)   5. Juletta Anderson,   b. 17 Jul 1854, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 8 Nov 1950, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 96 years)   6. Martha Maria Anderson,   b. 22 Jul 1858, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 4 May 1945, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 86 years)   7. Ida Mae Anderson,   b. 8 Oct 1859, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 10 Jan 1935, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 75 years)   8. Jessie L. Anderson,   b. 14 Aug 1866, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 28 Feb 1947, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F3830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		blakeney,MelvinaJanei8228_MedicalBill1885.jpg
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• Notes

  Photo: Melvina Jane Blakeney Anderson is seated center with her 7 daughters, l to r: Juletta [Goulding], Amanda [Puzey], Jesse [Bracewell], Ida [Hembrey], MELVINA, Martha [Bracewell], Mary [Reese], Emma [Bracewell]. 1850 census, IL: Malvina [sic] Anderson, Age 22, Born-Kentucky [so b abt 1828] - address: Census Dist No. 20, Vermilion Co, IL [Catlin] 1860 Census, IL: Melvina J Anderson, Age-35, Born-Kentucky [so b. abt 1825] - address: Catlin Twp 1870 census, IL: Anderson, Melvina, Age-45, Keeping house, Born-Kentucky [s b. abt 1825] - address: Catlin Twp - - living next door is Jonathan Thornton & family [wife-Emily Blakeney, Melvina's sister] 1880 census - not found 1889 City Directory- address: southeast corner Stewart & Third, South Danville 1900 census, IL: Anderson, Melvina, M-in-Law, Sept 1826, Age- 73, W, 12/7, KY-Unknown-KY - grave stone death date looks like 26 Aug 1800 or 1890 but must be 1900 - address: She is living with Charles and Martha Anderson Bracewell, her son-in-law and daughter. -she is widowed, lists 12 children, 7 living. -It also states she was born in KENTUCKY; Father b. Not known; Mother b. KENTUCKY. Melvina applied as widow of Joseph Anderson for Civil War Pension #29924912 dated December 1882. Papers collected from National Archives. Land deeds: It is curious that all land deeds are in Melvina's name. Joseph is not found in the Vermilion County, Illinois Deed Books. However, there was a deed 13 July 1901 signed by the 7 sisters as heirs of Joseph Anderson selling Lot 2 Block 6, Russell, Stewart & Gilbert Addition to South Danville to Albert Goulding, details entered in More/Notes" for Joseph Anderson, copy in Albert Goulding son of Julietta Anderson Goulding. ANDERSON, MELVINA, Index to Deeds, Vermilion County, Illinois- Anderson, Melvina J., Grantee: [buyer] +Grantor-Charles Swan / Type-WD / Date-4/12/1888 / $--75 / BkPg-185 / Lot-2 Block-10 / Russell, Stewart & Gilbert Add Danville +Grantor-W.D. Reese / Type-WD / Date-1/23/1889 / $-600 / BkPg-203 / Lot-4 Block-7 / Russell, Stewart & Gilbert Add Danville +Grantor-W.D. Reese / Type-QCD / Date-4/6/1893 / $-1 / BkPg-103 / Lot-7 Block-10 / Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville Anderson, Melvina J., Grantor: [seller] +Grantee-Mary E Reese / Type-WD / Date-5/24/1889 / $-1 / Lot-4 Block 7 / Russell, Stewart & Gilbert Add Danville +Grantee-Jesse Comrie / Type-WD / Date-9/12/1896 / $-200 / BpPg-611 / Lot-2 Block-10 / Russell, Stewart & Gilbert Add Danville +Grantee-W.D. Reese / Type-QCD / Date-4/6/1894 / BkPg-103 / Lot-7 Block-10 / Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville Notes: Mary E Anderson married W D Reese / Comrie family married into the James Bracewell family. See - "The Blakeney's 1828 from Bourbon Co. KY. to Vermilion Co. ILL." by Grace Glaspie, Oxford, Indiana, 47971, no date but possibly 1974, also known as "Blakeney Kith & Kin." The section about Melvina Blakeney's parents contains some doubtful information. There are also Blakeney genealogies on the internet. I have a copy of an out-of-print book "The Blakeneys in America . . .", John Oscar Blakeney, 1928, that is a genealogy of a Blakeney family who came into America via South Carolina. I could not find any relationship to our Blakeney family, and some researchers have obviously confused these "southern Blakeneys" with ours.