Bio by Cheryll Morris Sumner (She was the sister of my grandfather):
Maryann Delilah Black, called Did, was the daughter of Elkanah L. Black and Elizabeth Lee. She married Mason H. "Mace" Blackburn October of 1891. By 1900 Mace and Did and their three children were on the 1900 census of Escambia County, Alabama, living in a community called Local. Several other Butler County Alabama families/relatives were their neighbors.
G-Aunt Did was said to be fun, funny, and jolly, a teller of funny tales who loved to laugh. She had twin girls (Lula and Lola) and one boy Burney before 1900, and two boys (Jack and Jimmy Jones) after 1900, but she also lost three children. Her obit says "she was laid beside three of her children." I found an obit for a son who died of burns in December of 1909. I have no info on the others except one was said to be a daughter named Lizzie. So great-aunt Did experienced lots of tragedy before her death at age 48. One of the worst was the disappearance of her husband Mace c. 1910 who was tragically murdered.
The Black Family Bible says Did died April 28, 1918.
Her death certificate says she died April 29, 1918.
Mary D. Blackburn 29 Apr 1918 Mobile Vol. 14 R. 1 Page 166
Name: Mary D. Blackburn
Death date: 29 Apr 1918
Death place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at death: 48y 3m 29d
Estimated birth year: 1870
Spouse name: Mace Blackburn
Father name: E. L. Black
Mother name: Elizabeth Lee
Film number: 1908195
Reference number: cn 166
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Obituary from the Butler County News
DIED
Mrs. M. D. Blackburn, of Local, Ala., died at the Southern Infirmary at Mobile this week. She was carried there last Friday for treatment. She was forty-eight years of age and leaves five children t o mourn her loss. She was a sister of Mr. H. N. Black, Mr. G. R. Black, and Mr. Jim Black R. 1 of this place.
Funeral services were held at Enon Church, 18 miles west of Atmore and she was laid beside three of her children amidst a throng of sorrowing friends and relatives. The sermon was preached by Rev. Jim Jones of the Primitive Baptist church of which church she was a member.
Maryann Delilah Black, called Did, was the daughter of Elkanah L. Black and Elizabeth Lee. She married Mason H. "Mace" Blackburn October of 1891. By 1900 Mace and Did and their three children were on the 1900 census of Escambia County, Alabama, living in a community called Local. Several other Butler County Alabama families/relatives were their neighbors.
G-Aunt Did was said to be fun, funny, and jolly, a teller of funny tales who loved to laugh. She had twin girls (Lula and Lola) and one boy Burney before 1900, and two boys (Jack and Jimmy Jones) after 1900, but she also lost three children. Her obit says "she was laid beside three of her children." I found an obit for a son who died of burns in December of 1909. I have no info on the others except one was said to be a daughter named Lizzie. So great-aunt Did experienced lots of tragedy before her death at age 48. One of the worst was the disappearance of her husband Mace c. 1910 who was tragically murdered.
The Black Family Bible says Did died April 28, 1918.
Her death certificate says she died April 29, 1918.
Mary D. Blackburn 29 Apr 1918 Mobile Vol. 14 R. 1 Page 166
Name: Mary D. Blackburn
Death date: 29 Apr 1918
Death place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at death: 48y 3m 29d
Estimated birth year: 1870
Spouse name: Mace Blackburn
Father name: E. L. Black
Mother name: Elizabeth Lee
Film number: 1908195
Reference number: cn 166
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Obituary from the Butler County News
DIED
Mrs. M. D. Blackburn, of Local, Ala., died at the Southern Infirmary at Mobile this week. She was carried there last Friday for treatment. She was forty-eight years of age and leaves five children t o mourn her loss. She was a sister of Mr. H. N. Black, Mr. G. R. Black, and Mr. Jim Black R. 1 of this place.
Funeral services were held at Enon Church, 18 miles west of Atmore and she was laid beside three of her children amidst a throng of sorrowing friends and relatives. The sermon was preached by Rev. Jim Jones of the Primitive Baptist church of which church she was a member.
Bio by Cheryll Morris Sumner (She was the sister of my grandfather):
Maryann Delilah Black, called Did, was the daughter of Elkanah L. Black and Elizabeth Lee. She married Mason H. "Mace" Blackburn October of 1891. By 1900 Mace and Did and their three children were on the 1900 census of Escambia County, Alabama, living in a community called Local. Several other Butler County Alabama families/relatives were their neighbors.
G-Aunt Did was said to be fun, funny, and jolly, a teller of funny tales who loved to laugh. She had twin girls (Lula and Lola) and one boy Burney before 1900, and two boys (Jack and Jimmy Jones) after 1900, but she also lost three children. Her obit says "she was laid beside three of her children." I found an obit for a son who died of burns in December of 1909. I have no info on the others except one was said to be a daughter named Lizzie. So great-aunt Did experienced lots of tragedy before her death at age 48. One of the worst was the disappearance of her husband Mace c. 1910 who was tragically murdered.
The Black Family Bible says Did died April 28, 1918.
Her death certificate says she died April 29, 1918.
Mary D. Blackburn 29 Apr 1918 Mobile Vol. 14 R. 1 Page 166
Name: Mary D. Blackburn
Death date: 29 Apr 1918
Death place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at death: 48y 3m 29d
Estimated birth year: 1870
Spouse name: Mace Blackburn
Father name: E. L. Black
Mother name: Elizabeth Lee
Film number: 1908195
Reference number: cn 166
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Obituary from the Butler County News
DIED
Mrs. M. D. Blackburn, of Local, Ala., died at the Southern Infirmary at Mobile this week. She was carried there last Friday for treatment. She was forty-eight years of age and leaves five children t o mourn her loss. She was a sister of Mr. H. N. Black, Mr. G. R. Black, and Mr. Jim Black R. 1 of this place.
Funeral services were held at Enon Church, 18 miles west of Atmore and she was laid beside three of her children amidst a throng of sorrowing friends and relatives. The sermon was preached by Rev. Jim Jones of the Primitive Baptist church of which church she was a member.
Maryann Delilah Black, called Did, was the daughter of Elkanah L. Black and Elizabeth Lee. She married Mason H. "Mace" Blackburn October of 1891. By 1900 Mace and Did and their three children were on the 1900 census of Escambia County, Alabama, living in a community called Local. Several other Butler County Alabama families/relatives were their neighbors.
G-Aunt Did was said to be fun, funny, and jolly, a teller of funny tales who loved to laugh. She had twin girls (Lula and Lola) and one boy Burney before 1900, and two boys (Jack and Jimmy Jones) after 1900, but she also lost three children. Her obit says "she was laid beside three of her children." I found an obit for a son who died of burns in December of 1909. I have no info on the others except one was said to be a daughter named Lizzie. So great-aunt Did experienced lots of tragedy before her death at age 48. One of the worst was the disappearance of her husband Mace c. 1910 who was tragically murdered.
The Black Family Bible says Did died April 28, 1918.
Her death certificate says she died April 29, 1918.
Mary D. Blackburn 29 Apr 1918 Mobile Vol. 14 R. 1 Page 166
Name: Mary D. Blackburn
Death date: 29 Apr 1918
Death place: Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Gender: Female
Age at death: 48y 3m 29d
Estimated birth year: 1870
Spouse name: Mace Blackburn
Father name: E. L. Black
Mother name: Elizabeth Lee
Film number: 1908195
Reference number: cn 166
Collection: Alabama Statewide Deaths 1908-1974
Obituary from the Butler County News
DIED
Mrs. M. D. Blackburn, of Local, Ala., died at the Southern Infirmary at Mobile this week. She was carried there last Friday for treatment. She was forty-eight years of age and leaves five children t o mourn her loss. She was a sister of Mr. H. N. Black, Mr. G. R. Black, and Mr. Jim Black R. 1 of this place.
Funeral services were held at Enon Church, 18 miles west of Atmore and she was laid beside three of her children amidst a throng of sorrowing friends and relatives. The sermon was preached by Rev. Jim Jones of the Primitive Baptist church of which church she was a member.
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