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     Rufus Leonidas Black also went by the name of Lee. He was born on 21 September 1878 at Texas.¹ He was the son of Wiley Black and Emma Lou Milliken. He died on 27 May 1951 at Teague, Freestone County, Texas, at age 72.¹

     Thelma Black is the daughter of Robert Carter Black and Mayme Black.¹

     Wiley Black was born in December 1853 at Texas. He married Emma Lou Milliken, daughter of Robert Hamilton Milliken and Sarah Ann Wortham, on 3 May 1877 at Freestone County, Texas.¹

     Willie Black was born in March 1893 at Texas.¹ She was the daughter of Aliston Black and Laura Unknown.¹

     Orville H. Blackburn was born on 14 February 1897 at Kentucky.^1,2 He married Cleola Aleen Arnett, daughter of James A. Arnett and Hannah Isabelle Denny, circa 1924 at USA.¹ He died on 11 February 1970 at Linton, Greene County, Indiana, at age 72.² He was buried after 11 February 1970 at Linton, Greene County, Indiana.²

     Melvin Blakely married Elaine Clara Argabright circa 1993 at Washington.¹

     Betsey Vaughan Blakemore is the daughter of John Neville Blakemore and Elleanor Gray.¹

     John Neville Blakemore was also known as Neville.² He was born on 10 April 1905 at Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.¹ He married Elleanor Gray, daughter of Henry Septimus Gray and Elizabeth Owings Milliken, after 1930.¹ He died on 9 June 1998 at Jefferson County, Kentucky, at age 93.¹

     John Neville Blakemore Jr. is the son of John Neville Blakemore and Elleanor Gray.¹

     Anna Naomi Blevins also went by the name of Buggy because she ate bugs as a child.⁴ She was born on 12 December 1907.¹ She was the daughter of Amy L. Henderson.⁵ She married Unknown Dawes circa 1928 at Indiana.⁶ She married James Yarberry on 24 February 1934 at Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana.^7,8 She married Albert McKinley Bow, son of Richard Alvis Bow and Martha Ann Scott, on 15 June 1944 at USA.^1,9 She died on 7 February 1988 at Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, at age 80.^1,10

ANNA NAOMI BLEVINS BOW, 80, Indianapolis, died Sunday. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel, with calling from 4 p.m. to 9 pm. today and 9 a.m. until services Wednesday. A retired factory worker, she had worked at Fairmount Glass Co. She was the widow of Al Bow and a member of the West Washington Street Church of God. Survivors: sons, Lonnie Eaton, Larry Ackley and Ralph Bow; daughters, Jeannette Stone, Ruth Jordan, Margaret Green and Ann Eakes; 23 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren.¹⁰