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Thomas Manley Bledsoe

Birth	:	25 Dec 1822
Death	:	2 Feb 1918
Burial	:	Mound Cemetery, Monroe, Butler County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.4357400, -84.3602800
Inscription	:	married Apr 6 1869
Description	:	Thomas Manley Bledsoe first married Mary Ann Colley in Ray Co., MO in 1845. Three children born to them: Sarah 'Alice' b. 1846, married Martin Luther Leffler in Feb. 1865, d. 1875 with burial at Van Wert cemetery, next to their baby son, William M. Leffler b. 10 Oct 1875, d. Dec 1875. Martin Leffler and his 2nd wife Laura Ann (Hand) Leffler are also buried in same immediate area. John W. Bledsoe b. 8 Nov 1849, d. 23 Apr 1923 at Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO where he is buried in Grandview cemtery; and Margaret Jane b.... Read More	Thomas Manley Bledsoe first married Mary Ann Colley in Ray Co., MO in 1845. Three children born to them: Sarah 'Alice' b. 1846, married Martin Luther Leffler in Feb. 1865, d. 1875 with burial at Van Wert cemetery, next to their baby son, William M. Leffler b. 10 Oct 1875, d. Dec 1875. Martin Leffler and his 2nd wife Laura Ann (Hand) Leffler are also buried in same immediate area. John W. Bledsoe b. 8 Nov 1849, d. 23 Apr 1923 at Ft. Collins, Larimer Co., CO where he is buried in Grandview cemtery; and Margaret Jane b. 23 Jan 1852, married Elijah B. Thompson in 1869, d. 31 Jan 1936 and is buried at Rose Hill cemetery near Blockton, Taylor Co., IA. He relocated his family from Ray Co., MO to Des Moines, IA in 1863, and in spring 1865 they moved from Des Moines to a farm near Van Wert, Decatur, IA. Per his obituary, his wife died almost immediately upon arriving in Decatur County, at which time his children were aged 19, 16, and 13 yrs. When the youngest married in 1869, Thomas returned to Ray Co., MO and married Sarah (Kincaid) McBee 6 Apr 1869, after which he brought she and the three McBee boys back to his farm in Decatur Co., Iowa. Thomas and Sarah had a total of five children born to their own marriage: Mary Ellen 'Ella' b. 21 Jan 1870, married Wm. Monroe Wood, d. 1 Dec 1945 with burial in Van Wert cemetery; Thomas Alexander Bledsoe b. 10 Mar 1871, married Mary Bertha McConnell at Bostwick, NE in 1895, d. 7 Apr 1951 and is buried at Maplewood cemetery near Barnes, Washington, KS; James H. Bledsoe b. abt. 1872, d. prior to 1880 census; Benjamin F. Bledsoe b. 1 Dec 1873, married Myrtle 'Clara' Arnold in Decatur Co., IA in 1896, d. 10 May 1944 in Cheyenne, WY, is buried at Pine Bluffs cemetery. Laramie Co., WY; Charles Bascom Bledsoe b. 5 Jan 1876, married Lillie G. Groves 1 Jan 1909 at Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA, d. 12 June 1946 and is buried at West Hill cemetery in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA. Sarah Ellen (Kincaid) McBee Bledsoe died 5 Dec 1880 at age 40 yrs of tuberculosis. At that time, these children were aged 4-10 yrs old. On 21 Oct,1881, Thomas M. Bledsoe remarried for a 3rd time to Mary Polly Fugit, dau. of Jesse Bolin and Nancy (Ploughe) Fugit. Mary died 6 Dec 1897 and is buried with her parents in Union cemetery in Morgan Twp, Decatur, Iowa. For several years after Mary's death, Thomas lived with his son Benjamin and family in Decatur Co., IA. In 1910, Benjamin moved his family to Egbert, Laramie Co., WY. The 1915 census for Decatur Co., IA reflects Thomas then living at the 'poor farm'. His son Thomas Alexander Bledsoe took him to live with his family on the farm near Barnes, Washington Co., KS. Thomas died there on 2 Feb. 1918. His sons, Thomas and Benjamin, accompanied his body back to his old home for burial in Van Wert, Decatur, IA cemetery. Bio by: Linda Alexander

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Latitude: 39.4357400
Longitude: -84.3602800

Family Members:

Spouse

Sarah Ellen Kincaid McBee Bledsoe

(1840 - 1880)

Mary “Polly” Fugit Bledsoe

(1825 - 1897)

Children

John Wesley Bledsoe

(1850 - 1923)

Mary Ellen Bledsoe Wood

(1870 - 1945)

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