James Dillard Kell

James Dillard Kell

Male 1910 - 1994  (83 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Dillard Kell was born on 12 Dec 1910 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, USA (son of James F Kell and Ova Ola Blankenship); died on 15 Nov 1994; was buried in Cheyenne Memorial Gardens, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1930, Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1932, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
    • Military Draft Registration: 1940, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA; Draft Registration - WWII
    • Military POW: 1942, Japan; Taken Prisoner in the Philippines and was taken to Japan until he was liberated at the end of the war
    • _MILT: 11 Jul 1942; US Army Air Corps - WWII; 1st Lieutenant; 45th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
    • Census: 1950, Clark County, Nevada, USA; Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Leta

    James married Leta Evelyn Williams on 13 Dec 1947 in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Leta was born about 1923 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James F Kell was born on 22 Nov 1887 in Tennessee, USA; died on 28 Sep 1943 in Grady County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military Draft Registration: 1917, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; Draft Registration - WWI
    • Census: 1930, Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Census: 1940, Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Military Draft Registration: 1942, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Draft Registration - WWII

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Ova Blankenship and James Kell, buried together

    James married Ova Ola Blankenship. Ova (daughter of Dr James Rowland Blankenship and Amanda Angeline Gribble) was born on 7 Apr 1894 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 18 Sep 1981 in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ova Ola Blankenship was born on 7 Apr 1894 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA (daughter of Dr James Rowland Blankenship and Amanda Angeline Gribble); died on 18 Sep 1981 in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Census: 1930, Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Census: 1940, Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Census: 1950, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Ova Blankenship and James Kell, buried together

    Children:
    1. Edith Kell was born about 1920 in Oklahoma, USA.
    2. Othelia Kell was born about 1913 in Tennessee, USA.
    3. 1. James Dillard Kell was born on 12 Dec 1910 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, USA; died on 15 Nov 1994; was buried in Cheyenne Memorial Gardens, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
    4. John R 'JR' Kell was born on 1 Dec 1917 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Oct 1988 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.
    5. Helen Ruth Kell was born on 2 Feb 1922 in Verden, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; died on 27 Aug 1993 in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Dr James Rowland Blankenship was born on 7 Sep 1850 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA (son of Granville C Blankenship and Tabitha G Moss); died on 11 Jan 1921 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1860, White County, Tennessee, USA; District 4
    • Census: 1870, White County, Tennessee, USA; District 4
    • Census: 1880, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA
    • Census: 1900, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Census: 1910, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Civil District 6
    • Census: 1920, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Civil District 6

    Notes:

    Died:
    (Catlen's Mills)

    Dr married Amanda Angeline Gribble on 16 Jul 1889 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA. Amanda (daughter of George Washington 'Buck' Gribble and Sarah Malissa Hankins) was born on 1 Jul 1869 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died in Mar 1904 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Amanda Angeline Gribble was born on 1 Jul 1869 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA (daughter of George Washington 'Buck' Gribble and Sarah Malissa Hankins); died in Mar 1904 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
    • Census: 1900, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Civil Districts 6 and 21
    • Census: 1900, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Walter Brantley Blankenship was born on 22 Mar 1899 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 19 May 1945 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA.
    2. Olivia Arvezina 'Olive' Blankenship was born on 18 May 1890 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 10 Apr 1973 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Keltonburg Methodist Church Cemetery, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA.
    3. 3. Ova Ola Blankenship was born on 7 Apr 1894 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 18 Sep 1981 in Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Granville C Blankenship was born on 11 Oct 1825 in Madison County, Alabama, USA (son of Roland Blankenship and Jane Couch); died on 12 Jul 1914 in Walling, White, Tennessee, USA.

    Granville married Tabitha G Moss on 11 Jun 1849 in White County, Tennessee, USA. Tabitha (daughter of James M Moss and Mary Elizabeth Qualls) was born in 1833 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1860 in White County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Tabitha G Moss was born in 1833 in Tennessee, USA (daughter of James M Moss and Mary Elizabeth Qualls); died in 1860 in White County, Tennessee, USA.
    Children:
    1. 6. Dr James Rowland Blankenship was born on 7 Sep 1850 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Jan 1921 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA.

  3. 14.  George Washington 'Buck' Gribble was born on 22 Oct 1841 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, USA (son of John Carmack Gribble and Nancy Malinda Hash); died on 1 Oct 1909 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Bybee Cemetery, Rock Island, Warren, Tennessee, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: farmer
    • Census: 1850, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; District 3
    • _MILT: Abt 1861; Confederate Army - War between the States: Smith's 8th Calvary Tennessee
    • Census: 1870, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; District 3
    • Census: 1880, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; District 6
    • Census: 1880, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married to Sarah; Relation to Head: Self
    • Census: 1900, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Civil District 6
    • Census: 1900, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married to Martha; Relation to Head: Head

    George married Sarah Malissa Hankins on 11 Jan 1864 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA. Sarah (daughter of Stephen Gallant Hankins and Lucy Smith) was born on 7 Jan 1843 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; died on 24 Mar 1894 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Bybee Cemetery, Rock Island, Warren, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Sarah Malissa Hankins was born on 7 Jan 1843 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA (daughter of Stephen Gallant Hankins and Lucy Smith); died on 24 Mar 1894 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Bybee Cemetery, Rock Island, Warren, Tennessee, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; Eastern District
    • Census: 1860, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA
    • Census: 1870, Warren County, Tennessee, USA; District 3
    • Census: 1880, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; District 6
    • Census: 1880, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of George Gribble

    Children:
    1. Morris Cort 'Cord' Gribble was born on 18 May 1878 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; died between 1879 and 1968.
    2. John Connie Gribble was born on 17 Sep 1871 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 25 Jan 1961 in Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Saylors Cemetery, Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA.
    3. Horace Marion Claudie Gribble was born on 25 Nov 1879 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 2 Sep 1911 in Tahoka, Lynn, Texas, USA; was buried in Porter Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas, USA.
    4. Holly Barnett 'Burr' Gribble was born on 24 Mar 1877 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 31 Jan 1947 in Graham, Young, Texas, USA; was buried in Restland Cemetery, Olney, Young, Texas, USA.
    5. Susan Necrotia Gribble was born on 18 Nov 1866 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Jan 1946 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Webb Cemetery, Dibrell, Warren, Tennessee, USA.
    6. Nancy Bell 'Nannie' Gribble was born on 10 Jul 1883 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Sep 1946 in Jean, Young, Texas, USA; was buried in Restland Cemetery, Olney, Young, Texas, USA.
    7. 7. Amanda Angeline Gribble was born on 1 Jul 1869 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died in Mar 1904 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA.
    8. James Tilman 'Tim' Gribble was born on 16 May 1865 in De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Jan 1946 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA.
    9. Mary Eldridge Gribble was born on 17 Nov 1873 in Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Dec 1952 in Warren County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Webb Cemetery, Dibrell, Warren, Tennessee, USA.