Spouse and Children

Laura Jane Presley Benjamin T. Blakeney (1857-1928) Malissa C. Blakeney (1861-1916) Ollie Blakeney (1871-1941) Verda A. Blakeney (1873-1940) Luetta Blakeney (1877-1940)

Brothers and Sisters

Benjamin Blakeney (1826-1864) Mary Blakeney (1830-1897) Thomas Blakeney (1835-1908) Catherine Blakeney (1841-1913) Jackson Blakeney (1846-1896) Sarah Blakeney (1848-1925) Margarett A. Blakeney (1851-1911)

Served with the 7th Alabama Cavalry, Company K. during theCivil War.^{3 4 5}

Sources:

1. 1850 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
2. Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com
3. Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for MilitaryVeterans, 1925-1963
4. "Mississippi, Confederate Veterans and Widows PensionApplications, 1900-1974." Images. FamilySearch.
5. Fold3.com - Compiled service records of Confederatesoldiers from Alabama units