Spouse & Children

Laura Jane Presley Benjamin T. (Thomas) Blak... (1857-1928) Malissa C. Blakeney (1861-1916) Ollie Blakeney (1871-1941) Verda A. Blakeney (1873-1940) Luetta Blakeney (1877-1959)

Brothers & 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 the Civil War.

Meeting Of Confederate Veterans.

Pursuant to call, Camp 425 U. C. V., met in the town hall on Saturday, March 20th, 1900. The roll was called and the following members were marked as having passed over the river to answer to roll call on the other side, to-wit: W. H. Blakney 3d Lt. Co. K. 7th Ala. Cav. 1908; W. A. Broughton Co. G. 51st Ala. Cav. 1908; J. F. Carpenter Co. A, 26th Miss. Inf. 1908.^{3 4 5 6}

Sources:

1. 1850 Federal Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi
2. Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com
3. Ancestry.com. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
4. Mississippi, Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1900-1974.FamilySearch.org
5. Fold3.com - Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Alabama units
6. The Iuka Vidette, March 25, 1909, Page 1