John Wesley Blunt (b. January 12, 1855, d. April 21, 1931)
John Wesley Blunt was born January 12, 1855 in Louisiana, and died April 21, 1931 in Doddridge, Miller Co. Arkansas. He married Leila Arkansas Davis on January 19, 1879 in Miller Co. Arkansas, daughter of Jared D. Davis and Rhonea Martha Philyaw.
Notes for John Wesley Blunt: BLUNT-DAVIS GREENE FAMILY HISTORY: In the History of Doddrige, Arkansas, it states on The Families Greene, Blunt and Davis: On the maternal side, of the Greene family, the descendants can trace back to Great Great Grandfather Jared Blunt, who was from Georgia. He is known to have been a scout for General Sam Houston, and he fought in the battle of San Jacinto in 1836. In the winter of 1838-39, Jared Blunt was an escort for the Indians on "The Trail of Tears" from the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma. This was a mass movement of 15,000 Indians carried out by the United States Government. It was a four month journey in the cold of winter, and 4,000 Indians are said to have died on this journey. Some of these Indians died and were buried on the high bluffs of Red River just west of Collins Bluff and Spring Bank. It was during this time also that Jared Blunt married an Indian girl, the daughter of a chief. They had three children: Wesley John, Nelson, and Peggy.
James Thomas Greene came to Doddridge in 1895 and was a master carpenter and farmer. Upon arrival there he lived with the John Wesley Blunt family until 1907. At that time he married Tressa Lee, the daughter of John Wesley and Lelia Arkansas Davis Blunt. James Thomas built several homes in Sulphur Township, and also helped in the rebuilding of Doddridge after most of it was destroyed by fire in 1916.
Wesley John Blunt had two sons, and then he was killed in a Civil War battle in TN. One of these two sons was named John Wesley, and he is the one who came to Doddridge from GA, probably a short time after the civil War.
On January 19, 1879 at 3 PM, John Wesley Blunt and Lelia Arkansas Davis were married. J.W. Blunt was a notary public and listed as a blacksmith on census age 30.
John Wesley Blunt owned a store in Doddridge for a brief period, probably in the early 1900's. The store was located between the Hemperly store and the creek just south of that location.
John Wesley Blunt hired James Thomas Greene, a master carpenter who came from Buena Vista, GA, to work on the farm where he met John and Leila's daughter, Tressa Lee, and they married.
More About John Wesley Blunt: Burial: April 23, 1931, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Doddridge, Miller Co. Arkansas. Date of Birth?: January 12, 1850 Date of death?: April 21, 1931
More About John Wesley Blunt and Leila Arkansas Davis: Marriage: January 19, 1879, Miller Co. Arkansas.
John Wesley Blunt (b. January 12, 1855, d. April 21, 1931)
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