Walter Henry Blackwell

  General Notes:

The 1930 Federal Census for Castalia Township, Nash, North Carolina, District 3 records Walter H. (40) and Maggie L. (39) Blackwell with children Mildred E. (17), Josephine M. (15), Jamie G. (13), Marshall (10), and Jerrel G. (8). Walter and Maggie have been married for 19 years. Walter is a farmer living on the Louisburg / Rocky Mount Highway.

The 1940 Federal Census for Castalia, Nash Co., North Carolina, District 64-4, page 37B, dated April 9, 1940 records Walter H. (51) and Maggie M. (49) Blackwell with children Mildred E. (27), Josephine M. (25), Marshall (20), and Gerald T. (18). Walter is a farmer and has completed 8 years of schooling while Maggie has completed 3 years of high school. Nearby is Walter's sister, Dora Frazier.

Walter married Margaret (Maggie) May Lancaster, daughter of Robert Worrell Lancaster and Mary Jane Boone, circa 1911 in Nash Co., NC. (Margaret (Maggie) May Lancaster was born on 4 Jul 1890 in North Carolina, died on 23 Jul 1952 and was buried on 25 Jul 1952 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash Co., NC.) The cause of her death was Cerebral Hemorrhage; Antecedent Causes: Nephritis.

  Marriage Notes:

Walter Henry Blackwell and his brother, John P. L. Blackwell, nmarried sisters: Margaret (Maggie) May Lancaster & Annie B. Lancaster.