Grave and Last Home Sites: Jesse and Minnie Blackford

Orientation: Jesse and Minnie Blackford are the parents of Raymond Blackford and his siblings.

This is the grave site of Jesse Smith Blackford, born July 5, 1892 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, died February 29, 1976 in Clyde, Texas and Minnie Lee Jones Blackford, born November 1, 1890 in Gorman, Texas, died August 8, 1961 in Abilene, Texas. It is located in Baird, Texas, on Hwy. 283 just north of Interstate 20 on the east side of highway 283 in the northeast corner of the cemetery.


Jesse and Minnie's last home was just outside of Clyde, Texas on Harkrider Lane. We drove by and walked around on the property on July 3, 2006. The home they lived in is no longer there, but the cellar and barn that Jesse built are still on the property. The circular drive at the front, left of where the house stood is also there. The following pictures are ones we took there that day. Rita and I are standing in the same location as the family picture of Jesse, Minnie and all nine of their children taken about 1956 or '57 at a family reunion. The date you see on the old photo, Nov 1, 2005, is the day we took the picture on our digital camera from the original.

The Jones Family, Alameda Cemetery, Eastland County, Texas

Orientation: These pictures have to do with William Joseph and Sarah Jones, parents of Jeptha Lorenzo Dow Jones, father of Minnie Lee Jones Blackford, mother of Raymond Blackford and his siblings.

On the Fourth of July weekend, 2006, Aunt Rita, Chester's wife, Jim, my husband and I took a trip from San Antonio to Eastland County, Clyde, Abilene, Midland, and Stanton, Texas.


Rita and I standing at the gate of the Alameda Cemetery. Many of the Jones family are buried in this beautiful, well kept cemetery. This cemetery is located about ten miles south of Ranger, Texas on FM571. A sign on the west side of the highway reads, Alameda Cemetery. It is located about two miles down the dirt lane.


Historical marker inside gate at Alameda Cemetery


Open air structure at the Alameda Cemetery where funerals are held.


Grave of William Joseph Jones, born January 17, 1820 in Chester District, South Carolina, died November 23, 1894 in Alameda area, Eastland County, Texas


Grave of Sarah Daniel Jones, born June 10, 1833, died July 24, 1888 in Alameda area, Eastland County, Texas.