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.