Lawrence County, Mississippi

Lawrence County Obituaries & Biographies

John Sharp Blackwell was born December 18, 1857 in Hancock Co, Mississippi to Lawrence Aaron and Delaney Ward Blackwell.

Lawrence And Delaney were married in 1856 in Monticello, Lawrence Co., Mississippi.

John Was One Of Twelve Siblings.

He later married Mary Genora Griffith on November 5, 1882 in Lawrence Co., Mississippi. They were the parents of seven children.

A 1940 census record shows John living with his son John Theodore in Beat 1, Lawrence County. John was shown to be a white male, widowed, and age 82.