BLADES--CUTRER BLOODLINE
This is a combination of the Blades and Cutrer background which
merged with the marriage of Eli Eddie Blades and Annie Clotee
Cutrer. The full Blades line is presented first, then the Cutrer
line ending with the family merger and below.
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BLADES LINE
The record on the Blades bloodline is sketchy prior to 1850. There are
stories that a Benjamin Blades came from England and married an indian
princess named Annie Bee. However, I could not verify this story. I
did verify that a Joseph and Mary Blades were in Louisiana prior to 1850
and their children fit, to a T, with factual data that we can verify.
Thus, the data presented is this line of Joseph and Mary Blades
JOSEPH BLADES (ggg g-f) MARY BARROW
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b 1790-1800 (per census) b 1790-1800 per census
m prob in mid 1820's
d abt 1831 d ?
---Children---
Benjamin Blades b abt 1822
Joseph Abner Blades
Letitia Susan Blades
1830 Census for Ascension Parish, La p 28 shows:
Joseph Blades
males age 5-10 2
age 30-40 1
females age 30-40 1
under 5 3
I took a ride to the Ascension Parish Courthouse and Library to
see if I could find out any data that would help to tie him in or to
exclude him from the current line of Blades. I did not find anything
of any real consequence but a few little tidbits.
According to the data, summarized below, Joseph Blades was married to
Mary Barrow. Although he was listed in the 1830 census above, on June
4, 1831, his wife appeared in a real estate transaction as his widow.
Thus, Joseph Blades must have died in 1830 or 1831.
They lived on the East side of the Miss river near what is now
Gonzales. Actually, the community where they lived was then called New
River and the name was later changed to Belle Helene near the location of
the plantation home by that name just west of Gonzales.
On January 18, 1825, Joseph Blades sold a slave girl age 13 and named
"Cati" and a slave boy age 10 to Benjamin Barrow for $600.
Since the above sale in 1831 told us that Mary's maiden name was Barrow
and there was an 1825 sale to Benjamin Barrow of 2 slaves, it is
conceivable that Benjamin Barrow was either the father, brother or other
close relative of Mary. It would then make sense that one of the sons
of Joseph and Mary Blades would be named Benjamin Blades. Since we are
aware of a Benjamin Blades and also of a Joseph Abner Blades--which
could be named after his father, and since the above census data fits so
nicely to the ages of the known Benjamin, Abner and Letitia Susan
Blades, the hints are getting stronger that this Joesph Blades in the
1830 census records in Ascension Parish may have been the BIG PAPA of
this Blades family.
This is just speculation on my part but it seems that a lot of the above
information fits together and makes sense. If this is correct, where
does the indian Princess Anna fit in? If the Blades were in S
Louisiana, might they have come to the US through the Port of New
Orleans? Anyone have any boat lists showing names of passengers prior
to 1825?
BENJAMIN BLADES (gg g-f) Hollander Elizabeth Morris
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b about 1822-Kentwood b
m
d d
Their Children:
Mary Hollander Elizabeth Blades b 1854 d 1881
William Ephriam Blades b June 1850 d 1918
Napoleon R Blades b 1860 La d living in 1922
Selena Lena Blades b 1861 d 1922
-----> Eli B. Blades b Oct 1861
Letitia Susan Blades b abt 1864 d bef 1888
1870 Census for Tangipahoa Parish, Roll #532, P 121 taken on July
15, 1870 with the nearest post office listed as Tangipahoa shows:
RE other
Benjamin Blades 45 M W farmer 500 300
Napolean 11 M W
Sabina S 9 F W
---->> Eli B 8 M W
Letitia S 6 F W
Ard jane 18 F W
Francis W 9/12 F W (Aug)
Although Benjamin's wife's name is unknown at this time, it appears
she must have died either between 1864 and 1870 if Letita was her last
child or in 1869-1870 if Francis W was her last child. It appears that
he then married Jane Ard. There is a record in the Tangipahoa marriage
records of a Benjamin Blades marrying Jane Ard on 8-27-1873.
There is also a record of a Napoleon Blades marrying Alice Thompson in
1880. There are 3 female Thompson listed in this page from Tangi Parish.
ELI B BLADES (g g-f) MARGANY DEAN THOMPSON (g g-m)
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b Oct, 1861 / b Dec 7, 1866
m Nov 15, 1883 in Tangipahoa Parish, La
d / d
Their Children:
Mary L Blades b May 1888
Titia Blades b abt 1889, d Jul 19, 1906 (see below)
Eli Eddie Blades b June 1893 d Oct 29, 1945
Bernie R Blades b Apr 1896
Euna C Blades b Dec 1899
The death of Titia Blades was reported in the McComb City Enterprise on
19 Jul 1906 by stating:
Titia blades, 17, died Monday in New Orleans. Daughter of
Mr and Mrs Eli Blades who live at Spring Creek. She had
swallowed a pin as a child and it gave her trouble all her
life. It casued an abcess, complicated with appendicitis.
The 1900 census shows the following about this family.
father mother
name birth age yrs marr born born born
Eli Blades 10-1861 38 17 La La La
Margana 12-1866 33 6 children,
4 living La La La
Mary L 5-1888 12 La La La
->Eli E 6-1893 6 La La La
Bernie R 4-1896 4 La La La
Euna C 12-1899 5/12 La La La
Eli E above was Eli Eddie who is the great grandfather of Kim and
Steve. He married Annie Cutrer (below).
Continued below after the Cutrer line is established.
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CUTRER LINE
The Cutrer line was found in the census records as follows:
ISAAC WESLEY CUTRER (gg g-f) JANE E BALLARD (gg g-m)
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b about 1805 or 1816 b
m
d 1880 d after 1880
---children---
John Wesley Cutrer m. Mary Ann Ricks
James Warren Cutrer m Kisie C Hayes, then
m. Ayda McNutt
Hiram H cutrer m. Letita Brabham
William Clifton Cutrer m. Mary Jane Tate
Newton Cutrer never married
---------->> Isaac Milton Cutrer m. Mary Marshal Thompson
Clarenda Cutrer m. Doyle Alford
Lydia Catherine Cutrer m. John Furlow
Joseph cutrer m. Alice Rhodus
Mary Jane Cutrer m. George W. Tate
1870 Census for Tangipahoa Parish, Roll #532, P 99 taken on July
12, 1870 with the nearest post office listed as Osyka, Ms:
RE other
Isaac Cutrer 65 M W Farmer 1500 500
James 19 MW Farm Hand
---->> Isaac 17 M W farm Hand
William 14 M W farm hand
Cathania 12 M W
John 10 M W
Sara 2 F W
The very next listing on the page was probably another son listed as:
David Cutrer 30 M W Farmer 300 400
Cathanina 25 F W
Mary 1 F W
Apparently, the wife of the above Isaac must have died between 1868 and
1870 and left a daughter of only 2.
ISAAC MILTON CUTRER (g g-f) MARY MARSHAL THOMPSON (g g-m)
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b 4- - 1852 b 3- -1869 or Oct 5, 1868
m 2-9-1886 in Tangipahoa Parish, La
d about 1938-Spring Creek, La d about 1946
(Note: Mary Thompson's parents were
M J Thompson and Celia Varnado)
---Children---
Fanny Bell Cutrer m. Leouman Burch
William Scott Cutrer died infant
Marshal Thompson Cutrer m. Ruth McGregor
Annie C. Cutrer m. Ed Blades
Rufus bennie Cutrer m. Hassie Heflin
Jane "Janie" Cutrer m. Ottice E. Sanders
Henry Milton Cutrer m. Viola Gill
Katie O Cutrer died at age 14-16
Pervis Nelson Cutrer m. Wilma Blake
Mattie M Cutrer m. Otto Blades
Linnie Margaret Cutrer m. Otis Bennett
Nellie Ester Cutrer never married
1900 Census:
father mother
name born age born born born
Issac Cutrer 4-1852 48 La Ga La
Mary M 3-1869 31 (married 14 years--8 children,
7 living) La La La
Belle 1-1888 12 La La La
----> Annie 12-1891 8 La La La
Marshall 2-1894 6 La La La
Rufus B 6-1896 3 La La La
Jane 9-1897 2 La La La
Henry M 10-1898 1 La La La
Katie 12-1899 5/12 La La La
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MERGER OF BLADES AND CUTRER LINES
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EDDIE ELI BLADES (g-f) ANNIE CLOTEE CUTRER (g-m)
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b June 1, 1894 / b Sep 7, 1887
m / m
d Oct 29, 1945 Spring Creek / d Jan 14, 1974 Spring Creek, La
---Children---
----->> IRMA BLADES
Charles (Whit) Blades
Elvis (Skinner) Blades b 1-29-22 d 9-16-89
m to Mildred Evelyn Booty
Nelson Eugene Blades "Skete"
b 5-30-43, d 1966 VA Hosp
Brian Dennis Blades
b 5-30-43 d 5-11-91
m Lena Gayle Brumfield
Eric Vance Blades b 1-67
Brian Troy Blades b 10-70
Lena Yvette Blades b 4-73
Elva Dean Blades
b 7-04-46, lives in Ala
Mary Blades (Stepler)
The tombstone for Eddie E Blades shows that he served as a corporal in
161st infantry, 41st division
HENRY LATTIMORE LEA (father) IRMA Blades (mother)
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b 6-19-1899 (Kentwood) / b 4-29-1914
m
d 1-14-1956 / d 10-5-1990
---Children---
------>> EDLENA ANN LEA m. Marvin E Owen
Kimberly Owen Chance
Stephen Michael Owen
Charles Henry Lea
Lisa Lea Smith
--- Lea
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Some researchers of these lines that I have worked with are:
Debra Oliver debers@telapex.com Summit, Ms
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6948
Debbie Powers deb@i-55.com Kentwood, La
Jerry Nelson Jdn3434@aol.com Bonita, Calif
Lena Blades (daughter of Brian) lblades@datasys.net Alabama
For the Thompson line:
Carl Strickland, 1580 Isac Creek Circle, New Braunfels, Tx 78132
carlds@flash.net
Any data that you can provide to add to the Blades-Cutrer lines
will be appreciated.
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