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Dr. William F. Blakemore
1830-1894
Source: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889
submitted by Michael Brown
William F. Blakemore of Greenwood, Ark., is a native of Sumner County, Tenn., and was born in 1830, being the son of
Lee C. and Charlotte (Johnson) Blakemore, and grandson of Thomas and Sallie (Douglass) Blakemore.
Thomas Blakemore was a native of Virginia, and was one of the
first settlers of Sumner County, Tenn., where he passed his last days.
Lee C. Blakemore was born in Sumner County, Tenn., in 1800, and was of Scotch-Irish and English extraction. He was born in Sumner
County in 1831, and afterward immigrated to the Territory of Arkansas, locating two miles from where Van Buren is now located. In 1832 he moved
to Fayetteville, Washington County, where he received his final summons. He died in 1881. He was one of the first white men to settle in
Northwestern Arkansas, and was a member of the State Legislature several sessions, being elected by the Democratic party. He was register of
the land office of the State of Arkansas during President Pierce's administration, being appointed by President Pierce in 1853, and serving
four years. He was justice of the peace for many years, and was a man of much influence in the community in which he lived. His wife,
Charlotte (Johnson) Blakemore, died in 1851. After her death Mr. Blakemore married Mrs. Nancy Crawley, nee Wallace.
She, too, is deceased, having passed away in 1857. Mr. Blakemore was the father of ten children, six now living.
William T. was the fifth child in the order of birth. He was but a year old when his parents moved to Arkansas. He attained his growth on
the farm, and in 1854 commenced the study of his chosen profession, his preceptor being Dr. William H. Douglas, of Memphis, Tenn.
He was under the Doctor's advice for over two years, and in 1856 went to Nashville, Tenn., where he entered the University of Nashville,
and attended one course of lectures.
In the spring of 1857 he commenced his practice in Greenwood. Ark., Sebastian County, where he has since been located. During the late war he was
in the service but two months, when he was discharged on account of disabilities. In May, 1858 he married Miss Nancy Trammell, who was born
in Crawford County, Ark., in 1834, and who was the daughter of Dimis and Elizabeth Trammell.
Mr. and Mrs. Blakemore are the parents of five children:
Jesse Lee, M. D., graduated from Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., in 1888, and is now second assistant in the insane asylum at
Little Rock; Kate, wife of James B. Forrester; Bessie A., Ora C. and William F.
In 1876 Dr. William T. Blakemore graduated as an M. D. at the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, Ky. He is one of the oldest
physicians and surgeons in Greenwood, and is one of the leading practitioners of Sebastian County. He is a man whose character is beyond
reproach, and whose good name is untarnished.
He is a Democrat in politics, was postmaster at Fayetteville, Ark., for six months,
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch and Commandery degrees. He is also an Ancient Odd Fellow and
an honorary member of the K. of H. He is a member of the Sebastian Medical Association, and he and wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
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Find A Grave
Dr William Finley Blakemore
4 Oct 1830, Sumner County, Tenn - 21 Jan 1894 (aged 63), Greenwood, Sebastian Co, Ark.
Buried at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Greenwood, Sebastian County, Ark.
Father: Lee Cage Blakemore
Mother: Charlotte Johnson
1831 - Arrived in Arkansas with his parents
1850 - Farmer, Mountain Township, Washington Co., AR (lived with parents)
1854 - Studied medicine under Dr. William H. Douglas, Memphis, TN (2 years).
- Attended, Medical Department of the University of Nashville, Nashville, TN (but did not graduate)
05/17/1859 - Married, Nancy J. "Nannie" Trammell, near Greenwood, AR (she died in 1894)
1860 - Practiced medicine, Greenwood, Sebastian Co., AR
05/26/1862 - Birth of son, Jesse Lee Blakemore [Jesse received his M.D. degree from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, in 1888]
06/27/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. D, 35th AR Infantry, Greenwood, AR [Description - height: 6 ft. 1 in.; hair: light; eyes: blue;
complexion: light; occupation: physician; nativity: Tenn; residence: Sebastian Ark]
07/12/1862 - Detailed as Hospital Steward, Fort Smith, AR
- Acting Asst. Surgeon, Confederate States Army
01/06/1863 - "The following acting medical officers having been rejected by the Army
Medical Board will have their names dropped from the rolls, and will from this day cease
to be officers of the C. S. Army:...William F. Blakemore...." [S.O. 4/5]
1870 - Practiced medicine, Centre Township, Sebastian Co., AR
1876 - M.D. degree, Kentucky Medical School, Louisville, KY
1880 - Practiced medicine, Boone, Logan Co., AR
1886 - Practiced medicine, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., AR
1890 - Practiced medicine, Greenwood, Sebastian Co., AR
1891 - Member, Greenwood [AR] School Board
1893 - Practiced medicine, Greenwood, Sebastian Co., AR
- Member, Sebastian County [AR] Medical Association
- Member, Arkansas State Medical Association
01/21/1894 - Died, Greenwood, Sebastian Co., AR
Note: Input to this biography was provided by Tom Mullis, John A. Blakemore, John Blakemore Sellers, and Bob Krick.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity. 04/19/2014. Unpublished database
Note: Gravestone is engraved with a date of birth of 10/04/1830 while most sources give a date
of birth of 10/30/1830.
Note: The creator of this memorial added the following:
Served 2 months in the Civil War as Captain in the Confederate Army. Was discharged due to
disabilities(unknown).
Father of five children: Jesse Lee, Kate, Bessie, Ora and William.
Dr. Blakemore was a Masonic Mason, a member of the Odd Fellows; Sebastian County Medical
Assoication; Greenwood Schood Board Member in 1891; and a Democrat.
Dr. William Finley Blakemore was the grandson of Thomas Blakemore and Sallie (Douglass)
Blakemore.
Sources:
1.)Confederate Army Compiled Service Records, National Archives and Records Administration.
2.) Polk's Medical and Surgical Registers of the United States.
3.) Birnie Brothers' Funeral Home records.
4.)"Physicians and Medicine: Crawford and Sebastian Counties: 1817-1976."
Fort Smith, Arkansas. 1976.
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