Joseph Marshall Blasingame, Jr.
1866 - 1937 (71 years)-
Name Joseph Marshall Blasingame Suffix Jr. Born Mar 09, 1866 Austin county, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Census Jun 04, 1900 Waller county, Texas, USA [1] Census May 03, 1910 Waller county, Texas, USA [2] Census Jun 08, 1920 Waller county, Texas, USA [3] Died Nov 13, 1937 Waller county, Texas, USA [4] - The informant on his death certificate was his daughter Mrs. Mabel Taylor. Parents: Joe Blasingame (Miss) and Carrie K Rusk(?).
Buried Hempstead Cemetery, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA Notes - He ambushed and killed Sheriff Thomas Sewell McDade on Nov. 26, 1888. See details at:
http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/getperson.php?personID=I55694&tree=mykindred01
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HEMPSTEAD, Tex., November 27. -- This morning Joseph Blassingame, Jr., was arrested on strong circumstantial evidence and charged with the assassination of ex-Sheriff Captain Thomas S. McDade, assassinated at his home in this city last night. The assassin was mounted on horseback, and after riding up to the back garden fence broke off two or three pickets, and after walking through the garden concealed himself near the well. Captain McDade walked out to the well for some water for his son, who is sick in bed, and as he stepped out a shot was fired, filling his body with buckshot.
The horse was tracked this morning to where Blassingame stopped last night, about three-quarters of a mile from where the tragedy took place.
The footprints were measured, corresponding with the boots worn by the party arrested.
A double barrel shotgun was found in the house and showed one barrel had been freshly discharged. The load in the other barrel was taken out, and the shot compared exactly with those that were taken from the body of the murdered man.
Blassingame's examining trial will be heard to-morrow.
Captain Thomas S. McDade has been sheriff of Waller county for the last twelve or fifteen years. He was well thought of and his large number of friends mourn his loss. Peace to his ashes.
The Galveston Daily News, Wednesday; Nov. 11, 1889, p. 1
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Indicted for the McDade Killing.
HEMPSTEAD, Tex., March 18. -- The habeas corpus case of Joe Blassingame, Jr., was heard by Judge Burkhart to-day and the defendant allowed bail in the sum of $5000. The grand jury returned a bill of indictment charging the defendant with the murder of ex-sheriff T.S. McDade a few months ago. Judge Burkhart ordered the case transferred to Brazos county on change of venue and it will be tried at the next term of the district court at Bryan. The defendant gave bail.
The Galveston Daily News; March 5, 1889, p. 1
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Person ID I171092 mykindred Last Modified Jun 28, 2022
Father Joseph Marshall Blasingame, b. Mar 23, 1832, Mississippi, USA , d. Jul 15, 1905, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) Mother Carrie Louisa Kay, b. circa 1837, Georgia, USA , d. Washington county, Texas, USA Married Jul 05, 1857 Family ID F56665 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Savanah Duck, b. Jun 1868, Texas, USA , d. Apr 30, 1904, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 35 years) Married circa 1892 Notes - -
1900 census, TX, Waller, ed 16, 5-B, June 4, HH 94/94
Blasingame, Jos., head, W, M, Mch 1866, 34, m 8 yrs, TX, AL, TX
Blasingame, Savanah, wife, W, F, June 1868, 31, m 8 yrs, 2/2 children, TX, AL, AL
Blasingame, Mabel, dau, Oct 1892, 7, TX
Blasingame, Willie, son, Dec 1894, 5, TX
Alchin, Carrie, m-in-law, W, F, Oct 1848, 51, widowed, 1 child, AL, GA, GA
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1910 census, TX, Waller, ed 169, 15-B, May 3, HH 326
Blasingame, Joseph M, head, M, W, 44, widowed, TX, AL, TX
Blasingame, Mabel, dau, 18, TX, TX, TX
Blasingame, William, son, 15, TX, TX, TX
Allchin, A. Carrie, mother-in-law, F, W, 60, widowed, AL, AL, AL
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1920 census, TX, Waller, ed 126, 1-A, June 8, enumerator Tom B. Cuny, HH 11/12
Blasingame, Joe, head, M, W, 54, widowed, AL, AL, AL, laborer
Allchin, Amanda, m-in-law, F, W, 75, widowed, TX, TX, TX, none
Taylor, Ernest, son-in-law, W, M, 42, married, TX, TX, TX, agent, insurance
Taylor, Mabel, dau, F, W, 26, married, TX, TX, TX
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Children 1. Mabel Carrie Blasingame, b. Oct 26, 1892, Texas, USA , d. Jun 30, 1965, Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA (Age 72 years)2. Willie Paul Blasingame, b. Dec 29, 1894, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA , d. Oct 08, 1913, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age 18 years)Family ID F56662 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, TX, Waller, ed 16, 5-B, June 4, HH 94/94.
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, TX, Waller, ed 169, 15-B, May 3, HH 326.
- [S3967] 1920 US federal census, 1920 census, TX, Waller, ed 126, 1-A, June 8, enumerator Tom B. Cuny, HH 11/12.
- [S561] Death Certificate.
- [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, TX, Waller, ed 16, 5-B, June 4, HH 94/94.
