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LEILA PEARL BLITCH was born 30 Jul 1890 in Florida. She married GEORGE T. LONG 06 May 1909.

Child of LEILA BLITCH and GEORGE LONG

1. GEORGIA LONG

HENRY G. BLITCH was born 1883. He married EVA HUGHEY

Child of HENRY BLITCH and EVA HUGHEY

1. JAMES WILLIS BLITCH

J. SIMEON BLITCH He married LULA SISTRUNK

Child of J. BLITCH and LULA SISTRUNK

1. CLIFFORD BLITCH (LIEUTENANT)

Notes for J. SIMEON BLITCH

J. Simeon Blitch was the famous Prison Reform Superintendent at Raiford, Florida.

 

HORACE SLATER BLITCH was born 06 Aug 1862, and died 11 Aug 1903 buried at Eastside Cemetery . He married AMERICA L. OLLIFF b: December 29, 1861 in Bulloch County Georgia on  Dec 8 1886 in Bulloch County, Georgia. She was the daughter of JOHN OLLIFF and LUCY KIRKLAND

Children of HORACE BLITCH and AMERICA OLLIFF

1. LEILA BLITCH b; September 14, 1887 Georgia

2. LUCY BERNICE BLITCH b: March 7, 1894 Georgia  d: November 26, 1930 buried Eastside Cemetery in Statesboro, Georgia m. CECIL EVERITTE KENNEDY, 12 Nov 1924 he was born September 29, 1897 in Bulloch County Georgia was the son of Dr. SEABORN B. KENNEDY and  MARY EVERETT. CECIL remarried MERCEILLE PROCTOR in Aiken South Carolina she was b: August 12, 1911 in Bulloch County Georgia and is the daughter of S.J. PROCTOR and MAUDE EMILY JONES. Cecile and Merceille had 2 children.

 

RUTH EUGENIA BLITCH  She married JOHN GORDON BLITCH 28 Dec 1888 in Bulloch County, Georgia, son of JAMES BLITCH and SARAH GROOVER. He was born 08 Oct 1871 and died 07 Apr 1919 in Bulloch, Georgia

Children of RUTH BLITCH and JOHN BLITCH

1. JOHN GORDON BLITCH, JR., b. 24 Nov 1890, Statesboro, Georgia; d. 22 Mar 1952, Statesboro, Georgia

2. GEORGIA URSULA BLITCH, b. 24 Feb 1892, Statesboro, Georgia; d. 18 Dec 1974, Statesboro, Georgia; m. UNKNOWN BRETT

3. CORA MAE BLITCH, b. 11 May 1896, Statesboro, Georgia; d. 15 Jul 1989, Statesboro, Georgia

4. LAURA ELIZABETH BLITCH, b. 01 Apr 1901, Statesboro, Georgia; d. 10 Jun 1985, Savannah, Georgia

 

JOHN GORDON BLITCH was born 08 Oct 1871 and died 07 Apr 1919 in Bulloch, Georgia J. Gordon Blitch died of tuberculosis. He married RUTH EUGENIA BLITCH 28 Dec 1888 in Bulloch County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN BLITCH and GEORGIA SLATER.

the four children, John Gordon, Jr., Georgia Ursula, Cora Mae, and Laura Elizabeth

Children are listed above under Ruth Eugenia Blitch

 

JAMES DANIEL BLITCH was born 07 Mar 1873. He married MARIE ELISE EDWARDS 17 Oct 1898. She was born 18 Aug 1875, and died 05 May 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia

Children of JAMES BLITCH and MARIE EDWARDS

1. LILA MARIE BLITCH, b. 01 Sep 1900, Phoenix, Arizona

2. INFANT BLITCH, b. Dec 1902; d. Dec 1902

3. JAMES DANIEL BLITCH, JR., b. 16 Oct 1904; d. 17 Jan 1979

4. HENRY SMETS BLITCH, b. 14 Oct 1907; d. Feb 1994

5. FREDERICK GANAHL BLITCH, b. 29 Sep 1912

 

THOMAS NORWOOD BLITCH was born 06 Oct 1880. He married ANNIE C. EDWARDS 02 Dec 1902. She died 09 Jun 1919

Child of THOMAS BLITCH and ANNIE EDWARDS

1. GROOVER BARTOW BLITCH, b. 01 Dec 1912, Statesboro, Georgia; d. 15 Aug 1941, Savannah, Georgia; m. WINIFRED TALULAH ZITTRAUER, 25 Nov 1937, Savannah, Georgia; b. 31 Mar 1912, Rincon, Georgia

 

BROOKS ERWIN BLITCH was born 25 Aug 1885. He married (1) BLANCHE DRAWDY Dec 1906 in Effingham County, Georgia. He married (2) IRIS FAIRCLOTH 11 Oct 1929 in Jacksonville, Florida

Children of BROOKS BLITCH and IRIS FAIRCLOTH

1. BETTY BLITCH, b. 11 Aug 1930

2. BROOKS ERWIN BLITCH, JR., b. 14 Nov 1934

Notes for IRIS FAIRCLOTH

See her Bio

 

GEORGE WASHINGTON BLITCH was born 03 Sep 1873 in Georgia He married LOULA VIOLA SLATER She was born 18 Aug 1883, and died 15 May 1969 in Pembroke, Bryan, Georgia

Children of GEORGE BLITCH and LOULA SLATER

1. NETTIE BLITCH, b. 24 Sep 1904, Bryan County, Georgia

2. HINTON BLITCH, b. 14 Feb 1902; d. Sep 1971, Pembroke, Bryan, Georgia, United States of America

3. CURTIS BLITCH, b. 08 Jan 1908; d. 22 Feb 1968, Bryan, Georgia

4. LOULA BLITCH, b. 1912

 

MINNIE WILMA SPIER She married DAVID LAWSON LAWRENCE

Children of MINNIE SPIER and DAVID LAWRENCE

1. CHARLES SPIER LAWRENCE

Charles Spier Lawrence was a Captain in the U.S. Army

2. JULIA LAWSON LAWRENCE, m. UNKNOWN ARNOLD

3. DAVID LAWSON LAWRENCE, JR

 

HARLEY ARTHUR BLITCH was born 13 Oct 1880 and died 22 Dec 1938 in O'Brien, Florida. He married TEXAS OVELLA HOWELL 24 Mar 1901 in Suwannee County, Florida, daughter of GEORGE HOWELL and CALLIE BRYANT. She was born 22 Aug 1881 and died 28 Jun 1952 in Wildwood, Sumter, Florida

Children of HARLEY BLITCH and TEXAS HOWELL

1. CALLIE EDITH7 BLITCH, b. 07 Dec 1901, O'Brien, Florida; d. 27 May 1986, O Brien, Suwannee, Florida

2. THELMA LUCILLE BLITCH, b. 23 Apr 1904, O'Brien, Florida; d. 13 Jul 1998, Orange Park, Florida

3. LULA BELLE BLITCH, b. 07 Nov 1906, O'Brien, Florida; d. 04 Apr 1994, O Brien, Suwannee, Florida

4. LEATHA KATE BLITCH, b. 30 Oct 1912, O'Brien, Florida; d. 05 May 2001, Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida

5. MARDAS ELVIN BLITCH, b. 28 Aug 1915, O'Brien, Florida; d. 02 Jul 1996, Gainesville, Florida

6. HENRY QUINN BLITCH, b. 02 Apr 1918, O'Brien, Florida; d. 11 May 1991, Suwannee, Florida

Notes for HARLEY ARTHUR BLITCH:

Harley Arthur Blitch died in an automobile accident. Harley, Irving Goolsby, and Elvin Blitch had taken Nellie Sullivan Blitch to Live Oak, Florida to deliver a child. Harley was driving the truck when the accident occurred, killing Harley.

Burial: O'Brien, Florida

Notes for TEXAS OVELLA HOWELL:

The story goes that Samuel J. Barber did not want to raise Texas' daughters by George H. Howell, so the girls were sent to live with other families. Supposedly, Texas was raised by the Shorty Welch family.

Burial: O'Brien, Florida

 

WILBORN ANDREW BLITCH was born 25 Dec 1887 in Cordele, Georgia, and died 01 Mar 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida. Burial: Collins City Cemetery, Section E, Tattnall County, Georgia He married ALICE C. UNKNOWN. She was born 02 Dec 1889, and died 18 Jun 1949 Burial: Collins City Cemetery, Section E, Tattnall County, Georgia

Children of WILBORN BLITCH and ALICE UNKNOWN

1. W.A. BLITCH

2. WILDER MORRIS BLITCH, b. 1919

 

WILLIAM MOORE BLITCH was born 01 Jul 1866 in Georgia and died 05 Nov 1944. He married (1) SUSAN ELIZABETH GROVENSTEIN 13 Feb 1895 in Brooks County, Georgia. She was born 08 Jun 1862 in Georgia, and died 09 Nov 1935 in Cairo, Georgia. He married (2) EMMA ALICE GROOVER 24 Jun 1936. She was born 04 Dec 1870, and died 26 Oct 1948.

Children of WILLIAM BLITCH and SUSAN GROVENSTEIN

1. MARY ALICE BLITCH, b. 02 Jan 1896, Georgia; d. 24 Jan 1943

2. FRANCES LOIS BLITCH, b. 12 Aug 1897, Georgia

3. PIERCE GROOVER BLITCH, b. 08 Oct 1899, Georgia; d. 20 Oct 1972, Richmond, Georgia

4. LEE WESLEY BLITCH, b. 31 Jan 1902, Georgia; d. 28 May 1988, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia

 

SARAH TOSSA BLITCH was born 13 Aug 1870 in Georgia She married D. H. HUNTER 19 Feb 1890 in Savannah, Georgia

Children of SARAH BLITCH and D. HUNTER

1. HARRY MELVIN HUNTER

2. BESSIE HUNTER, m. UNKNOWN ASBEL

3. CARRIE MAE HUNTER, m. UNKNOWN PEARCE

4. LOTTIE HUNTER, m. UNKNOWN COLLINS

 

THOMAS JOHN BLITCH was born 1873, and died March 13, 1958. Burial: Lower Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Bryan County, Georgia HWY 280. He married ANNA KEHLAR. After her death he married LAURA CLARK she was born 1893 and died 1929 and is buried in Black Creek Cemetery HWY 280 Bryan County Georgia

Children of THOMAS BLITCH and ANNA KEHLAR

1. GLADYS BLITCH b; March 31, 1904 d: June 28, 1992 in Perth Amboy New Jersey. m  Harry Travers

2. WILLIAM WILLIE BLITCH b: 1907

3. LUCILLE BLITCH b: 1914 m LAUREN VINCENT

4. RAYMOND FELTON BLITCH, b. April 4, 1910, Bryan County, Georgia; d. July 9, 1979, Statesboro, Georgia. m MAGGIE LOU BEASLEY January 13, 1938 in Ridgeland South Carolina. She was the daughter of JOSEPH CLEVELAND BEASLEY and LAURIE ABBIE LORIE BRANNEN

5. MARY BLITCH m HOWARD JENKINS SR

Children of THOMAS BLITCH and LAURA CLARK

                1. JAMES BLITCH b: Bryan County Georgia, died in Atlanta Georgia

2. RALPH T. BLITCH b; January 15, 1906 in Bryan County Georgia died January 16, 1908 in Bryan County Georgia Buried in Black Creek Cemetery Bryan County Georgia HWY 280

3. MAGGIE BLITCH b; October 11, 1911 in Bryan County Georgia died October 22, 1911 Bryan County Georgia Buried in Black Creek Cemetery Bryan County Georgia HWY 280

4. RONELLA BLITCH b; 1917 in Bryan County Georgia died November 12, 1922   Bryan County Georgia Buried in Black Creek Cemetery Bryan County Georgia HWY 280

5. LEEROY BLITCH born October 3, 1919 in Bryan County Georgia Died June 9, 1992 in Augusta Georgia buried Lanes Baptist Church Cemetery Bulloch County Georgia He married MARY MARIE BEASLEY on October 8, 1938 she was the daughter of JOSEPH CLEVELAND BEASLEY and LAURIE ABBIE LORIE BRANNEN.

6. EDWARD JOHNSON BLITCH, b. 12 Apr 1929, Clyde, Bryan County, Georgia. m WYONNA BLITCH

 

WILLIAM DUNCAN BLITCH was born 06 Oct 1864 in Georgia and died 1955 in Alachua, Florida He married MARY ELIZABETH RICE She was born Aug 1869 in Georgia and died 1944 in Alachua, Florida

Children of WILLIAM BLITCH and MARY RICE

1. JAMES DANIEL BLITCH, b. 17 May 1892, Du Pont, GA

2. MOLLIE E. BLITCH b. May 1897, Georgia

3. WILLIE B. BLITCH b. 1903, Florida

4. AARON F. BLITCH b. 13 Jan 1906; d. 21 Jan 1983, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida

5. IDA MAY BLITCH b. 1908, Florida

6. JESSE WILLARD BLITCH b. 11 Jun 1916, Florida d. 23 Apr 1991, Alachua, Florida

7. CHARLES W. BLITCH, b. Dec 1899, Georgia

8. JOSEPH L. BLITCH, b. Apr 1890, Georgia

9. MARTHA E. BLITCH, b. Jan 1888, Georgia

 

CHARLES BLITCH was born 1869 in Georgia. He married MINNIE UNKNOWN.

Child of CHARLES BLITCH and MINNIE UNKNOWN

1. CHARLES F. BLITCH b. 1906, Georgia

 

JOHN BUNYAN SPURGEON BLITCH was born 21 May 1875 in Georgia. He married SARA BOWEN

Child of JOHN BLITCH and SARA BOWEN

1. SIBYL TURNER BLITCH

 

WILLIAM HANFORD BLITCH was born 01 Nov 1878, and died 1953 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He married HATTIE BAILEY

Children of WILLIAM BLITCH and HATTIE BAILEY

1. SUSIE7 BLITCH

2. THELMA BLITCH

3. VERA BLITCH

4. GEORGE BLITCH

 

GEORGE WINFIELD BLITCH, JR. was born 18 Aug 1880, and died 12 Dec 1957. He married LILLIE CAROLINE DOUBERLY 10 Jun 1907

Children of GEORGE BLITCH and LILLIE DOUBERLY

1. JOHN WINFIELD BLITCH, b. 1910, Savannah, Georgia; d. 16 Jun 1929, Savannah, Georgia

John Winfield Blitch died June 16, 1929, by drowning at Warsaw Sound, Georgia

2. HERBERT MELVIN BLITCH, b. 10 Feb 1912, Savannah, Georgia

3. GEORGE AUSTIN BLITCH, b. 24 Dec 1913, Savannah, Georgia

4. WILLIAM JACOB BLITCH, b. 18 Aug 1916, Savannah, Georgia; d. 1916, Savannah, Georgia

Burial: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

5. CHARLES HARRY BLITCH, b. 09 Dec 1917, Savannah, Georgia

6. GEORGE OLIVER BLITCH, b. 18 Feb 1920, Savannah, Georgia

7. ROBERT LAWRENCE BLITCH, b. 20 Oct 1921, Savannah, Georgia

8. MILDRED LOUISE BLITCH, b. 11 Apr 1923, Savannah, Georgia; d. 11 Apr 1923, Savannah, Georgia

Burial: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

Notes for GEORGE WINFIELD BLITCH, JR:

George Winfield Blitch is buried in Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Garden of Religion, Lot No. 57A, Plot No. 1, State Highway 61, Charleston, S. C.

Notes for LILLIE CAROLINE DOUBERLY:

Lillie Caroline Douberly Blitch is buried in Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Garden of Religion, Lot No. 57A, Plot No. 2, State Highway 61, Charleston, S. C.

 

LAURA FREEMAN BLITCH was born 30 Nov 1884. She married D. A. SAULS.

Children of LAURA BLITCH and D. SAULS

1. SUSIE SAULS

2. D. AUSTIN SAULS

3. LAURA LEE SAULS

4. MARY SAULS

 

Beverly and Edith Hendrix Blitch had these 2 children.

ELOISE MARIE BLITCH was born Mar 12,1916 and died April 23,1916

BERNARD CORBETT BLITCH SR was born Feb 15,1918 and died Sept 6,1997

BERNARD BLITCH Married ISABELLE OWEN b:OCT 15,1918

  They had three children

1:SUSAN BLITCH  b:1947

2:CYNTHIA BLITCH  b: ? 1949 / 1950

3:BERNARD CORBETT BLITCH II b:Mar 14,1952