Elmer Blakely ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1910 census, Elmer was a laborer in a coal mine. He owned his home in Warrior, Etowah County, Alabama, free of any mortgage. When Elmer registered for the WWI draft, he listed farming as his occupation and claimed an exemption based on the support of his wife and three children. By the time of the 1920 census, the family had moved to Hardwick, Blount County, Alabama. Elmer was paying a mortgage to own his home. He was farming a general farm. The family was listed in Straight Mountain, Blount County, Alabama, in the 1930 census. Elmer owned the farm that the entire family except the youngest son was listed as laborers on.

Elmer married Mary Elizabeth Gilliland, daughter of Rev Edward Franklin Gilliland and Rutha Frances Phillips, on 18 Mar 1906 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States.¹ (Mary Elizabeth Gilliland was born on 30 Oct 1885 in , Blount County, Alabama, United States,⁸ died on 9 Dec 1973 in Altoona, Etowah County, Alabama, United States ⁸ and was buried in Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama, United States ⁹.)