14B.  William Franklin Youngblood was born in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday, October 6, 1876, and died in Lawrence, Michigan, on June 4, 1939. Josephine Frances Johnson was born in Lawrence on Sunday, June 10, 1877, and died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, on May 15, 1954. They were both buried in Prospect Lake Cemetery, Van Buren Co., Mich., with sons Ray and infant.. They were married in Van Buren County, Michigan, on Tuesday, October 15, 1895. She took the name Josephine Frances Youngblood. The family bible gives their marriage date as November 20, 1895. The family bible gives their marriage date as November 20, 1895. He is the son of Benjamin Franklin and Margaret Lydia (Tenbroeck) Youngblood. She is the daughter of Alba Aden and Harriet A. (Logan) Johnson. On Josephine's death certificate her father is "Allen Johnson". They had seven children:

i. Agnes Marie Youngblood [#14BA]: She was born in Michigan on June 11, 1896, and died in Solgohachia, Arkansas, on March 17, 1972.
ii. Frances Eva Youngblood [#14BB]: She was born in _____ on September 27, 1898, and died in _____ on May 15, 1953.
iii. Faye Ada Youngblood [#14BC]: She was born in Lawrence, Michigan, U.S.A., on August 23, 1901, and died in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A., on November 3, 1990.
iv. Franklin Alva Youngblood [#14BD]: He was born in _____ on January 13, 1904, and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on December 21, 1948.
v. Ray Orville Youngblood was born on January 16, 1906, and died on May 8, 1907. This information is from the family bible. He is buried in Prospect Lake Cemetery, Van Buren County, with his parents.
vi. William Harry Youngblood [#14BF]: He was born in Hamilton County, Michigan, on June 22, 1908, and died in Kalamazoo on January 16, 1991.
vii. Marjorie Bell Youngblood [#14BG]: She was born in Lawrence on June 11, 1911, and died in Kalamazoo on April 16, 1997.

Willie, as William was called, was the only one of his family to continue in farming.

Jim Owen [#14BABA] has more information on the ancestry of Josephine.

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