Sarah Elizabeth Francis Blackwell

Birth: 8 Feb 1861
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death: 15 Oct 1941 (aged 80)
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Floral Park Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 178846493 View Source

Daughter of Hillman Francis and Mary, both from North Carolina.

Mother of famous blues artist, Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell.

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Payton A. Blackwell

1860–1922

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Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell

1903–1962

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