Biographical Sketch of John W. Bledsoe, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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John W. Bledsoe, P. O. Bates City, Missouri; son of George and Martha
Ann Bledsoe, nee Lauderdale, both natives of Tennessee, was born in 1838
and came with his parents to this county in 1839.  He married Miss Susan
Ann Kelley, daughter of John Kelley of Cooper county, who came to this
state from Alabama.  He has five children: George W., Jane J., Corah H.,
Katie I. and John Early.  He served under Shelby during the war, and
participated in most of the battles in which Shelby was engaged.

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