Obituary William Franklin Youngblood Contributed by Pat Kinsey, Aug. 2002   Waxahachie Daily Light - January 26, 1929 In the presence of one of the largest crowds ever to attend a funeral in Ellis County, last rites for William Franklin Youngblood, 81, were held at Union church in Avalon Sunday afternoon with Revs. J. F. McClung and Steve Harwell officiating. Burial was in Bethany Cemetery near Bardwell.  Mr. Youngblood, one of the county's best known citizens, died Saturday at his home in the Avalon community after a four-week illness. Born near Greenville, S. C. Sept. 18, 1847, Youngblood lived in that section until the outbreak of the Civil War, and at age 16, enlisted in the Confederate Army.  He came to Texas in 1867 where he has since resided and was a prosperous farmer in the southern part of the county. Youngblood married Miss Cynthia McKinney, whose parents were early settlers of Collin County, and for whom the city of McKinney was named.  After her death in 1915, he married Mrs. Snow, who with her two children, twins, are among the survivors. Besides ten children from his first marriage and the two step-children, Mr. Youngblood is survived by forty-seven grand-children and twelve great-grandchildren.  Surviving children are: Dr. J. R. Youngblood, Breckenridge; W. H. Youngblood, Clarendon; J. M. and C. H. Youngblood, Waxahachie; Herman Youngblood, C. D. Youngblood, and Mrs. Claude Southard, Avalon; Mrs. O. L. Brown, Frost; Harper Youngblood, Waco; T. F. Youngblood, Ike.   Copyright © 2002-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:21:24 MDT