MARY ORR, b. January 25, 1788 (Gravestone reads June 21, 1788) Lincoln County, NC, d. November, 1871 Henderson County, NC; md. WILLIAM BLYTHE, b. about 1784, d. 1818 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC; 2md. JOHN BLYTHE, b. January 14, 1799, d. June 19, 1868 Henderson County, NC. Mary (Orr) Blythe and her two husbands are buried at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC.

Issue (1) by WILLIAM BLYTHE:

ROBERT O. BLYTHE, b. June 1, 1811 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. January 21, 1866 Henderson County, NC; 1md. LOUISE ______, b. 1825; 2md. December 18, 1851, JANE GILLESPIE, b. February 21, 1813 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. January 26, 1869 Henderson County, NC, daughter of MATTHEW GILLESPIE and ELIZABETH SITTON. Robert O. Blythe is buried at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC. His second wife Jane (Gillespie) Blythe is buried at the Sitton-Gillespie Family Cemetery, Mills River, Henderson County, NC.

JAMES WILLIAM BLYTHE, b. July 24, 1813 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. October 29, 1903 Henderson County, NC; md. his first cousin, SABRINA HAMILTON, b. January 31, 1816 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. February 21, 1888 Henderson County, NC, daughter of ROBERT HAMILTON and ANN ORR. William and Sabrina (Hamilton) Blythe are buried at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC.

Issue (2) by JOHN BLYTHE (known):

SARAH ELVIRA BLYTHE, b. August, 1825 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. January 1, 1916 Henderson County, NC; md. JOSEPH U. ORR, b. September, 1823 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. July 14, 1905 Henderson County, NC, son of ROBERT ORR and ELEANOR "HELEN" DOUTHIT. Buried Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC.

[MALE] BLYTHE, b. abt. 1825-1830 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC.

FRANCES C. BLYTHE, b. 1827 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC.

REBECCA SUSAN BLYTHE, b. 1830 (per 1850 census), 1841 (per marriage record), March 1, 1845 (per gravestone) Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. September 4, 1904 Henderson County, NC; md. April 25, 1871 LEWIS R. DALTON, b. November 15, 1845, d. January 4, 1927 Henderson County, NC, son of JAMES MORRIS DALTON and wife SUSAN BELL. Lewis and Rebecca (Blythe) Dalton are buried at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC.

GEORGE FIDELLIA BLYTHE, b. April 16, 1831 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. May 9, 1918 Henderson County, NC; md. MARILDA HAMILTON, b. April 6, 1832 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. November 22, 1911 Henderson County, NC, daughter of WILLIAM ORR HAMILTON and MARY “POLLY” McCALL. George Fidellia and Marilda (Hamilton) Blythe are buried at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC.

JOHN LEANDER BLYTHE, b. 1832 Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. bef. May 17, 1887 (Henderson County, NC Estate Papers); md. January 10, 1861 Henderson County, NC, SARAH MARGARET EVANS, daughter of SAMUEL EVANS and JANE CANTRELL. He married secondly January 27, 1876, TABITHA EVANS, b. abt. 1845, daughter of SAMUEL EVANS and JANE CANTRELL.

MARTHA BLYTHE, b. 1838 (per 1850 census), 1846 (per marriage record), March 1, 1846 (per gravestone) Buncombe (Henderson) County, NC, d. November 18, 1890 Henderson County, NC; md. March 15, 1869, HENRY MITCHELL BELL, b. November 16, 1849, d. May 1, 1879, s/o THOMAS BELL and wife SARAH. Henry Mitchell and Martha (Blythe) Bell are buried at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Willow Road, Henderson County, NC.

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