George Lester Youngblood 
George Lester was born on November 25th, 1874 in Pike Co., AL.1 George Lester's father was Thomas Jefferson Youngblood and his mother was Josephine Arthur Jenerett. His paternal grandparents were James Youngblood and Elizabeth Lee; his maternal grandparents were Elias G. Jenerett and Ann Eliza Thomas. He had three brothers and four sisters, named David F., John Bunyan, James Algernon, Laura A., Nora V., Eula May and Arsula Winiford. He was the fourth youngest of the eight children. He died at the age of 82 on February 15th, 1957 in Demopolis, AL.1 General Notes
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"YOUNGBLOOD BROTHERS was a thriving business enterprise in Pike County in
1902. David F. Youngblood, James A. Youngblood and George L. Youngblood
(sons of Thomas J. Youngblood) were born in Pike County and went to St.
Louis to work for the Pauley Jail Building Company.
After learning the business, they returned to Troy and were very
successful in their chosen line of work. They perfected a portable cage
for prisoners adapted for the use of counties where convicts were worked
on public roads. The cage was fourteen feet long, and three feet six
inches wide, fitting a frame the same as that of a standard wagon. The
cages were in wide use in Alabama.
They opened a branch office in Dallas, Texas. The officers were David
F. Youngblood president, James A. Youngblood vice-president, George L.
Youngblood secretary and treasurer. The Texas company was capitalized at
$100,000. The company made steel cells for jails, iron bridges, ect. The
three borthers resided in Texas."(1)
(1) Margaret Pace Farmer, One Hundred Fifty Years in Pike County
Alabama, 1821-1971, (Montgomery, Alabama: Brown Printing Company, 1992),
pp. 109-110.
Troy Messenger
2-14-1957
Brother Of Mrs. McGehee Die In Demopolis
G. Lester Youngblood, age 82, died at his home in Demopolis
Wednesday night after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Josphine Elmer Youngblood; One brother, J. A. Youngblood, of Dallas,
Texas ; one sister, Mrs. J. Robert McGehee, of Troy; three nephews, Tom
Carroll, Dr. Joseph Carroll and Robert A. McGhee, all of Troy.
Funeral services will be held Friday a 9 a.m. from Episcopal Church
in Demopolis cemetery with Speigner Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Youngblood is a native of Pike County, having been raised here.
He left here several years ago when a very young man. For a number of
years he was a resident of Dallas, Texas where he was in the construction
business with his brothers. He is the son of the late Mr. Tom Youngblood
and Mrs. Dosie Jinright Youngblood who were prominent Pike Countians.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.11 Dec 1736 in ? d. in ?
- b.Jun 1750 in Edgefield Dist., SC d.05 Mar 1831 in Edgefield Dist., SC
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- b.09 Mar 1809 in Edgefield Dist., SC d.25 Mar 1855 in Pike Co., AL
- b. in ? d.1797 in SC
- b.~ 1770 in Edgefield Dist., SC d.< 1831 in Edgefield Dist., SC
- b.15 Sep 1842 in Fariorville, Bullock Co., AL d.25 Mar 1921 in Pike Co., AL
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- b.14 Oct 1811 in Edgefield Dist., SC d.21 Oct 1873 in Pike Co., AL
- b.1752 in Scotland d.1822 in SC
- b.~ 1790 in Edgefield Dist., SC d. in ?
- b.1756 in Scotland d.1837 in SC
- b.25 Nov 1874 in Pike Co., AL d.15 Feb 1957 in Demopolis, AL
- b.~ 1759 in France d.09 Sep 1833 in Columbus Co., NC
- b.24 Oct 1812 in NC d.01 Oct 1852 in Pike Co., AL
- b.23 Sep 1711 in ? d.20 Oct 1771 in ?
- b.02 Aug 1754 in ? d.1820 in ?
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- b.1778 in France (?) d.04 Mar 1845 in NC
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- b.06 Jan 1843 in Pike Co., AL d.15 Nov 1913 in Pike Co., AL
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- b.02 Mar 1811 in NC d.13 Feb 1885 in Pike Co., AL
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