Ova Ola Blankenship

1894 - 1981  (87 years)

• Name	Ova Ola Blankenship  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	7 Apr 1894	De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Census	1930	Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Census	1940	Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Census	1950	Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA   [7]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed
  Death	18 Sep 1981	Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA   [1, 6]
  Burial	Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA   [1]
  	Ova Blankenship and James Kell, buried together
  		Burial-KELL Ova and James Ova Blankenship and James Kell, buried together -- Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha OK + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63921385/ james https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63921442/ ova
  Person ID	I13399	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James Rowland Blankenship, MD,   b. 7 Sep 1850, Sparta, White, Tennessee, USA d. 11 Jan 1921, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Amanda Angeline Gribble,   b. 1 Jul 1869, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA d. Mar 1904, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Jul 1889	De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F4178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Frum Kell,   b. 22 Nov 1887, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Sep 1943, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 55 years)
  Children	1. Edith Kell,   b. Abt 1920, Oklahoma, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Othelia Kell,   b. Abt 1913, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Dillard Kell,   b. 12 Dec 1910, McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Nov 1994 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John R 'JR' Kell,   b. 1 Dec 1917, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Oct 1988, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Helen Ruth Kell,   b. 2 Feb 1922, Verden, Grady, Oklahoma, USA d. 27 Aug 1993, Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Apr 1894 - De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1900 - De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1930 - Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1940 - Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed - 1950 - Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA Death - 18 Sep 1981 - Chickasha, Grady, Oklahoma, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  Burial-KELL Ova and James Ova Blankenship and James Kell, buried together -- Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha OK + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63921385/ james https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63921442/ ova

  
  

• Sources

  [S8259] Find a Grave: BLANKENSHIP Ova Kell 1894-1981, Ova Ola Blankenship Kell. Birth 7 Apr 1894 DeKalb County, Tennessee Death 18 Sep 1981 (aged 87) Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Plot Block 32 lot 22 Memorial ID 639 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63921442/ova-ola-kell [S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 6, De Kalb, Tennessee; Roll: 1567; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1241567. 1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 6, De Kalb, Tennessee; Roll: 1567; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0046; FHL microfilm: 1241567 [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: T627_3295; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 26-37. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: T627_3295; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 26-37 [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: 1904; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0032; Image: 856.0; FHL microfilm: 2341638. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Tabler, Grady, Oklahoma; Roll: 1904; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0032; Image: 856.0; FHL microfilm: 2341638 [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Amanda Angeline Gribble [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 440-26-7726; Issue State: Oklahoma; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Chickasha, Grady, Ok. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Chickasha, Grady, Ok