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Floyd Leland Blount

Floyd Leland Blount

Male 1892 - 1975  (82 years)


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  • Name Floyd Leland Blount 
    Birth 2 Nov 1892  Pine Meadows, Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Mar 1975  Watertown, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I65210  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Andrew Thomas Blount,   b. 5 Mar 1865, Orwell, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1955, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Martha Cornelia Nellie Ackley,   b. 3 Aug 1867, Amboy, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1925, Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Dec 1891 
    Family ID F21710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Doris L. Wheeler,   b. 10 Jun 1898, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1984 (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Richard Blount,   b. 13 Mar 1920   d. 2 Apr 2005 (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Derrill Edden Blount,   b. 29 Jun 1924   d. 10 Oct 2004 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F21707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • F.L. Blount, Area Farmer, Succumbs at 82

      F. Leland Blount, 82, of the North Ridge Road, Lacona, died Tuesday, March 18, 1975 In the House of the Good Samaritan, after a long illness.

      Born November 2, 1892, at Pine Meadows, in the Town of Orwell, the son of Andrew T. and Nellie Ackley Blount, he had lived in the Sandy Creek-Lacona section since 1898, graduating from Sandy Creek High School in the Class of 1913. While he was attending high school he was a member of the earliest basketball team from the local school.

      Mr. Blount attended Cornell University, Ithaca, for two years, majoring in agriculture.

      He married Doris L. Wheeler of Mannsville, June 26, 1919, and for forty years the couple owned and operated a farm on the North Ridge Road, until Mr. Blount retired because of ill health. In 1928, he was named a Master Farmer by the New York State Farm Bureau for his outstanding dairy records.

      Mr. Blount was a seventy vear member of the United Methodist Church of Sandy Creek, and a member of the Sandy Creek Grange, No. 127

      Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Doris Blount, two sons, T. Richard Blount, Lacona, and Derrill E. Blount, Mannsville; fifteen grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren. Two cousins, Mrs. Florence B. Parker of Naples, Fla.; and Howard P. Blount, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and Renshaw Bay, are also among his survivors.

      The funeral for Mr. Blount was held last Friday at the Summerville Funeral Home, Sandy Creek, with Rev. Ivan Greenfield, pastor of the Sandy Creek United Methodist Church, officiating. Spring burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sandy Creek.

      Memorial contributions may be made to Northern Oswego County Ambulance, Inc. (NOCA)

      Source: Sandy Creek News, March 26, 1975