Joseph Silas Pickens b. 22 Sep 1893 New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 27 Aug 1975 Blue Springs, Union, Mississippi, USA: MontyHistNotes

1893 - 1975 (81 years)

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Name	Joseph Silas Pickens [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
Birth	22 Sep 1893	New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Farmer [7]
Residence	1910	Keownville, Union, Mississippi, USA [22]
Residence	1920	Union, Mississippi, USA [10, 18, 19]
Residence	Beat 4
Residence	1930	Union, Mississippi, USA [7]
Residence	Beat 4
Residence	1940	Myrtle, Union, Mississippi, USA [23]
Residence	Precinct Beat 2
Burial	1975	Center, Union, Mississippi, USA [2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25]
Death	27 Aug 1975	Blue Springs, Union, Mississippi, USA [2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 25]
Person ID	I42840	Rountree Family \| Pickens
Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

Father	Samuel Zacharias Pickens, b. 9 Apr 1870, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA d. 15 Nov 1963, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 93 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Malinda Elizabeth Turner, b. 24 May 1870, Kentucky, USA d. 20 Dec 1931, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 61 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	3 Dec 1890	New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA [26, 27, 28]
Family ID	F29107	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Myrtle Rebecca Swan, b. 29 Sep 1892, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA d. 7 May 1987, Blue Springs, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 94 years)

Marriage 16 Oct 1912 Union, Mississippi, USA [11, 29]

Children

>	1. Audie Mae Pickens, b. 20 Jul 1913, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 20 Feb 1988, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
>	2. Flossie Cleo Pickens, b. 10 Mar 1915, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 29 Aug 2007, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Sherman Vestal Vertie Pickens, b. 4 Mar 1917, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 12 Nov 1976, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Living
>	5. Toy Blanch Pickens, b. 2 Jul 1921, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 8 Feb 1993, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	6. Reverend Stewart Guy Pickens, b. 24 Jan 1924, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 29 May 2000, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
>	7. Cayvel Coy Pickens, b. 5 Apr 1927, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 13 Jun 1991, Mississippi, Arkansas, USA (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	8. Katie Bell Pickens, b. 8 Jan 1929, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 2 Sep 1995, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
>	9. Jamie Pickens, b. 29 Sep 1931, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 5 Oct 2015 (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Billy Joe Pickens, b. 29 Apr 1935, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA d. 21 Mar 1984, New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F29104 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Oct 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 22 Sep 1893 - New Albany, Union, Mississippi, USA
	Residence - 1910 - Keownville, Union, Mississippi, USA
	Marriage - 16 Oct 1912 - Union, Mississippi, USA
	Residence - Beat 4 - 1920 - Union, Mississippi, USA
	Residence - Beat 4 - 1930 - Union, Mississippi, USA
	Residence - Precinct Beat 2 - 1940 - Myrtle, Union, Mississippi, USA
	Burial - 1975 - Center, Union, Mississippi, USA
	Death - 27 Aug 1975 - Blue Springs, Union, Mississippi, USA

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Sources

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[S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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[S3772] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
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[S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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[S2948] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Keownville, Union, Mississippi; Roll: T624_761; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1374774.
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[S3770] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Union, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02072; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 73-5.
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[S3865] Nelan/Pickens Family Tree, (Name: Nelan, Liz; Location: http://nelan.org/;), Turner Pickens, Melinda Elizabeth Accessed KRM 6 Jul 2018 6:48pm https://nelan.org/individual.php?pid=I4776&ged=Pickens&tab=0.
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[S3865] Nelan/Pickens Family Tree, (Name: Nelan, Liz; Location: http://nelan.org/;), Swan Pickens, Myrtle Rebecca Accessed KRM 6 Jul 2018 6:44pm https://nelan.org/individual.php?pid=I4786&ged=Pickens&tab=0.
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https://nelan.org/individual.php?pid=I4786&ged=Pickens&tab=0