Re: 50-60 TV show abt cattleman-supposedly abt John R & Ab
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Re: 50-60 TV show abt cattleman-supposedly abt John R & Ab
Josephine Glueck 5/06/03
Sorry, I live in Beaumont, Texas.
It looks like perhaps all these Blockers are somehow connected.There was a John Rufus Blocker who was killed during the Mexican-American War and lots of the families named their sons, John Rufus.
The big rancher's name was John Rufus Blocker and he had a brother Abner Pickens Blocker, Jr (called Ab), they were the sons of Abner Pickens Blocker, Sr. and Cornelia Randolph Murphy.They came to Texas from South Carolina. I believe they lived a few years in Alabama.
Ab Blocker was known to be extremely colorful.He had a funny way of using words.
There is a book put out by the Univ of Texas press about Texas Cattlemen which has quite a bit about the Blockers.
Dan Blocker claimed kinship to the John Rufus the rancher and his brother Ab.It was in a TV guide many years ago when Bonanza was running. The Ponderosa was a minor ranch compared to John Rufus Blocker's.
I have a cousin in Austin who has quite a bit on the Blockers.Right now, her mother, who is almost 92 is very ill so I am not hearing much from her.
When she is able to get back into this, I'll send you her email address.
Shirley Tomlin
Beaumont, Texas
[email protected]
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Josephine Glueck 5/07/03
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Re: 50-60 TV show abt cattleman-supposedly abt John R & Ab