Mysty, Don't know what you found but believe that marriage date should be 1860 and not 1850.\ Don At 04:40 PM 11-02-02 -0600, you wrote: >Wakley, here's what HGSMCA has in "Genealogies of Marion Co Families >1811-1900" re the wife of Presley DeVoe Blankenship. From the sources cited, >this data undoubtedly came from "Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region" by >Goodspeed (pub ca 1894). > >PRESLEY DEVOE "P.D." BLANKENSHIP b NC 30 Nov 1841 d MCAR 2 Nov 1896 kicked >by a horse bu Jefferson Hall Cemetery m NC 20 Feb 1860 LOUISA MARTHA (RAY) >KOON b NC 1 Aug 1843 d MCAR 14 June 1896. Emigrated from NC via Boone Co. AR >1870, settling in the Eros area on Hampton Creek. > >I'm not real sure this is correct, though. Louisa was apparently born in >1843 and married in 1860, aged about 16 1/2. Her first child was born May >1861 when she'd have been about 17 1/2. I'm having trouble seeing space in >there for her to have been married to a Koon before she married "P D" unless >those folks were into marrying at *very* young ages. >+++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Couldn't stand it anymore. Went on a search thru NC. On the Yancey Co NC >web page, found that Presley Blankenship m Yancey Co NC 20 Feb 1850 Louisa >Ray. His brother Govan M Blankenship m Yancey Co NC 8 Sep 1867 Sarah Ray. >And there's a G M Blankenship m Yancey Co NC 1858 Sarah E Ray. > >Hope this helps, Wakley. > >Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com >************************************************** >----- Original Message ----- >From: <WGenbug@aol.com> >To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:37 PM >Subject: Re: BLANKENSHIP > > > > Don, > > I do not know anything about the Izard Co. Blankinships, but would like to > > ask a question about the P.D. BLANKENSHIP that you posted. > > ============================================================= > > Anyone know if this family that came to Marion County, is related to the > > Izard County Blankinships. > > Don > > ============================================================= > > You have the wife of P.D. Blankenship as Martha Louise RAY, years ago when >I > > first started research I was told P.D.'s wife was Louise KOON, and being >new > > to research, I made the mistake of not recording where the info came from. > > Now I would like to get it straight in my files, was she a RAY or KOON? > > The sister (Mary E. "Molly" GILLEY) of my grandfather, (John Tittle >GILLEY) > > married Phalis or Thalis BLANKENSHIP, son of P.D. & Louise ( ) > > Blankenship, so my direct line is not Blankenship but I would like to have > > Louise's maiden name right. > > On the tombstone, which is in the Crawford Cem. in Boone Co., the name is > > spelled Thalis Blankenship, b: 1867 - d: 1937 and Mary b: 1871 - d: 1937. > > Thank you for any help on Louise's maiden name. > > Wakley Ann Doyal > > > > 4. NAME: Presley Devoe "P.D." BLANKENSHIP-5575 Parent Link Type: >(B) > > BIRTH: 30 Nov 1841 PLACE: ,,North Carolina > > M CHR.: PLACE: > > MAR.: 20 Feb 1860 PLACE: ,,North Carolina > > DEATH: 2 Nov 1896 PLACE: ,Marion,Arkansas > > BURIAL: PLACE: Jefferson Hall Cem.,Marion,Arkansas > > SPOUSE: Martha Louise RAY-5668 MRIN: 2398 > > ============================================================= > > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Don is correct, List. The year of the marriage of PD Blankenship and Louisa Ray should be 1860 - not 1850. See what happens when I get in a rush? <groan> Apologies everyone. Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ott" <dott@centurytel.net> To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 5:45 PM Subject: Re: BLANKENSHIP > Mysty, > Don't know what you found but believe that marriage date should be > 1860 and not 1850.\ > Don > > > > At 04:40 PM 11-02-02 -0600, you wrote: > >Wakley, here's what HGSMCA has in "Genealogies of Marion Co Families > >1811-1900" re the wife of Presley DeVoe Blankenship. From the sources cited, > >this data undoubtedly came from "Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region" by > >Goodspeed (pub ca 1894). > > > >PRESLEY DEVOE "P.D." BLANKENSHIP b NC 30 Nov 1841 d MCAR 2 Nov 1896 kicked > >by a horse bu Jefferson Hall Cemetery m NC 20 Feb 1860 LOUISA MARTHA (RAY) > >KOON b NC 1 Aug 1843 d MCAR 14 June 1896. Emigrated from NC via Boone Co. AR > >1870, settling in the Eros area on Hampton Creek. > > > >I'm not real sure this is correct, though. Louisa was apparently born in > >1843 and married in 1860, aged about 16 1/2. Her first child was born May > >1861 when she'd have been about 17 1/2. I'm having trouble seeing space in > >there for her to have been married to a Koon before she married "P D" unless > >those folks were into marrying at *very* young ages. > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Couldn't stand it anymore. Went on a search thru NC. On the Yancey Co NC > >web page, found that Presley Blankenship m Yancey Co NC 20 Feb 1850 Louisa > >Ray. His brother Govan M Blankenship m Yancey Co NC 8 Sep 1867 Sarah Ray. > >And there's a G M Blankenship m Yancey Co NC 1858 Sarah E Ray. > > > >Hope this helps, Wakley. > > > >Mysty shakerag@mtnhome.com > >************************************************** > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <WGenbug@aol.com> > >To: <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:37 PM > >Subject: Re: BLANKENSHIP > > > > > > > Don, > > > I do not know anything about the Izard Co. Blankinships, but would like to > > > ask a question about the P.D. BLANKENSHIP that you posted. > > > ============================================================= > > > Anyone know if this family that came to Marion County, is related to the > > > Izard County Blankinships. > > > Don > > > ============================================================= > > > You have the wife of P.D. Blankenship as Martha Louise RAY, years ago when > >I > > > first started research I was told P.D.'s wife was Louise KOON, and being > >new > > > to research, I made the mistake of not recording where the info came from. > > > Now I would like to get it straight in my files, was she a RAY or KOON? > > > The sister (Mary E. "Molly" GILLEY) of my grandfather, (John Tittle > >GILLEY) > > > married Phalis or Thalis BLANKENSHIP, son of P.D. & Louise ( ) > > > Blankenship, so my direct line is not Blankenship but I would like to have > > > Louise's maiden name right. > > > On the tombstone, which is in the Crawford Cem. in Boone Co., the name is > > > spelled Thalis Blankenship, b: 1867 - d: 1937 and Mary b: 1871 - d: 1937. > > > Thank you for any help on Louise's maiden name. > > > Wakley Ann Doyal > > > > > > 4. NAME: Presley Devoe "P.D." BLANKENSHIP-5575 Parent Link Type: > >(B) > > > BIRTH: 30 Nov 1841 PLACE: ,,North Carolina > > > M CHR.: PLACE: > > > MAR.: 20 Feb 1860 PLACE: ,,North Carolina > > > DEATH: 2 Nov 1896 PLACE: ,Marion,Arkansas > > > BURIAL: PLACE: Jefferson Hall Cem.,Marion,Arkansas > > > SPOUSE: Martha Louise RAY-5668 MRIN: 2398 > > > ============================================================= > > > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >