In a message dated 3/6/03 11:01:21 AM, donaldstockdale@mindspring.com writes: << Andrew J, b 1876, is the son of William J, b 1847 the grandson of James Thomas >> So then William J and John Allen are brothers? Both sons of James Thomas?? Martha

Reference the 1870 Miller Valley Census Records, TS 21, Range 9, Clay County AL I'm not sure, I have no data on him other than the census record I found posted, here is what it has; Blankenship, A.J. male age 46 born GA w Blankenship, S.D. female 43 GA w Blankenship, F.A. female 24 GA w Blankenship, J.M. male 20 GA w Blankenship, Wm. M male 14 GA w Blankenship, H.A. male 7 AL w Hope it will help some cousins, we need the 1880 records to make sense out of it. Don S. ---- Original Message ----- From: <BKAYMEL@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] BLANKENSHIP'S > Don, this is what I show for Anderson Jackson BLANKENSHIP - he had 2 wives, > one of who I show as Sarah Burton - I think you had "S.D."? Some of these > children appear under both wives and I don't have enough info to know who > goes where, but this is how it came to me ... > > Descendants of Anderson Jackson Blankenship > > 1 Anderson Jackson Blankenship b: Abt. 1824 > +Sarah Jane Burton b: 1830 m: Abt. 1849 > ______ 2 Juliana Blankenship b: 1850 > ______ 2 James Blankenship b: 1854 > ______ 2 George W. Blankenship b: 1856 > ______ 2 Elisha Blankenship b: 1858 > ______ 2 Sarah Blankenship b: January 1861 > ______ 2 Crease Blankenship b: 1865 > ______ 2 Jane Blankenship b: 1868 > ______ 2 James Blankenship b: 1854 > *2nd Wife of Anderson Jackson Blankenship: > +Julia ? m: Aft. 1868 > ______ 2 Mary Blankenship b: 1872 > ______ 2 Presilla Blankenship b: 1872 > ______ 2 Ardelia Blankenship b: 1874 > ______ 2 Emma Blankenship b: 1878 > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with List Admin for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to BLANKENSHIP Researchers in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information. >

In a message dated 3/6/2003 1:01:21 PM Central Standard Time, donaldstockdale@mindspring.com writes: > Andrew J, I said ANdrew J earlier didn't I? DUHH ... Anderson Jackson ... would be the man lol

Don, this is what I show for Anderson Jackson BLANKENSHIP - he had 2 wives, one of who I show as Sarah Burton - I think you had "S.D."? Some of these children appear under both wives and I don't have enough info to know who goes where, but this is how it came to me ... Descendants of Anderson Jackson Blankenship 1 Anderson Jackson Blankenship b: Abt. 1824 +Sarah Jane Burton b: 1830 m: Abt. 1849 ______ 2 Juliana Blankenship b: 1850 ______ 2 James Blankenship b: 1854 ______ 2 George W. Blankenship b: 1856 ______ 2 Elisha Blankenship b: 1858 ______ 2 Sarah Blankenship b: January 1861 ______ 2 Crease Blankenship b: 1865 ______ 2 Jane Blankenship b: 1868 ______ 2 James Blankenship b: 1854 *2nd Wife of Anderson Jackson Blankenship: +Julia ? m: Aft. 1868 ______ 2 Mary Blankenship b: 1872 ______ 2 Presilla Blankenship b: 1872 ______ 2 Ardelia Blankenship b: 1874 ______ 2 Emma Blankenship b: 1878

In a message dated 3/6/2003 9:33:41 AM Central Standard Time, donaldstockdale@mindspring.com writes: > A.J. Blankenship b abt 1824, I *think* this is Andrew Jackson BLANKENSHIP? Son of Noah and Nancy???

I don't have the Noah & Nancy file in my data base, my Andrew J, b 1876, is the son of William J, b 1847 the grandson of James Thomas, John Buck and Reuben's line. It is interesting as I haven't found many Blankenship's while searching Clay County AL, theses are from Georgia, but then so is most all of Reuben's and Daniel's lines. Don S. ----- Original Message ----- From: <BKAYMEL@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] BLANKENSHIP'S > In a message dated 3/6/2003 9:33:41 AM Central Standard Time, > donaldstockdale@mindspring.com writes: > > > A.J. Blankenship b abt 1824, > > I *think* this is Andrew Jackson BLANKENSHIP? Son of Noah and Nancy??? > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with List Admin for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to BLANKENSHIP Researchers in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information. >

Kay, So sorry to hear about your uncle! Janet Gaston ----- Original Message ----- From: <BKAYMEL@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:07 PM Subject: [BLANKENSHIP] Floyd County KY Marriages ... and WV > In a message dated 3/5/2003 6:13:44 PM Central Standard Time, jblank@ihpc.net > writes: > > > I made copies of only the Blankenship section of > > what was on line I was going to go again and I"ll send you the Johnson > > page > > Thanks Bob :-) > > ALso everyone, I will be going to Charleston, West Virginia sometime soon - > don't know exactly when, it could be tomorrow, next or next month - my uncle > has been moved from the hospital to hospice care and they are talking now of > moving him into a nursing home as one doctor says he could have as long as 2 > months and another says any day now ... (the good news is now he's OFF the > morphine drip and IVs he's more lucid and I've been able to have some nice > telephone conversations with him the last 2 days so I feel better about not > being able to go until the funeral) ... anyhow, while there, I am planning to > go to the State Archives sicne they're open until 8PM every night ... if > anyone needs a copy of any West Virginia record and you KNOW the record, let > me know and I'll be glad to get it for you. I won't have the time to do any > actual research though, sorry. > > Kay > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > If you have copies of BLANKENSHIP documents - birth, marriage, military, baptism, death records, etc., please consider sharing a copy with List Admin for the compilation of a central source of BLANKENSHIP documents to be offered to BLANKENSHIP Researchers in the near future. Contact BKAYMEL@aol.com for more information. > >

Reference the 1870 Miller Valley Census Clay County AL: A.J. Blankenship b abt 1824, wife S.D. and four children. Anyone ID theses ? link is http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/clay

A little help strightening out Isham jr line. Please Thanks Bob -----Original Message----- From: Leona Headley [mailto:lheadley@cottagesoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:08 PM To: Robert & Janice Blankenship Subject: Re: Blankenship Family Hello Bob, > Hi just saw your list of cdecendants from Isham jr son of Isham, Quite > impressive whjile my line takes off from Isham (sr)through William. Thanks so much. I am still working on it and hope to update the whole site by the end of this year. Trying to find census records for everyone. This is what I have in William's notes: His children are listed as: Payton, Isham, Fields, John, James, Martha, Charles, Gilbert, ?nda, Elizabeth md. Johnson, Idaline md. Weir, and Blackmore. (These children have been listed as the same children of Gilbert Blankenship #4458) Could you please tell me if these are his children? Leona

In a message dated 3/5/2003 6:13:44 PM Central Standard Time, jblank@ihpc.net writes: > I made copies of only the Blankenship section of > what was on line I was going to go again and I"ll send you the Johnson > page Thanks Bob :-) ALso everyone, I will be going to Charleston, West Virginia sometime soon - don't know exactly when, it could be tomorrow, next or next month - my uncle has been moved from the hospital to hospice care and they are talking now of moving him into a nursing home as one doctor says he could have as long as 2 months and another says any day now ... (the good news is now he's OFF the morphine drip and IVs he's more lucid and I've been able to have some nice telephone conversations with him the last 2 days so I feel better about not being able to go until the funeral) ... anyhow, while there, I am planning to go to the State Archives sicne they're open until 8PM every night ... if anyone needs a copy of any West Virginia record and you KNOW the record, let me know and I'll be glad to get it for you. I won't have the time to do any actual research though, sorry. Kay

Hi this is my second reply I made copies of only the Blankenship section of what was on line I was going to go again and I"ll send you the Johnson page Bob -----Original Message----- From: Robert & Janice Blankenship [mailto:jblank@ihpc.net] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 4:17 PM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [BLANKENSHIP] Floyd County KY Marriages Kay I got this off a web site that had the marriages I'll look and see if I have the address. -----Original Message----- From: BKAYMEL@aol.com [mailto:BKAYMEL@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 1:04 PM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BLANKENSHIP] Floyd County KY Marriages In a message dated 3/2/2003 1:47:32 PM Central Standard Time, jblank@ihpc.net writes: > I was going through the Floyd County Kentucky marriage book Bob - is this a book you have or were you at library? If you have it, could you check for marriages for JOHNSON for me? Thanks, Kay ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== Please remember to post your family information putting the SURNAME in all caps and using dates and places. The more information you provide, the easier it is for someone to make a connection. ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== Help solve the puzzle!!! Each week a new person will be chosen to be "IT" and provide the list with the name of their brick wall or ancestor they would like more information on ... the list will then focus on helping "IT" find out all they can about the name ... sometimes 200 heads are better than 1???

Anna C. Blankenship of Sullivan, Missouri passed away on Sunday, August 25, 2002 at the age of 81 years. Mrs. Blankenship was born October 11, 1920 at Japan, Missouri to the late William and Elizabaeth (Schelich) Schmitt. She was the fourth of eleven children and attended Holy Martyrs of Japan Catholic School. On February 15,1941 she married Murrell Alfonso Blankenship at Holy Martyrs and to this marriage ten children were born. Anna was a life-long resident of the Japan area and for a time was employed by International Shoe Company and O’Sullivan Industries. She always had much love to give and was mother and grandmother to so many. Anna always had something to give to those in need, even when she had so little. She worked hard to support her family and was generous with everything she had. When the children were young she sold greeting cards and ran a bread route to raise extra money. Anna loved gardening and canned nearly everything the family ate. She also raised most of the meat and helped with the butchering. Anna taught through example, sharing when there was little to give. Her warmth and love was not confined to the Japan area as she often would extend her love around the world,supporting starving children in Third World countries. Anna was a strong matriarch who supported her family with a firm but loving hand. She provided the foundation that her diverse, generous and loving family is built upon. Anna will be remembered as a beloved and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be lovingly remembered by all who knew her. Anna was a very special person to many people who had a great capacity for compassion and love. Though she had a large number of children and grandchildren, she had the tremendous ability to make each and every one feel special to her, as she was not only generous with material wealth, but also with her love. She is survived by six sons, Gene Blankenship and wife Linda of Sullivan, Norman Blankenship of Union, Missouri, Harold Blankenship and wife Polly of Owensville,Missouri, Russell Blankenship and wife Virginia of Rosebud, Missouri, Curtis Blankenship and wife Sherri of Sullivan, and Roland Blankenship of Rosebud, Missouri;four daughters, Judy Wright of Owensville, Phyllis LaPlant and husband Ron of Farmington, Missouri, Rita Miller of St. Louis and Connie Jost and husband David of Sullivan; three brothers, Alvie Schmitt and wife Nadine of Sullivan, Raymond Schmitt and wife Rosemary of Sullivan and Clarence Schmitt and wife Mary Lou of Marceline;three sisters, Clara Rothmeyer of Gerald, Missouri, Virginia Cibulka and husband Jack of Sullivan and Irene Walton of St. Louis; 31 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, other relatives including sisters-in-law Eva Blankenship of Sullivan, Dolores Politte and husband Jim of Sullivan, Lilly Blankenship of Belton, Missouri Carol Schmitt of Lamar,Missouri and Evelyn Schmitt of Sullivan, and a host friends. Anna was preceded in death by her husband Murrell and grandson, Dion Wright, by one sister Elsie Schmitt, three brothers, Ralph Schmitt, Virgil Schmitt and Earl Schmitt (in infancy) and brothers-in-law, Vernon and Bernard Blankenship. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 from Holy Martyrs of Japan Catholic Church with the Rev. Fataher Donald Carey officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Visitation for Mrs. Anna Blankenship was held from 4:30 until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday from the Eaton Funeral Home in Sullivan. A parish prayer service was held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Sulivan Independent 8-28-2002 (MISSOURI)

Sorry for the incorrect submission format. I thought I had it figured out but guess not. Here is the info again. -------Original Message------- From: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, March 02, 2003 08:45:11 PM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BLANKENSHIP] 1880 census, Cabell Co, WVa In 1880 census, Barboursville twp, Cabell Co, WVa there is a Reece Blankenship, age 28, b. WVa, with a wife, Mary A, age 31, b. WVa and their daughter, Anna M, age 4 months. They are living next door to the Dillon family, BF Dillon, the Constable. In two other Dillon families, there are nephews...... John Dillon has a nephew, John M. Stephenson, age 14. Rece Dillon has two nephews, Thomas J Bowlin, age20, and George Blankenship, age 30. Who were these people? We they living with their uncles because they'd lost family during the Civil War? Martha Let me see if I can sort these kids out. Marlin Dillon and Lucy Arthur had 15 kids to include Celilia Clay, John L., Eleanor Jane, Borsheba (Lector), and Benjamin Franklin. Celilia Clay Dillon m. Samuel B. Blankenship and had 11 kids to include George Blankenship. Eleanor Jane Dillon m. Henry C. Stephenson and had six kids to include John Stephenson. Borsheba(Lector) Dillon m. S.B. Bolin and had a son Thomas. Benjamin Franklin Dillon m. Catherine McCorkle. Now to complicate the matter some. John M. Stephenson is enumerated with parents also as John L. Stephenson. George Blankenship is also enumerated with his brother Jefferson. Tom Bowlin's father was dead and his mother remarried and had nine more kids. They were all farmers and I suspect they were enumerated where they were working as well as with their family. Ralph Ralph Hayes 10533 Crestridge Ct Albuquerque, NM 87114 rhayes@peoplepc.com or alt e-mail to rlhayes@juno.com

Nancy Brinly - thank you thank you thank you! Can't wait to sit down and read read read lol! Kay

This is the family of James m Blankenship, this is my gr father out of Holden wv, the name ( ZOTTIE ) is unkown to me... this mother and children all passed away due to lung disease ..............Ron

believe that DICY STAR,DEMPSEY, VANNATTER TO BE THE MOTHER of James and John blankenship thru, the dempsey line but no proof at this time...Ron

this John Blankenship,is the brother of James M Blankenship ofHolden wv, they are both the sons of Andrew J Blankenship birth 1828 out of ohio, wv , IL,..........Ron

One more......... 1880, Hardee twp, Logan Co, WVa, there is a John Blankenship, age 21, b. in Ohio, living with a Samuel Vennatter and wife Dicy. Any ideas? thanks Martha

In 1880 census, Barboursville twp, Cabell Co, WVa there is a Reece Blankenship, age 28, b. WVa, with a wife, Mary A, age 31, b. WVa and their daughter, Anna M, age 4 months. They are living next door to the Dillon family, BF Dillon, the Constable. In two other Dillon families, there are nephews...... John Dillon has a nephew, John M. Stephenson, age 14. Rece Dillon has two nephews, Thomas J Bowlin, age20, and George Blankenship, age 30. Who were these people? We they living with their uncles because they'd lost family during the Civil War? Martha

In the 1880 census, in Logan twp, Logan Co, WVA, there is a "Zotte" Blankenship, age 25, b. in Ohio, married to a Lucinda, age 25, b. WV, and their 2 children: Charles A, age 3 and James G, age 1. Who is this family? And what happened to them? thanks Martha