Major MacDonald Blankenship married Ester E Baggett,maybe in Mo.They had children in ARK.Joseph 1872,Louis,Henry,John,Thomas,George Lemuel,Mac Jr,and a daughter Margaret.Mom and Dad died pretty younge(1895).Joseph married Anna Mattie Cook.and moved to Carthage Mo,Louis was kilkled in Ceterville Mo in 1911.These boys either went into the military or wound up in Mo working in the mines.Major (Mac) had a brother Granville that also settled in Arkansas.NJ