This must not be the same William L., as the social security death index shows Harold BLANKENSHIP born 26 Sept. 1908, died Sept, 1978, Carthage, Jasper co., MO. . So if this is William Lafayette, he would have died five years before Harold was born. -----Original Message----- From: PSB [SMTP:patpm@mindspring.com] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 12:47 AM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] MO Blankenships If this is the same William L. BLANKENSHIP that I have in my records, then (via an e-mail from someone who at one time had this posted on this list by Sue) I have the following extra information on William L. : Descendants of William L. Blankenship (I do NOT have places for these folk) 1 William L. Blankenship b: February 10, 1840 d: 1903 in Thornfield, MO .. +Sarah Humbyrd ........2 Samuel Adden Blankenship ............ +Mattie Hester Hughes ...................3 Carl Eugene Blankenship ............................. 4 Carla Blankenship It should be in the file: archive/latest/1571 At 11:53 PM 8/25/2000 , you wrote: >Hi Laura, > > 6 v. William L. Blankenship, born 10 February 1840; died 1903 in >Thornfield, Missouri. ______________________________