This may be a lead. I have a Ernest Edward Blankenship b. January 20, 1920 in Chester Co, Pa, d. January 9, 1981 in Harrisonburg, Va. He was the son of Ernest Henry Blankenship (July 27, 1899 - April 8, 1972) married Naomi Elizabeth Tobin. E. H. was the son of George W Blankenship and Sallie Annie Chitwood. Descended from: George W Blankenship .Thomas Blankenship ..Hezekiah Blankenship & Rhoda Meador Hope this might help, Dave South ----- Original Message ----- From: <BKAYMEL@aol.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 1:32 PM Subject: [BLANKENSHIP] Ernest Blankenship > Date: 8/7/00 11:58:16 AM Central Daylight Time > From: dwill003@umaryland.edu (Diana Williams) > To: BLANKENSHIP-L-request@rootsweb.com > > yes my father's name is blankenship, i know his fathers name was ernest > blankenship but i don't know much more than that, like as far as my > great grandfathers name or great grand mothers, and the only other thing > i know about ernest is that he was a merchant marine, my father was born > 1939 > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > West Virginia BLANKENSHIP's (Logan and Wyoming Counties) by Pam Blankenship Honaker can be found at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamwvgen > >