Mark, I'm looking for William Lafayette Blankenship and Jenny White, their descendants are in the Carthage area of Jasper County. Jenny might be Janie, I also know that the counties changed quite a bit in the 1800's. Which William is yours? There are about eight Williams in Land Patent records in this time period in MO. Still looking for any connection. Laura -----Original Message----- From: MKrudwig@aol.com [SMTP:MKrudwig@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:11 AM To: BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BLANKENSHIP] Jane Blankenship Greetings fellow listers. I came across a possible relative as I was researching my line of BLANKENSHIPS in Dallas Co., Missouri. The "Dallas County Register of Deaths 1883-1904" lists a Jane BLANKENSHIP. Her death date is March 21, 1888. Her age is listed as 85 years, 5 months, 20 days, which would make her birthdate Oct. 1, 1803, assuming my math is right. Her residence at time of death is shown as Jasper township, Dallas Co., MO. Can any of you put this lady "in context"? In other words, do you know who she is, where she came from and who she's related to? She's old enough to be the mother or an aunt of my William (b. ca 1818, d. 1853) but I have no known link to her. By the way, her cause of death is shown as "anasarica". Do any of you know what this is? Clutching at straws... - Mark Krudwig ______________________________