This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3h.2ADE/2135.2 Message Board Post: Anyone connected to this Blankenbaker family? Descendants of Jesse Blankenbaker Generation No. 1 1. JESSE2 BLANKENBAKER (FELIX1) was born 16 Jan 1817 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and died 18 Jun 1882 in McLean County, Kentucky. He married MARY MYERS 26 Jun 1838 in Indiana. She was born 19 Dec 1818 in Ohio, and died 02 Jul 1880. Children of JESSE BLANKENBAKER and MARY MYERS are: i. COLUMBUS3 BLANKENBAKER, b. 21 Oct 1840; d. 12 Jan 1865. ii. DARTHULA BLANKENBAKER, b. 10 Feb 1842; d. 16 Sep 1879. 2. iii. THOMAS BLANKENBAKER, b. 09 Jun 1848, Corydon, Indiana; d. 08 Aug 1929, Bucklin, Kansas. iv. MARY ELIZABETH BLANKENBAKER, b. 07 Nov 1852; d. Aft. 1894. v. WILLIAM HENRY BLANKENBAKER, b. 06 Apr 1857; d. 05 Feb 1883. Generation No. 2 2. THOMAS3 BLANKENBAKER (JESSE2, FELIX1) was born 09 Jun 1848 in Corydon, Indiana, and died 08 Aug 1929 in Bucklin, Kansas. He married IDA LOUISA BUTLER 24 Mar 1887 in Dodge City, Kansas, daughter of DAVID BUTLER and MARY SMITH. She was born 24 Sep 1854 in Lanesville, Indiana, and died 26 Jun 1942 in Bucklin, Kansas. Notes for IDA LOUISA BUTLER: 1880 United States Federal Census, Franklin, Harrison, Indiana, FHL Film # 1254283 Page 246A Ida Ham Occupation Miliner age 25 born IN parents born IN William Ham son age 2 born IN parents born IN Ella Butler sister occupation Miliner age 17 born In parents born IN 1930 United States Census, District 2, Bucklin, Ford County, Kansas, Dwelling 124 Family 137, Ancestry.com Image 12 of 20 Images Ida Blankenbaker age 75 Widowed born Indiana, Property Value, 4500 Child of THOMAS BLANKENBAKER and IDA BUTLER is: i. OLA BELLE4 BLANKENBAKER, b. 15 Jan 1894, Bucklin, Kansas; d. 16 Dec 1979; m. WILLIAM GRAHAM BELL, 04 Jan 1919, Norfolk, Virginia; b. 23 Oct 1891, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d. 24 Feb 1956, Long Beach, Mississippi. More About OLA BELLE BLANKENBAKER: Burial: Allegheny Memorial Park Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA. More About WILLIAM GRAHAM BELL: Burial: Allegheny Memorial Cemetery, Pittsburgh PA