This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blankenship Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACE/651.1 Message Board Post: You didn't give any of the childrens names but here is a widowed Margaret in Platte on the 1880 census. Also, there is "a" Margaret Blankenship buried at the Blankenship Cemetery. Says died Oct 12, 1881, age 58 yrs, 9 mth and 2 days. This is close to the date on the census. Census Place: District 90, Preston, Platte, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254710 National Archives Film T9-0710 Page 83C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Margaret BLANKENSHIP Self F W W 55 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: KY Julia BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 27 MO Fa: VA Mo: OH Margaret BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 24 MO Fa: VA Mo: OH Mary BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 22 MO Fa: VA Mo: OH William BLANKENSHIP Son M S W 19 MO Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: VA Mo: OH Amanda BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 18 MO Occ: At School Fa: VA Mo: OH Emeline BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 16 MO Fa: VA Mo: OH Adaline BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 13 MO Occ: School Fa: VA Mo: OH ======================================== I didn't see anything on them in the Annals of Platte County book. I am out of time for now. Chuck