Hello: Burley and Opal Rogers are both buried in Masonic Cemetery Pocahontas, Randolph,Arkansas. See my site http://members.tripod.com/Blansett/ Norman Blansett cousin of Opal Blansett Rogers "Bernie Moore-Knowles" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi all > >Glad I read this post! > >I am looking for a woman named Opal Cleopatra Blansett (b1916). She was >married to a Burley Rogers (b1904) and may have been in Randolph Co., >Arkansas at one time. This marriage is a connection to my father's Moore >family from the area. > >Anyone ever researched the Blansett families? > >Thanks so much, > >Bernie Moore-Knowles >Papa'aloa, Hawai'i > >"I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White blood for you to >question my honesty." ........Will Rogers > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cecil Boyd" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:23 AM >Subject: Fw: [MoRandolph] Preserving old cemeteries > > >> Cousin Valerie and other Blansett researchers, >> I am just now attempting to check out some of the information below >and >> have found something that I believe in incorrect. (I am cutting portions >of >> the original email for brevity's sake, but nothing having to do with the >> Blansett family.) >> I am pasting an obituary for Mrs. Elvina Blansett, wife of William >> Blansett. You state that you found William in the 1920 census. I believe >> that must be a different William as his wife's obituary states that he >died >> 12 June 1883. >> >> "The Higbee News" 19 Feb 1904 >> MRS. ELVINA BLANSET DEAD >> Mrs. Elvina Blanset, of Howard county, died very suddenly at the home >> of B.F. Cook, five miles south of Higbee, at one o'clock Saturday morning, >> Feb 13, 1904. >> Funeral services were held by Rev. Notley Magruder, a large crowd >being >> present to pay the last tribute of respect to the deceased. Burial was at >> Old Log Chapel cemetery. >> Mrs. Blanset was born in North Carolina October 17, 1824, being >nearly >> 80 years of age at the time of her death. >> She was married to Wm. Blanset in 1840. To their union nine children >> were born, six of whom survive viz: John B. Blanset, of Macon, MO; Mrs. >> Martha A. Robb, of near Higbee; Mrs. E. Cook, of Howard county; G.W. and >> Moses J. Blanset, of Higbee, and Mrs. Mary Kimball, of Glenwood, Mo. >> Besides these she leaves one sister, twenty-eight grandchildren and >> twenty-two great-grandchildren. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist >> church since 1857 and proved a faithful and consistent member. Her >> husband, Wm. Blanset, died June 12, 1883. Six years ago Mrs. Blanset >moved >> to her daughter's Mrs. B.F. Cook, where she made her home until her death. >> >> Happy Hunting, >> Cecil V. Boyd (not Body-some days I can't even type my own name) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Cecil Boyd" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [MoRandolph] Preserving old cemeteries >> >> >> > Valerie, >> > I am sending you Moses Jackson Blansett's obituary just in case you >do >> > not have it. This should give you some substantiating data. (I have >more >> > on him from The Higbee News if you would like it just let me know.) I >> > also have him on the 1870 and 1880 censuses, but have not looked for any >> > of the others. >> > >> > "The Higbee News: Thursday, 20 Aug 1931, Vol. 45. No. 13, Pg. 1, Col. 3 >> > MOSES BLANSETT DEAD >> > Moses Blansett, one of our best known citizens, who had been >suffering >> > from paralysis for several years, and who took a sudden turn for the >worse >> > the latter part of last week, died at his home in this place at 5 >o'clock >> > Monday a. m., August 17, 1931, aged 75 years, 6 months and 9 days. >Moses >> > Jackson Blansett was the son of William and Melvina Blansett and was >born >> > in Schuyler county, this state, on January 28, 1856. >> > Coming to this section at an early age, he located in Howard county, >> > where he continued to reside until his removal to Higbee some thirty >years >> > ago. He was married on April 3, 1881, to Susan Hardin Dennis, and who >> > preceded him to the grave fourteen years ago. To this union two >> > daughters were born, Mrs. J.D. Lay and Mrs. O.P. Lessly, who survive. >> > On March 31, 1924, he was married to Annie B. Crutchfield, who with >> > the daughters, and one granddaughter, Miss Loretta Lessly, survives. >> > He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. David Robb of this place and Mrs. >> > Mary Kimbrell of Glenwood, and a number of nephews and nieces. >> > Honest and hard working, he had the respect of all who knew him. >> > Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Notley >> > Magruder at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, of which deceased had been a >member >> > for many years, and interment made in Log Chapel cemetery. The sympathy >> > of all goes out to his loved ones. >> > >> > Happy searching, >> > Ms. Cecil V. Body >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Valerie Goldstein" <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 8:09 PM >> > Subject: RE: [MoRandolph] Preserving old cemeteries >> -cut- >> I did find Moses on the 1860 census as a 4 year old >> >> living in Chariton, Schuyler, Missouri. They household members were as >> >> follows: >> >> William Blansett 41 years Farmer >> >> Elvira 35 >> >> James 17 >> >> Nancy 15 >> >> John 13 >> >> Martha 11 >> >> Emily 9 >> >> George 7 >> >> Moses 4 >> >> Mary 1 >> >> >> >> On the 1870 census, father William is listed as a Preacher and Emily, >age >> >> 9, is now listed as "Missouri", age 19. The last name for the >household >> >> is >> >> spelled "Blancet". >> >> >> On the 1880 census, father William is again listed as a Farmer. Living >> >> in >> >> the house are wife Elvira, Moses (age 24), and Mary (age 21). Last >name >> >> spelled Blanset. >> >> Statement in question - On the 1920 census, William is living by himself >as >> a widower. He is 63 years old. >> >> >> On the 1900 census, Moses is the head of his household with wife Susan >H. >> >> They have two daughters, Ethleen age 12, and Carrie age 9. >> >> >> >> Valerie >> >> >> >> ==== MORANDOL Mailing List ==== >> Questions for the List Administrator? >> Send them to Leslie at [email protected] >> > > > >==== MORANDOL Mailing List ==== >Questions for the List Administrator? >Send them to Leslie at [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp