Re: Looking for King Hiram Blankenship
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Looking for King Hiram Blankenship
Susan Allen 6/13/12
I think this is the family that you are looking for in the 1910 census of Baileysville, Wyoming county, West Virginia:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELFKing H BlankenshipM 55y Virginia
WIFEClema BlankenshipF 53y West Virginia
SONCharlie BlankenshipM 21y West Virginia
DAULurena BlankenshipF 15y West Virginia
DAUMartha TalerF 20y West Virginia
Vida TalerF 2y West Virginia
Lettie TalerF 0y 11m West Virginia
The census record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPNS-4T5
1900 census of ED 92 Stafford district, Mingo, West Virginia:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
HeadKing BlankenshipM 46 Virginia born 1854, married 26 years
WifeClemma BlankenshipF 44 Virginiaborn March 1856, mother of 13 children, 8 still living
SonJames BlankenshipM 17 West Virginia October 1883
SonCaloway BlankenshipM 14 West VirginiaJune 1886
SonCharles BlankenshipM 13 West VirginiaAugust 1887
DaughterMartha BlankenshipF 11 West VirginiaOctober 1889
DaughterReena BlankenshipF 5 West VirginiaJune 1895
The 1900 census record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11784-114775-52?cc=1325221
Hiram and Clemma were also in the 1880 census of Sandy River, McDowell, West Virginia, with a younger family:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELFHiram BlankenshipM 24 Virginia, United States
WIFEClemma BlankenshipF 21 Virginia, United States
SONV. Witcher BlankenshipM 3 Virginia, United States
DAUCelia BlankenshipF 2M West Virginia, United States
The 1880 census record is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6RY-6YN
This appears to be the same Hiram in the 1870 census of Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Dan BlankinshipM 47y Virginia
Mary A BlankinshipF 50y Virginia
Patsey BlankinshipF 27y Virginia
Sillia BlankinshipF 18y Virginia
Hiram K BlankinshipM 15y Virginia
Levi BlankinshipM 13y Virginia
General L BlankinshipM 12y Virginia
Spilia BlankinshipF 10y Virginia
John BlankinshipM 8y Virginia
1870 census record:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFLV-CKR
Clemma Blankenship was born 11 March 1854 at Mingo county, Virginia (now part of West Virginia) and died 24 June 1939 at McDowell county, West Virginia.Her parents were Harvey Bailey and Nancy Cline.Her death certificate is here:http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1046384&Type=Deathhttp://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1046384&Type=Death
A good, free, place to research is www.familysearch.org.
West Virginia vital records are available free of charge at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/This site is very spelling specific, but does allow the use of wildcards (*s).I did not find a death record for Hiram nor KingBlankenship.
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Re: Looking for King Hiram Blankenship
Susan Allen 6/15/12