Descendants of Ralph Blankensopp:Information about Jacob Columbus Blankenship
Jacob Columbus Blankenship (b. October 26, 1870, d. November 10, 1943)
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Jacob Columbus Blankenship (son of DeWitt Clinton Blankenship and Mary Lester) was born October 26, 1870 in Wyoming County, W. Va., and died November 10, 1943 in Ajlune, Lewis Co., Wa..He married Leuretha Monteagle Workman on April 07, 1892 in Greenbrier County, WVA, daughter of William Washington Workman and Noreva Stanley.

Information from Don Auvil on Washington State.
Sorce of information about" Jake" from Frank Blankenship.Frank said that when "Pap-paw" came back to the East, he settled a place called Robin's Fork.He said that the property owned by S.H. Auvil and the property owned by Jake Blankenship had a common line (i.e. the two parcels joined).
Jake had land deeded to him from his father, DeWitt Clinton in 1899 and Andrew Butler in 1900
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Jacob remarried in the 1940s.Their marriage was short-lived, because his wife took her own life after just a few years of their marriage.
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More About Jacob Columbus Blankenship and Leuretha Monteagle Workman:
Marriage: April 07, 1892, Greenbrier County, WVA.
Children of Jacob Columbus Blankenship and Leuretha Monteagle Workman are:
- +Rebecca Jane Blankenship, b. July 27, 1893, Renick, Greenbrier Co., W. Va., d. January 08, 1975, Cordova, Greenbrier C., W.Va..
- +Juda Catherine Blankenship, b. August 16, 1894, Renick, Greenbrier Co., W. Va., d. August 24, 1969, Morton, Lewis Co.,Wa..
- +Lobelia Octavia Blankenship, b. August 03, 1896, Mossyrock, Lewis Co.,Wa., d. February 03, 1955, Oxford, Chester Co., Pa..
- +Mary Frances Blankenship, b. 1898, d. date unknown.
- +John Colley Blankenship, b. October 26, 1901, Renick, Greenbrier Co., W. Va., d. October 22, 1978, Harford Memorial Hosp., Havre de Grace, HarfordCo., Md..
- +Benjamin Franklin Blankenship, b. May 27, 1903, Renick, Greenbrier Co., W. Va./Renick, Greenbrier Co., WV, d. September 09, 1933, Riffe, Lewis Co., Wa..
- +Ola Mae Blankenship, b. December 08, 1905, Riffe, Lewis Co., Wa., d. July 31, 1987, Rising Sun, Cecil Co., Md..
- +Joseph Alfred Blankenship, b. November 19, 1907, Mossyrock, Lewis Co.,Wa., d. January 01, 1974, Myrtle Creek, Oregon.
- +Ellen Nevada Blankenship, b. October 23, 1910, Mosstrock, Lewis Co., Wa., d. June 23, 1983, Roseburg, Or.Buried inRiddle, Or..