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Lela Jo Blankenship 1879–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 June 1879

Birth Location: Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 1942

Death Location: Colbert County, Alabama, USA

Father: William Blankenship

Mother: Sarah Chilcoat

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Lela Jo Blankenship was born in 1879 in Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA, the child of William Hall Blankenship And Sarah Jane Chilcoat. Lela Jo Blankenship passed away in 1942 in Colbert County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Lela Jo Blankenship was born in 1879 in Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA, the child of William Hall Blankenship And Sarah Jane Chilcoat.
  • Lela Jo Blankenship passed away in 1942 in Colbert County, Alabama, USA.

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Lela Blankenship's Ancestors

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Lela Blankenship
1879–1942
Birth Place: Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA
Parents
William Hall Blankenship
1834–1896
Alabama, USA
Sarah (Jane) Chilcoat
1841–1921
Alabama, USA
Grandparents
James (Sappington) Chilcoat
1813–1897
Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Eliza (Jane) Armor
1820–1845
Lawrence, Alabama, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Chilcoat
1795–1888
Patience Fowler
1797–1863
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John II
1758–1851
Susannah Kelley
1760–1829
Joseph Sr.
1765–1824
Lydia Hawkins
1773–1801

Lela Blankenship's Timeline

2 Records

1879
24 June 1879
Birth of Lela Jo Blankenship in Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA
Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA
1942
1942
Age 63
Death of Lela Jo Blankenship in Colbert County, Alabama, USA
Colbert County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 June 1879
    Event Place: Barton, Colbert County, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Colbert County, Alabama, USA

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