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Lewis Blankenship 1812–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Mar 1812

Birth Location: Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 04 Jun 1898

Death Location: Athens, Mercer, West Virginia, United States

Father: Richard Blankenship

Mother: Rebecca Dillon

Spouse(s): Mary Jones

Children(s): Rebecca Blankenship, Reuben Blankenship, Robert Blankenship, Wiley Blankenship, Mary Blankenship, Dorcas Blankenship, Frances Blankenship, Rhoda Blankenship, Lewis Blankenship

In 1812, Lewis Blankenship entered the world in Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA, born to Richard S Blankenship And Rebecca Ann Dillon. Lewis Blankenship married Mary Polly Jones, and had children including Dorcas Wilson Blankenship, Frances Elizabeth Blankenship, Lewis Winton Blankenship, Mary Jane Blankenship, Rebecca Susan Blankenship, Reuben Garrison Blankenship, Rhoda Ardella Blankenship, Robert Mcnutt Blankenship, Wiley Blair Winton Blankenship. Lewis Blankenship passed away in 1898 in Athens, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1812, Lewis Blankenship entered the world in Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA, born to Richard S Blankenship And Rebecca Ann Dillon.
  • Lewis Blankenship married Mary Polly Jones, and had children including Dorcas Wilson Blankenship, Frances Elizabeth Blankenship, Lewis Winton Blankenship, Mary Jane Blankenship, Rebecca Susan Blankenship, Reuben Garrison Blankenship, Rhoda Ardella Blankenship, Robert Mcnutt Blankenship, Wiley Blair Winton Blankenship.
  • Lewis Blankenship passed away in 1898 in Athens, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Blankenship
1765–1846
Birth Location: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
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Rebecca Dillon
1784–1850
Birth Location: Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Jones
1808–1879
Birth Location: Giles, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Rebecca Blankenship
1839–1899
Birth Location: Princeton or Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia or West Virginia, United States
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Reuben Blankenship
1847–1931
Birth Location: Mercer, West Virginia, USA
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Robert Blankenship
1845–1935
Birth Location: Hardy, Mercer Co, WV
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Wiley Blankenship
1835–1908
Birth Location: Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
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Mary Blankenship
1842–1929
Birth Location: Mercer, West Virginia, USA
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Dorcas Blankenship
1833–1908
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Frances Blankenship
1842–1898
Birth Location: Mercer, West Virginia, USA
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Rhoda Blankenship
1851–1940
Birth Location: Mercer, West Virginia, USA
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Lewis Blankenship
1840–1862
Birth Location: Mercer, West Virginia, USA
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Lewis Blankenship's Ancestors

Self
Lewis Blankenship
1812–1898
Birth Place: Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Parents
Richard S. Blankenship
1765–1846
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Rebecca (Ann) Dillon
1784–1850
Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Cicely Liggon
1743–1825
Dale Parish, Chesterfield Co, VA, Virginia, USA
Jesse (Dillion) Sr.
1749–1833
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Mary (Elizabeth) Blankenship
1759–1842
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Capt. Ligon
1704–1752
Judith Stewart
1704–1784
Mary Belcher
1730–1833
Peter Blankenship
1725–1793
Elizabeth Belcher
1730–1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John STEWART
1663–1714
Michal BALLOU
1687–1719
Mary Gooding
1699–1780
Richard Blankenship
1693–1768
Mary Lodewick
1702–1766

Lewis Blankenship's Descendants

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Lewis Blankenship (1 Mar 1812–04 Jun 1898) m. Mary (Polly) Jones (30 Apr 1808–12 Dec 1879)
  1. 1. Rebecca (Susan) Blankenship 1839–1899 m. Thomas (Anderson) White 1803–1883
    1. 1. Pascal (B.) Blankenship 1866–1937 m. Lilly White 1867–1926
      1. 1. Sarah (Frances) Blankenship 1886–1954 m. Monroe Reed 1869–1956
        1. 1. Edward (G) Reed 1908–1965 m. Vergie (Virginia) White 1914–1991
        2. 2. John (Lee) Reed 1910–1991 m. Ida (May) White 1917–2001
      2. 2. Cora (N) White 1900–1976 m. Henry (Cleveland) Reed 1892–
        1. 1. Henry (Cleveland Reed) Jr. 1934–2010
        2. 2. Lillie (Ruth) Reed 1925–1987
        3. 3. Emma (F) Reed 1927–2000 m. Elmer (Vance Lounsbury) Sr. 1925–2011
        4. 4. Ida (Brown) Reed 1934–2005 m. Cecil (L.) Holmes 1932–1973
        5. 5. Sterling (Levi) Reed 1922–1982 m. Olive (Estella) Ewing 1928–1989 m. Ann (Rose) Sellare 1923–1995
        6. 6. Matthew (P B) Reed 1919–1930
        7. 7. Argala (A) Reid 1921–
      3. 3. Lee (E) Blankenship 1895–1910 m. America (Mable) Gibson 1902–1958
        1. 1. Arlie (Lee) Blankenship 1918–1983
      4. 4. Ardelia (Rebecca) Blankenship 1882–1939 m. Robert (L.) COLE 1880–1965 m. Lawrence (Lee) Blankenship 1877–1957
        1. 1. Lousettie Blankinship 1913–
        2. 2. Dorothe (Lucille) Blankenship 1922–
        3. 3. Orley (O) Blankenship 1911–1984
        4. 4. Anna (Bertha) Blankenship 1903–1956
        5. 5. Zella (M) Blankenship 1905–1970
        6. 6. Oren (Mearl) Blankenship 1908–1950
        7. 7. Charles (Howard) Blankinship 1901–1958
        8. 8. Chessie Blankenship 1921–1950 m. Rev. (Elzie Otis Preast) Sr. 1918–2003
        9. 9. Inn (M) Blankenship 1908–
      5. 5. Virgie (( Voelie)) Blankenship 1922–2004
      6. 6. John (L) White 1893–1946 m. Barbara (Ellen) Conner 1903–1993
        1. 1. Pam Whittaker 1941–2013
        2. 2. Sarah (Annie) Blankenship 1935–2021
        3. 3. Verlie (Lillie Blankenship) Chambers 1921–2019
        4. 4. John (Leonard"James") Blankenship 1941–2018
        5. 5. Sidney (Allen) Blankenship 1939–2021
        6. 6. Mary (Evelyn) Martin 1925–2000
        7. 7. Luther (Jackson "Jack") Blankenship 1933–1998
        8. 8. William (Robert) Blankenship 1927–1984
        9. 9. Joe Blankenship 1928–1995
        10. 10. Arlie (Dayton) Blankenship 1944–1952
        11. 11. Lee (Edward) Blankenship 1930–2009
      7. 7. William (Robert) Blankenship 1888–1953 m. Della (Mae St) Clair 1881–1952
        1. 1. Nancy (Rebecca Jane) Meadows 1910–1959
        2. 2. Robert (L) White 1917–1974
        3. 3. Violet (Mae) Blankenship 1915–1980
        4. 4. Verlie (L) Blankenship 1930–2004
        5. 5. Verlie (L) Blankenship 1920–2003
        6. 6. William (Garland) Blankenship 1912–1986
        7. 7. Louis (P) Blankenship 1923–
      8. 8. David (Alderson) Blankenship 1891–1948
      9. 9. George (P) Blankenship 1886–1932
      10. 10. Ocie (A) Blankenship 1894– m. Hubert (B) Craighead 1889–
        1. 1. Helen (M) Craighead 1918–
        2. 2. Margaret (A) Craighead 1920–
        3. 3. Betty (B) Craighead 1923–
        4. 4. Robert (L) Craighead 1925–
      11. 11. Josephene (Etta) Blankenship 1894–1989 m. Junius (Sidney) Ellison 1878–
        1. 1. Matthew (Leslie) Ellison 1919–2006
        2. 2. Julia (Ann) Ellison 1917–
    2. 2. John (Lewis Watson) White 1869–1958 m. Elizabeth Gore 1865–1953
      1. 1. Lewis (Irvin) White 1909–1968
    3. 3. Nellie (May) White 1882–1974
    4. 4. Lena (Boyd "Linnie") White 1880–1959
    5. 5. Twin Boy 1856–1856
    6. 6. Twin Boy 1856–1856
    7. 7. Zora (Evelyn) Holdren 1861–1899 m. Joseph (M) Holdren 1863–
    8. 8. Thomas (Benton) White 1835–1862 m. Martha (Melvina) Scott 1837–1887
      1. 1. Mary (Virginia) White 1862–1880
      2. 2. William (K) White 1863–
      3. 3. George (Watson) White 1860–1893
      4. 4. Louis (Kelly) White 1858–1938
      5. 5. John (David) White 1856–1933
    9. 9. Holley White 1885–
    10. 10. Harmon White 1825–1895
    11. 11. Cecil White 1880–
    12. 12. George White 1887–
    13. 13. Howard (M.) White 1872–1916
    14. 14. Thomas (W) White 1869–
    15. 15. Francis White 1818–1867 m. John Early 1820–1880
      1. 1. Benjamin (Robert) White 1847–1919
      2. 2. Stephen Early 1840–1927
      3. 3. George Early 1857–
      4. 4. William (R) Early 1854–
      5. 5. Mary (Jane) Early 1849–1940
      6. 6. Thomas (R) Early 1845–1890
    16. 16. Iena (B. Thompson) Dezell 1881–1959
  2. 2. Reuben (Garrison) Blankenship 1847–1931
  3. 3. Robert (Mcnutt) Blankenship 1845–1935
  4. 4. Wiley (Blair Winton) Blankenship 1835–1908
  5. 5. Mary (Jane) Blankenship 1842–1929
  6. 6. Dorcas (Wilson) Blankenship 1833–1908
  7. 7. Frances (Elizabeth) Blankenship 1842–1898
  8. 8. Rhoda (Ardella) Blankenship 1851–1940
  9. 9. Lewis (Winton) Blankenship 1840–1862

Lewis Blankenship's Timeline

2 Records

1812
1 Mar 1812
Birth of Lewis Blankenship in Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
1898
04 Jun 1898
Age 86
Death of Lewis Blankenship in Athens, Mercer, West Virginia, United States
Athens, Mercer, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1812
    Event Place: Mercer, Loudoun, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Jun 1898
    Event Place: Athens, Mercer, West Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
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