Barnett Blankenship (1768-1849)

Bersheba Meador (Abt 1776-After 1840)

John Blankinship (cal 1798-1870)

Sarah Roark (cal 1808-1890)

Hiram Blankinship (1836-1905)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. J. Melvina Henderson Denton Blankinship+ Clarinda Blankinship Sally Ann Blankinship William Washington Blankinship Mary Susan Blankinship Ruben Clinton Blankinship Samantha Elizabeth Blankinship Hiram Thomas Blankinship Joseph Wesley Blankinship Rosa Viola Blankinship Arthur Blankinship Hiram Blankinship 1 2 3 4 5 Born: 12 Jul 1836, , Smith, Tennessee, United States 1 4 5 Marriage (1): J. Melvina Henderson on 25 Aug 1858 Died: 5 Aug 1905, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States at age 69 4 Buried: After 5 Aug 1905, Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 4   Noted events in his life were: • Residence, 26 Sep 1850, , Macon, Tennessee, United States. 3 • Occupation: Farmer, 16 Oct 1860, Lafayette, Macon, Tennessee, United States. 2 • Residence, 16 Oct 1860, Lafayette, Macon, Tennessee, United States. 2 • Occupation: Farmer, 1870, Lafayette, Macon, Tennessee, United States. 1 • Residence, 1870, Lafayette, Macon, Tennessee, United States. 1 • Travel, 1878. Hiram Blankinship joined a train of nine wagons and followed the Trail of Tears route as he headed north central Tennessee (Macon County) up to Paducah, Kentucky. The wagon train then crossed the Ohio River at Golconda. From Golconda, the train went north through the southern tip of Illinois and crossed the Mississippi River at Cape Gerardo, Missouri. From there, the train went through a part of the Ozarks and eventually arrived in Kansas. He homesteaded a farm in Chautauqua County, Kansas. • Occupation: Farmer, 11 Jun 1880, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 6 • Residence, 11 Jun 1880, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 6 • Residence, 22 Jun 1900, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 5 • Occupation: Farmer, 22 Jul 1900, Harrison, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. 5 Hiram married J. Melvina Henderson on 25 Aug 1858. (J. Melvina Henderson was born on 8 Mar 1839 in , , Kentucky, United States,1 4 7 died on 10 Aug 1910 in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 4 and was buried after 10 Aug 1910 in Hewins, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States 4.)

1 1870 U.S. census, Macon, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District 5, p. 2, dwelling 9, family 9, Blankinship Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed 11 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 1545.

2 1860 U.S. census, Macon, Tennessee, population schedule, p. 74, dwelling 557, family 537, Blankinship family; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1263.

3 1850 U.S. census, Macon, Tennessee, population schedule, District 5, p. 195A, dwelling 782, family 782, Blankinship Family; digital images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 888.

4 Tomb stone.

5 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Harrison, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 7, p. 7B, dwelling 147, family 148, Hiram Blankinship; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.

6 1880 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Harrison, enumeration district (ED) 69, p. 9, dwelling 81, family 81, Blankenship family; digital images (accessed 11 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 375.

7 1900 U.S. census, Chautauqua, Kansas, population schedule, Harrison, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 7, p. 7B, dwelling 147, family 148, Melvina Blankinship; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 11 Jan 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 473.