The Ed Blankenship family with five of their children moved to Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas from Russell Springs, Russell, Kentucky, when Gordon, the fifth child was about six months old. The other children were Mary, Louis, Loren, and George. (Gordon was born in June of 1908. So they made this trip about December of 1908.)
Eight more were born to this union, making a total of thirteen. One girl died as a baby, but 12 lived to be grown and married.
Ed Blankenshhip farmed all his life. They were a very self-sufficient family, raising and butchering most of the meat they used and growing most of the other food.They went many times to the Oxford Mill with loads of corn and wheat to exchange for meal and flour.
Both Ed and his wife, Willa Maud, died at an early age. Three Blankenship children graduated from Belle Plaine High School, as did four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Writen by Mrs. Gordon Blankenship in 1984 for the Belle Plaine book.
The Ed Blankenship family with five of their children moved to Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas from Russell Springs, Russell, Kentucky, when Gordon, the fifth child was about six months old. The other children were Mary, Louis, Loren, and George. (Gordon was born in June of 1908. So they made this trip about December of 1908.)
Eight more were born to this union, making a total of thirteen. One girl died as a baby, but 12 lived to be grown and married.
Ed Blankenshhip farmed all his life. They were a very self-sufficient family, raising and butchering most of the meat they used and growing most of the other food.They went many times to the Oxford Mill with loads of corn and wheat to exchange for meal and flour.
Both Ed and his wife, Willa Maud, died at an early age. Three Blankenship children graduated from Belle Plaine High School, as did four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Writen by Mrs. Gordon Blankenship in 1984 for the Belle Plaine book.
Family Members
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Otha Blankenship
1868–1889
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Asa Blankenship
1870–1963
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Infant Blankenship
1874–1874
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Luther Blankenship
1875–1953
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Nathan Blankenship
1876–1951
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Ellen Blankenship Helm
1878–1957
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Infant Blankenship
1880–1880
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Effie Blankenship Ham
1882–1972
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Roscoe Conklin Blankenship
1884–1968
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Lenora Blankenship Perryman
1886–1962
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Marlor Hawkins "Red" Blankenship
1890–1963
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Mary Elizabeth Blankenship
1900–1921
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Lorn Russell Blankenship
1902–1958
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Louis Hobert Blankenship
1904–1966
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George Sylvester Blankenship
1906–1982
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Gordon Wood Blankenship
1908–1990
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Earl Edward Blankenship
1910–1993
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Joe Floyd Blankenship
1912–1966
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Helen Maud Blankenship Knowles
1914–2002
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Effie Marie Blankenship Meisenheimer
1916–1959
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Walter D Blankenship
1918–1971
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Carl H Blankenship
1921–1991
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Lila Mae Blankenship
1924–1924
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Dorothy Jean Blankenship McManaman
1927–2016
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