West Virginia Pioneers
Family: Gaston Blankenship / Eunice P Little (F8434)
m. 22 Jun 1869-
Father | Male
Gaston Blankenship
Born 13 May 1848 Mercer County, West Virginia, USA 
Died 1 May 1926 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Barnett Cemetery, Rockcastle, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Married 22 Jun 1869 [1] Mercer County, West Virginia, USA [1] Father Mother Leantha Blankenship | F8433 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Eunice P Little
Born Oct 1848 Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Died Between 1910 and 1920 Buried Father Lorenzo Dow Little | F21856 Group Sheet Mother Zeruah T [Little] | F21856 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
Charles E Blankenship
Born May 1870 Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Died Bef 1880 Buried
Child 3 | Male
Sylvester Reed Blankenship
Born 4 Feb 1875 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 25 Feb 1944 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Barnett Cemetery, Rockcastle, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Spouse Sarah Ella Hesson | F13923 Married 5 Feb 1905 Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Child 4 | Female
Ollie O Blankenship
Born Jan 1879 West Virginia, USA Died 20 Jun 1880 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried
Child 5 | Male
John A Blankenship
Born Jan 1881 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 13 Nov 1945 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried
Child 6 | Male
Son Blankenship
Born Jan 1883 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried
Child 7 | Male
Wilburn Blankenship
Born Feb 1884 West Virginia, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Bertha Cotheren | F8438 Married 17 Jan 1922 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Child 8 | Female
Ivy Earis Blankenship
Born Jan 1886 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 14 Jan 1929 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Buried Spouse John Wesley Lathey | F8436 Married 4 Jan 1903 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Child 9 | Female
Bertha Maud Blankenship
Born 13 Apr 1887 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 1966 Buried Barnett Cemetery, Rockcastle, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Spouse Earl Brentie Kay | F8435 Married 21 Dec 1912 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Child 10 | Male
William Preston Blankenship
Born 15 Jan 1889 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Died 29 Sep 1957 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Barnett Cemetery, Rockcastle, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Spouse Virgie Jane Stewart | F8437 Married 21 Sep 1912 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
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Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 6/22/1869
Place: Mercer
Gaston Blankenship, 21, Mercer, Mercer, Blankenship
U B Little, 20, Mercer, Mercer, LD & Rue Little
1870 East River, Mercer, WV
Blankenship, Gaston 22 VA
Unicy 20 VA
Charles E 1/12 WV May
1880 E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia
Gaston P. BLACKENSHIP Self M M W 33 VA VA VA
Unisa BLANKENSHIP Wife F M W 28 VAVA VA
Sylvester BLANKENSHIP Son M S W 4 OH
Ollie O. BLANKENSHIP Dau F S W 1 WV
1900 Jackson Co Ripley Dist # 420-422
Gaston P Blankenship hd 5/1848 52 m 31y WV WV V
Unniey S, wi 10/1848 m 31y 10-6 WV WV WV
Sylvester R sn 2/1876 s WV WV WV
John sn 1/1881 19 s WV WV WV
Wilburn sn 2/1884 16 s WV WV WV
Ivy E da 1/1886 14 WV WV WV
Bertha M da 4/1888 12 WV WV WV
William sn 6/1890 9 WV WV WV
1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 212-212 all born WVWVWV
Blankenship, Gaston P 61 m1- 40y
Unicia wife 61 m1- 40y 10-6 children
John son 28 S
Wilburg son 25 S
William P son 20 S
Bertha da 22 S
1920 Ripley, Jackson, WV
Blankenship, WP 29 WV VAVA
Virgie 30 WVWVWV
Lola da7 WVWVWV
Ray son 5 WVWVWV
Eunice da 4 3/12
-- son 2 8/12
-- son 0/12
Wib bro 38 s
G P father 74 wd VAVAVA
So it looks like John's age was wrong - or I subtracted wrong. No, I didn't. However, this looks like his birth record:
Blankenship, Jno A, 1/1881, G.P.B. & Selvester B Blankenship, Jackson co,farmer
The other births in Jackson Co:
Blankenship, _____ , 1/1883, G P & Eunice, Jackson Co, farmer, (m)
Blankenship, Bertha Maud, 4/13/1887, Gaston & Eunice (Little) Blankenship, Jackson Co, (f&mpob) Mercer Co, delayed bc
Blankenship, S, 1876, GP & R Blankenship, Ohio, farmer, (m)
Blankenship, WP, 1/15/1889, CJP & Eunice Blankenship, Jackson Co, farmer, (m)
(Jackson County WV Death Records):
Blankenship, Garton, 5/1/1926, 77y11m19d, d Rockcastle, p Lewis Blankenship, b WV, famer, widowed
Blankenship, John, 11/13/1945, 74y10m10d, d JC, p Gaston & Nicey (Little) Blankenship, b WV, farmer, single
Blankenship, Sylvester R, 2/25/1844, 69y21d, d JC, p Garton & (Thomas) Blankenship, b Ohio, farmer, married
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