West Virginia Pioneers
Ivy Earis Blankenship
1886 - 1929 (~ 42 years)-
Name Ivy Earis Blankenship Born Jan 1886 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 14 Jan 1929 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Notes
Death Record
Name: Iva Earis Lathey
Sex: Female
Death Date: 14 Jan 1929
Death Place: Pt Pleasant, Cooper Dist, Mason, WV
Age at Death: 44y?
Burial Date: 16 Jan 1929
Cemetery: Mt.Zion Cem.
Birth Place: Jackson Co., Wv
Marital Status: M
Occupation: Housewife
Mother: Unicey Little
Father: Guston/Blankenship
Father's Birth Place: Va
Informant: J W Lathey, Pt Pleasant
Person ID I27506 WVPioneers Last Modified 26 Aug 2009
Father Gaston Blankenship, b. 13 May 1848, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA , d. 1 May 1926, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) Mother Eunice P Little, b. Oct 1848, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA , d. Between 1910 and 1920 (Age ~ 61 years) Married 22 Jun 1869 Mercer County, West Virginia, USA [3] 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
Family ID F8434 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Wesley Lathey, b. 7 May 1882, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 21 Jan 1955, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia (Age 72 years) Married 4 Jan 1903 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes
1910 Ripley, Jackson, WV # 209
Lathey, John W 28 m1- 7t WV OHOH
Ivy E 24 m1- 7y 4-4 children WV VAVA
Ottie son 6
Leddie son 4
Janie da 2
Herman son 7/12
1920 Given Pct, Ripley, Jackson, WV # 135
Lathey, John 37 WV OHOH
Iva 35 WV VAVA
Ottie son 16
Leddy son 14
Jennie da 11
Herman son 10
Louis son 8
Verdia da 6
Dora da 3 11/12
Debert son 3 11/12
Verley son 7/12
Children 1. Ottie Lathey, b. CA 1904, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown2. Leddie Lathey, b. CA 1906, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Janie Lathey, b. 2 Jan 1908, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown4. Herman Lathey, b. 1909, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown5. Louis Lathey 6. Verdia Lathey 7. Delbert Lathey 8. Dora Lathey 9. Verley Lathey 10. Sylvia Pauline Lathey Family ID F8436 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - 14 Jan 1929 - Mason, Mason County, West Virginia 
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