Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Blanchard, James R. 1805 - 1892
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JAMES R. BLANCHARD, M. D.

   Dr. James R. Blanchard died at his residence in Delphi, January 16, 1892. He
was born at Canaan, New Hampshire, October 9, 1805, and at the date of his death
was aged eighty-six years, three months and seven days. He came to Delphi,
October 23, 1833. He was married to Eliza Green, in Delphi, December 24, 1839.
No citizen of Delphi was better known throughout this county, than was Doctor
Blanchard. He practiced his chosen profession up to a short time before his
demise. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in the year 1831. He practiced in
nearly every home in the early years of the settlement and dispensed medicine to
the poor without charge in many cases. He was identified with every movement for
the advancement of the town and county. He had eight children. His wife, who for
more than fifty years had been his helpmate, passed away on the 26th of
December, 1891, twenty-one days in advance of him. He acquired considerable
property and left a will providing how his heirs should have his estate. He was
for fifty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and died full of
years, honored by all, and greatly loved by his descendants.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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