Barber County KS Archives Obituaries.....Blankenship, Marcus L. 1922 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 February 4, 2020, 6:39 pm The Coats Courant Thur Mar 16, 1922 pg 6 OBITUARY Funeral services for the late M. L. Blankenship were held at the home, 410 South Jackson street, Pratt, Kansas, last Thursday morning. The family and friends started with the body to Odd Fellows cemetery near Coats, but were unable to get through on account of the storm. The body was laid to rest Friday morning. Mr. Blankenship was born in Springfield, Mo. Nov 1, 1842. In 1879 he came to Barber county and settled on a ranch, where he lived until a few years ago, when he moved to Coats, later he came to Pratt to make his make his home. [sic] He was a member of the Masonic order at Coats and the consistory at Wichita. He was married October 8, 1877, to Clara Belle Shumate of Columbus, KS. She passed away March 28, 1817. [sic] July 27, 1920, he was married to Fanny Neatherley. He raised two nieces of Mrs. Blankenship's, Olive B. Fraizer and Mrs. A. L. Johnson, from the ages of 7 and 11. He is survived by Mrs. Fanny Blankenship, Mrs. E. McCauley, of Port Arthur, Texas, and her two daughters, Mrs. Fred Houghton, of Kansas City and Mrs. Jack Bastian, of Port Arthur. Also two nieces Miss Inez Jenkins of Springfield, MO., and Mrs. Geo. Baxter, of Phoenix, Ariz. Additional Comments: 1850 Campbell, Greene, MO Hezekiah S B Blankenship 28 VA Clarissa Blankenship 22 NC Walter D Blankenship 2 MO 1860 Van Buren, Newton, MO 1234 -A. W. Blankenship 63 VA Naomi Blankenship 64 VA William Blankenship 23 IN 1235 -H S Blankenship 39 VA Farmer Clarrissa Blankenship 30 NC W D Blankenship 11 MO Marcus Blankenship 9 MO Emma Blankenship 6 MO Mary Blankenship 3 MO J B Blankenship 30 IN 1870 Campbell, Greene, Missouri Hezekiah Blankenship 52 VA Brick Mason Clara Blankenship 42 NC Marcus Blankenship 18 MO Susan Blankenship 16 MO Mary Blankenship 12 MO William Blankenship 8 MO 1880 Springfield, Greene, Missouri, H. S. Blankenship 59 VA head brick mason Clara Blankenship 51 NC wife Marcus Blankenship 28 MO son brick mason Clara B. Blankenship 19 Ark wife [Clarabelle Shumate] Willie Blankenship 18 MO son brick mason 1885 Kansas State Census Sun City, Barber, KS Marcus Blenkenship 34 Bell Blenkenship 26 1900 Turkey Creek, Barber, KS Marcus Blankenship 48 Oct 1832 MO VA NC Clarabell Blankenship 39 Jul 1860 AR KY AR Clara Blankenship 71 Sep 1823 NC NC NC Albert Carr 29 hired man 1905 Kansas State Census Turkey Creek, Barber, KS M. L. Blankenship 53 B Blankenship 45 1910 Grant, Pratt, Kansas Markie L Blankenship 58 MO VA IN married 32 years first marriage Bell C Blankenship 49 AR KY TN married 32 years first marriage 1915 Kansas State Census Grant, Pratt, Kansas M L Blankenship 63 C Bell Blanksip 52 1920 Pratt, Pratt, Kansas Blankenship 66 MO VA IN widowed male Submitter is not related and has no further information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/barber/obits/b/blankens2680gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb