Mackinac County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Blanchard, Isaac 
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Cemetery:           Gros Cap Cemetery
Name:               Isaac Blanchard

Date Of Photograph: October 21, 2007
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In Memory of
Isaac Blanchard
Aged 79 years, 22 days
Died June 10, 1866

A Native of Plainfield, New Hampshire

"Farewell, my wife and children all
From you a father Christ doth call
Mourn not for me
It is in vain

Additional Comments:
Isaac was born on 19 May 1787 and was a native of Plainfield, New Hampshire.  
He worked as a laborer before enlisting in the army.  27 years old at the 
time, he was physically described in 1813 as 5' 9-1/4" tall with hazel eyes, 
black hair, and a dark complexion.  He came to Mackinac Island as an artillery 
soldier around 1816.  He re-enlisted in 1827 and became a sergeant in 
Company "I" of the 2nd Artillery at Ford Mackinac until November 1822, after 
which he remained on the Island and married Mary Babbeau, December 9, 1824 on 
Mackinac Island and my record indicates they had eleven children.  He became a 
member of the Presbyterian Church on the Island in 1823, and was the Mackinac 
County, Moran Township Justice of the Peace by 1859.  He died 10 Jun 1866 in 
Moran Township and is buried at Gros Cap Cemetery, Block 2, Lot 4


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