When William Henderson Blankenbeckler was born on 11 August 1845, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Calvin Blankenbeckler, was 22 and his mother, Edith Evans, was 33. He married Huldah Baxter Addington on 10 December 1863, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Johnson District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 28 March 1917, in Marion, Smyth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Addington Cemetery, Scott, Virginia, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
Arlington Cemetery is a military cemetery. It was originally a plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. This is the location of Robert E. Lee, 16,000 Civil War soldiers, William Howard Taft, John, Jackie, Robert, and Edward Kennedy. The tomb of the unknown soldier is also located here it was dedicated on November 11, 1921. It contains the remains of those soldiers unknown from WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
Variant of Blankenbaker , a surname of German origin.
History: The Blankenbecklers trace their origin to Zachariah or Zacharias Blankenbaker from VA, a descendant of Hans Thomas Blankenbühler (see Blankenbaker ).
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