Eleanor Lanman

Brief Life History of Eleanor

When Eleanor Lanman was born on 2 September 1819, in Perry, Indiana, United States, her father, James Taylor Lanman III, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Jarboe, was 23. She married Isaac Blakely on 1 December 1836, in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 5 June 1851, in Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Appanoose, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Blakely
1814–1887
Eleanor Lanman
1819–1851
Marriage: 1 December 1836
Reuben Lanman Blakely
1838–1916
Lycurgus Blakely
1840–1922
Margaret Blakely
1843–1872
Elizabeth Blakely
1846–1882
Elenor Blakely
1851–1889

Sources (6)

  • Eleanor Lammers, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Eleanor Lanman Blakley, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Eleanor Lauman in entry for Reuben L. Blakely and Martha A. Pittman King, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis

The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Welsh borders): variant of Longman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Marriage of Isaac Blakely and Eleanor Lanman

The first marriage in the Fairfield, Iowa area was that of Isaac Blakely to Eleanore Lanman at her parents cabin. (Her parents gave consent for her marriage.) Mrs. Lanman was distressed because s …

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