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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Possible Related NamesThe 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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