Charles Smith Blankenship

Brief Life History of Charles Smith

When Charles Smith Blankenship was born on 20 August 1870, in Macon, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joel W Blankenship, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Frances Law, was 28. He married Matilda Fannie Napier in 1893, in Macon, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Civil District 2, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 2, Macon, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 11 July 1935, in Macon, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Mount Union United Methodist Church Cemetery, Adolphus, Allen, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Smith Blankenship
1870–1935
Florence Seawood Cox
1884–1962
Marriage: 1908
Clara Bessie Blankenship
1909–1931
Vessie Maybelle Blankenship
1911–1928
Charles Woodrow Blankenship
1913–1987
James Lester Blankenship
1916–1989
Robert Leslie Blankenship
1918–2011
Martha Ann Blankenship
1920–1995
Ruby Louise Blankenship
1923–2004

Sources (20)

  • Carlien S Blankinship, "United States Census, 1900"
  • C S Blankenship, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Charlie Smith Blankinship, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"

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1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1888

Historical Boundaries: 1888: Allen, Kentucky, United States

Name Meaning

English (northern): variant of Blenkinsop . See also Blankinship , compare Blakenship .

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

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