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Joseph Robert Blanton Sr.

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Joseph Robert Blanton Sr. Veteran

Birth
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
25 Jan 1886 (aged 56)
Rush County, Kansas, USA
Burial
La Crosse, Rush County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Joseph Robert Blanton was the son of James Blanton and Mary Vestal Jay. On April 29, 1851, he married Mary Eveline Dimsdale, the daughter of Nesbit and Elizabeth Gibbs Dimsdale. The Blantons had a several children:

James F. Blanton - b. 1851
Mary Elizabeth Blanton Perkins- b. 1855, d. 1931
Celia Ann S Blanton - b. 1860
William E.S. "Nesbit" Blanton- b. 1865, d. 1957
Dr. Louisa Lolo D. Blanton Gillespie - b. 1867, d. 1952
Rev. Joseph Robert Blanton Jr. - b. 1871, d. 1934
Rosa Amelia Blanton Gibbs - b. 1873, d. 1950
Margaret Alice Mattie Mae Blanton Gardner - b. 1876, d. 1958
Lizzie Elmira Grace Blanton Smith - b. 1880, d. 1955

Although she outlived him by almost thirty years, his wife never remarried.
Joseph Robert Blanton was the son of James Blanton and Mary Vestal Jay. On April 29, 1851, he married Mary Eveline Dimsdale, the daughter of Nesbit and Elizabeth Gibbs Dimsdale. The Blantons had a several children:

James F. Blanton - b. 1851
Mary Elizabeth Blanton Perkins- b. 1855, d. 1931
Celia Ann S Blanton - b. 1860
William E.S. "Nesbit" Blanton- b. 1865, d. 1957
Dr. Louisa Lolo D. Blanton Gillespie - b. 1867, d. 1952
Rev. Joseph Robert Blanton Jr. - b. 1871, d. 1934
Rosa Amelia Blanton Gibbs - b. 1873, d. 1950
Margaret Alice Mattie Mae Blanton Gardner - b. 1876, d. 1958
Lizzie Elmira Grace Blanton Smith - b. 1880, d. 1955

Although she outlived him by almost thirty years, his wife never remarried.

Inscription

SGT.
Co. A.
19 N.C. INF.
C. S. A.



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