He married Mary Vandiver on June 5, 1904. They had one child, Herman Doyal Bland, and appear in the 1910 Federal Census of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The household included: J D Bland, age 29, married once for five years, born in Arkansas, a farmer; Mollie Bland, age 23, married once for five years, one child; Doyal Bland, age 2, born in Oklahoma; and Creed King, age 14, a farm hand.
He remarried after Mary's death. When he registered for the WWI draft in September 1918, he listed his nearest relative as Ethel Bland. He stated that he was blind in his right eye. He was observed as being short, of medium build with blue eyes and dark hair. He was working as a rural mail carrier.
He appears in the 1920 Federal Census of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, with his wife and son. The household included: Joseph D Bland, age 39, born in Arkansas to parents from Tennessee, a rural letter carrier; Ethel, age 32, born in Oklahoma to a father from Utah and a mother from Missouri, a saleslady in retail dry goods; Herman D, age 12, born in Oklahoma to a father from Arkansas and a mother from Oklahoma; and Sadie F Daniel, age 19, a boarder, public school teacher.
Five years later, he and Ethel had a child. They appear in the 1930 and 1940 Federal Census of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Their 1930 household included: J D Bland, age 49; Ethel, age 42, and Wanda J, age 5, born in Oklahoma to a father from Arkansas and a mother from Oklahoma.
He married Mary Vandiver on June 5, 1904. They had one child, Herman Doyal Bland, and appear in the 1910 Federal Census of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The household included: J D Bland, age 29, married once for five years, born in Arkansas, a farmer; Mollie Bland, age 23, married once for five years, one child; Doyal Bland, age 2, born in Oklahoma; and Creed King, age 14, a farm hand.
He remarried after Mary's death. When he registered for the WWI draft in September 1918, he listed his nearest relative as Ethel Bland. He stated that he was blind in his right eye. He was observed as being short, of medium build with blue eyes and dark hair. He was working as a rural mail carrier.
He appears in the 1920 Federal Census of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, with his wife and son. The household included: Joseph D Bland, age 39, born in Arkansas to parents from Tennessee, a rural letter carrier; Ethel, age 32, born in Oklahoma to a father from Utah and a mother from Missouri, a saleslady in retail dry goods; Herman D, age 12, born in Oklahoma to a father from Arkansas and a mother from Oklahoma; and Sadie F Daniel, age 19, a boarder, public school teacher.
Five years later, he and Ethel had a child. They appear in the 1930 and 1940 Federal Census of Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Their 1930 household included: J D Bland, age 49; Ethel, age 42, and Wanda J, age 5, born in Oklahoma to a father from Arkansas and a mother from Oklahoma.
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