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Stephen Pettus Blankenship Veteran

Birth: 22 Oct 1833
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 2 Mar 1921 (aged 87)
Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery

Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot: FRONT 6, 14
Memorial ID: 59350124 View Source

--Son of Elias P. Blankenship & wife Matilda Crenshaw.
--Confederate Veteran; He enlisted on 1 May 1862 in Company H, 11th NC Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal and later to Sgt. He was captured in October 1864 and held POW at Point Lookout, MD. He was paroled in May 1865.
--Occupation: Farmer in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County in 1870. He was a farmer in Fort Mill in 1900, 1910, and 1920.
--He married #1 Delia Brittain about 1859; they had 10 children: Julie Catherine, Annie, Edra, James Moulton, Vader B., Elias Marcellus, Janet, Whitfield, Harriet, and Myrtle Blankenship.
--He married #2 Annette Swann on Jan. 5, 1884 in Mecklenburg County they had; 3 children: Infant daughter, May Swann, and John S. Blankenship.
--He married #3 Emma Faris in 1897; 7 children

--Son of Elias P. Blankenship & wife Matilda Crenshaw.
--Confederate Veteran; He enlisted on 1 May 1862 in Company H, 11th NC Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal and later to Sgt. He was captured in October 1864 and held POW at Point Lookout, MD. He was paroled in May 1865.
--Occupation: Farmer in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County in 1870. He was a farmer in Fort Mill in 1900, 1910, and 1920.
--He married #1 Delia Brittain about 1859; they had 10 children: Julie Catherine, Annie, Edra, James Moulton, Vader B., Elias Marcellus, Janet, Whitfield, Harriet, and Myrtle Blankenship.
--He married #2 Annette Swann on Jan. 5, 1884 in Mecklenburg County they had; 3 children: Infant daughter, May Swann, and John S. Blankenship.
--He married #3 Emma Faris in 1897; 7 children

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Created by: Susan I. Grills
Added: Sep 28, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59350124/stephen_pettus-blankenship: accessed ), memorial page for Stephen Pettus Blankenship (22 Oct 1833–2 Mar 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59350124, citing Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Susan I. Grills (contributor 47149766).

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