The Shemwell Family

Daniel Harvey BlankenshipAge: 67 years18571925

Name
Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Given names
Daniel Harvey
Surname
Blankenship
Birth December 18, 1857
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 9 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 11 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageSarah Ann SansomView this family
1881 (Age 23 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Jane Blankenship
May 7, 1888 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 20, 1900 (Age 42 years)
Marriage

William Wesley MintoMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
July 4, 1906 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Wesley MintoMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
July 4, 1906 (Age 48 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

Thomas Edward DunstonMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
May 4, 1907 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Edward DunstonMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
May 4, 1907 (Age 49 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

George W BradfordMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
November 1, 1909 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge W BradfordMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
November 1, 1909 (Age 51 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

Harry B SmithMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
August 26, 1911 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childHarry B SmithMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
August 26, 1911 (Age 53 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

Edgar Chattin AllenMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 24, 1913 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childEdgar Chattin AllenMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 24, 1913 (Age 55 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 60 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Marriage

Odus Sterling Stephen KentMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 22, 1920 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childOdus Sterling Stephen KentMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
October 22, 1920 (Age 62 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Marriage

George Richard GoldingMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 5, 1923 (Age 65 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Richard GoldingMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 5, 1923 (Age 65 years)
Associate: Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Associate: Sarah Ann Sansom
Death February 18, 1925 (Age 67 years)
Marriage

James Daniel BaysMary Jane BlankenshipView this family
December 25, 1926 (22 months after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Silvercreek Cemetery
Family with Sarah Ann Sansom - View this family
himself
Daniel Harvey Blankenship
Birth: December 18, 1857Buchanan, Virginia, United States
Death: February 18, 1925Packwood, Lewis, Washington, United States
wife
Sarah Ann Sansom
Birth: April 14, 1865Pike, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1946Packwood, Lewis, Washington, United States
Marriage: 1881Boggs, Webster, West Virginia, United States
7 years
daughter

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Harvey Blankenship - Household

ED 135 Glade, Cowen, Webster, West Virginia, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Blankenship, DanielheadWMDec185742M19VAVAVAFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Blankenship, Salie AwifeWFMay186535M19107KYKYWVYesYesYes
Blankenship, John AsonWMDec188118SWVVAKYDay Laborer0YesYesYes
Blankenship, MosussonWMDec188415SWVVAKYFarm Labor32YesYesYes
Blankenship, George LsonWMAug188613SWVVAKY43YesYesYes
Blankenship, Mary JdaughterWFMay188812SWVVAKY3YesYesYes
Blankenship, Eskrege HsonWMApr18955SWVVAKY
Blankenship, William HsonWMDec 18972SWVVAKY
Blankenship, OradaughterWFMay19000 years 0 monthsSWVVAKY