JACOB COLUMBUS BLANKENSHIP Submitted by: Rodney Veitschegger 2072 Quail Run Drive, Bowling Green, Ky 42104 E-mail: rdvsr at aol.com Note: this family is related to the Roberts and Workmans of Riffe, WA. 1. JACOB COLUMBUS9 BLANKENSHIP (DEWITT CLINTON8, HEZEKIAH7, WILLIAM6, ISHAM5, JOHN4, RALPH3, AMERICAN2 BLANKENSHIPS, BL_NK_NSH_PS1) was born 26 Oct 1870 in WV, and died 10 Nov 1943 in Ajlune, Lewis Co, WA. He married LOURETHA MONTEAGLE WORKMAN 07 Apr 1892 in Greenbrier Co., WV, daughter of WILLIAM WORKMAN and NEREVA STANLEY. She was born 25 Sep 1868 in Wyoming Co, WV, and died 02 Nov 1932 in Stewartstown, PA. Notes for JACOB COLUMBUS BLANKENSHIP: This line from Donald J. Auvil (djauvil at comcast dot net) 1910 Census, Klikitet, Lewis Co., WA, Blankenship, Joseph C. 39, M, WV-KY-KY, Head, Son of Dewitt Clinton Blankenship & Mary Lester Blankenship, Lusitha ?? 42, F, WV-WV-WV, Wife, Louretha Workman Blankenship, Rebecca J. 16, F, WV-WV-WV, Dau, Blankenship, Judy C. 15, F, WV-WV-WV, Dau, Blankenship, Belsey B. 13, F, WV-WV-WV, Dau, Blankenship, Mary 11, F, WV-WV-WV, Dau, Blankenship, Collie 09, M, WV-WV-WV, Son, Blankenship, Frank 07, M, WV-WV-WV, Son, Blankenship, Oley M. 05, F, WV-WV-WV, Dau, Blankenship, Alfred 02, M, WA-WV-WV, Son, Blankenship, Ellen 3/12, F, WA-WV-WV, Dau, Blankenship, Mary 87, F, KY-KY-KY, Mother, Mary Lester from Geneva Ruth Hatfield-Loos (Dgloos(at)aol dot com) Children of JACOB BLANKENSHIP and LOURETHA WORKMAN are: i. Rebecca Jane(10) Blankenship, b. 22 Jul 1893, Renick, Greenbrier Co., WV; d. 08 Jan 1975, Cordova, Greenbrier Co., WV; m. Thomas Jefferson Christian, 22 Apr 1914, Bentonville, AR. ii. Judy Catherine Blankenship, b. 16 Aug 1894, Renick, Greenbrier Co., WV; d. 24 Aug 1969, Morton, Lewis Co., WA; m. (1) Simeon Hannibal Auvil, 28 Apr 1915, Pocahontas Co., WV; m. (2) Jonah W. Blankenship, 02 Jul 1938, Chehalis, Lewis Co, WA. More About Judy Catherine Blankenship:Burial: Mossyrock, Lewis Co., WA iii. Lobelia Octavia Blankenship, b 3 Aug 1896, Mossyrock, Lewis Co., WA; d. 03 Feb 1955, Oxford, PA; m. Herlis Howard Roney. iv. Mary Francis Blankenship, b. 07 Mar 1898; d. Abt. 1987; m. Joseph McIntire. v. John Collie Blankenship, b. 26 Oct 1901, Renick, Greenbrier Co., WV; d. 22 Oct 1978; m. Carolyn Vollandt Dawson, 15 Apr 1926. vi. Benjamin Franklin Blankenship, b. 27 May 1903, Greenbrier Co., WV; d. 09 Sep 1933, Riffe, Lewis Co., WA; m. Garnet Lenore Perkins. More About Benjamin Franklin Blankenship: Burial: Mossyrock, Lewis Co., WA vii. Ola Mae Blankenship, b. 08 Dec 1905, Mossyrock, Lewis Co, WA; d. 31 Jul 1987, Rising Sun, MD; m. James Morton McCardell, 11 Sep 1929, Elizabethtown, PA. viii. Alfred Blankenship, b. 19 Nov 1907, Mossyrock, Lewis Co, WA; d. 01 Jan 1974, Myrtle Creek, OR; m. Lena Belle Belcher. ix. Ellen Nevada Blankenship, b. 23 Oct 1910, Mossyrock, Lewis Co, WA; d. 23 Jun 1983, Roseburg, OR; m. (1) Ezra Osborne Blankenship; m. (2) Vasel Godfrey; mf(3) John Stokes.