Bunyan was a loom oiler in a textile mill. He died on a January 1, 1979 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
Sources
↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH12-J9D : 8 December 2014), Bunyan Bobo Blanton, 30 Dec 1907; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 23, p. 129, Rutherford, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
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"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGRJ-97X : accessed 16 October 2015), Jennie Hamrick in entry for Bunyan Bobo Blanton, 09 Jan 1979; citing Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, v 00B cn 671, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,454.
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDM-DV5 : accessed 15 October 2015), Benj B Blanton, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 5, family 31, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,658.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGRJ-978 : accessed 15 October 2015), Bunyan Bobo Blanton, 09 Jan 1979; citing Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, v 00B cn 671, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,454.
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Blanton-596 and Blanton-188 appear to represent the same person because: I inadvertently created a duplicate which didn't show up until I tried to add sister Etta Estonia Blanton. Sorry. Please merge