Hiram Bland (1825 - 1851)

Born 1825 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Bays) Ray — married 17 Jan 1841 in Greene, Indiana

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1851 at about age 26 in Tulip, Greene, Indiana, United States

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Biography

When Hiram Bland was born in 1825, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Osborn Bland Jr., was 45 and his mother, Patsy Donahue, was 41. He married Rachel Bays on 25 December 1834, in Greene, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at four children. He lived in Richland Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 13 June 1851, in Greene, Indiana, United States, at the age of 26 and is buried in Conder Cemetery, Greene County, Indiana. He was "the only man in Greene, Indiana legally hanged in Greene co, Indiana" for the murder of his brother-in-law William Walker. He killed his brother-in-law for beating his sister.

Sources

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DWL2-FPMM : 3 August 2022), Hiram Bland. Spouse's name: Rachael Bays, female; marriage place: Indiana; marriage date: 17 Jan 1841.

• 1850 United States Census, 1850. Name: Hiram Bland; male; age 25; home in 1850: Richland Township, Greene, Indiana; birth year: 1825; birthplace: Kentucky; race: White; Ethnicity: American.

• Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16642351/hiram-bland

• Bland Family Tree -- account of the death of Hiram. https://blandfamilytree2.weebly.com/osborne-bland-jr-notes.html

• Early history of Greene County, Indiana by Uncle Jack Baber (1875, printed by the Worthington Times), Chapter XI, Pages 42-43. (https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofgr00babe/page/42/mode/2up)

Repository

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ8F-JRS

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Blackmore for creating Bland-442 on 22 Jul 13.

Thank you to Larry Gardner for creating Bland-448 on 31 Jul 13.