America (Tanner) Blosser (1869 - 1940)

Born 3 Sep 1869 in Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States

Wife of Jesse Blosser — married 24 Aug 1906 (to 26 Nov 1940) in Roane, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1940 at age 71 in Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

America Tanner was born September 3, 1869 and is the daughter of Jesse Tanner and Sarah Greathouse.^[1] America grew up in Spencer, West Virginia^[2][3] along with ten siblings; Mary Lucinda Tanner, William James Tanner, Minerva Jane Tanner, George Tanner, Henry Lawson Tanner, Sarah Elizabeth Tanner, Floyd W Tanner, John Wesley Tanner, Artimetia Tanner and Everett Tanner.

America married Jesse Blosser August 24, 1906^[4] and they made their home in Spencer, West Virginia^[5][6][7][8] until her death November 26, 1940.^[9] Together they raised four children; Frederick Goff, Hugh Goff, Raymond Andrew Blosser^[10] and Dorsey Blosser. America is buried in Tanner Cemetery, Spencer, West Virginia.^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMH5-1PL : 10 February 2018), America Tanner, 1869; citing Roane, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 565,829.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ41-G42 : 12 April 2016), America Tanner in household of Jessee [Jesse] Tanner, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 26, family 188, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,198.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6T4-CGK : 15 July 2017), America Tanner in household of Jesse Tanner, Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 124, sheet 102C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1413; FHL microfilm 1,255,413.
4. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FT6Q-QY8 : 4 December 2014), Jessey [Jesse] Blosser and America Tanner, 1906; citing Roane, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 565,835.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPFY-9MK : accessed 24 August 2018), America Blosser in household of Jessee [Jesse] Blosser, Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 6B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1696; FHL microfilm 1,375,709.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2Z-KLJ : accessed 24 August 2018), America Blosser in household of Jessie [Jesse] Blosser, Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 126, sheet 28A, line 22, family 531, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1971; FHL microfilm 1,821,971.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCW-6KK : accessed 24 August 2018), America Blasser [Blosser] in household of Jesse Blasser [Blosser], Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 11B, line 81, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2555; FHL microfilm 2,342,289.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZB-9RH : accessed 24 August 2018), America Blosser in household of Jessie [Jesse] Blosser, Spencer Magisterial District, Roane, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-12, sheet 13B, line 66, family 228, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4445.
9. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9WP-BS3 : 10 March 2018), America Blosser, 26 Nov 1940; citing Spencer, Roane, West Virginia, County Records, y 1940, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 565,848.
10. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM9B-Q95 : 4 December 2014), America Tanner in entry for Raymond Andrew Blosser, 04 Apr 1963; citing Roane, West Virginia, County Records, 6671, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,991,975.
11. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQQ-P7J : 10 March 2018), America Blosser, 26 Nov 1940; citing Roane, West Virginia, County Records, 15356, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,557.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #147540032 America Tanner Blosser, 1940; Burial, Roane, West Virginia, United States of America, Tanner Cemetery

See also:

• America Tanner FamilySearch