William
Jasper
Blan
aka Bland
Born in Georgetown, Quitman, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Harrison Jones Blan
and Samantha (Thompson) Bland
Brother of
Harrison Lafayette Blan, Abner Marion Blan, Nancy Caroline (Blan) Whitaker, John Franklin Blan, Lucy Ann (Bland) Belcher and Harrison Breckenridge Bland
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 48
in Diana, Upshur, Texas, United States
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Biography
When William Jasper Bland was born on 9 July 1844, in Georgetown, Quitman, Georgia, United States, his father, Harrison Jones Bland, was 25 and his mother, Samantha Thompson, was 26.
He married Nancy Whittaker about 1866, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
Following Nancy's death in 1884, William married Eliza Mayfield on February 8, 1885 in Upshur, Texas.
He lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States in 1880. Occupation was Farmer in 1880.
William died in 1893, at the age of 49.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMZ-83J : Tue Jul 18 02:07:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Harison J Blan and Samanthy Blan, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4PS-BK9 : Thu Aug 03 00:15:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Willm. J. Bland and Nancy A. Bland, 1880.
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