James Martin Blankenship (1826 - 1900)

Born 7 Feb 1826 in Henderson County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1900 at age 74 in Independence County, Arkansas, USA

Biography

James Martin Blankenship Birth 7 Feb 1826 Henderson County, Tennessee, USA Death 5 Apr 1900 (aged 74) Independence County, Arkansas, USA Burial Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery Floral, Independence County, Arkansas, USA

James Martin Blankenship first married Elizabeth "Betty" Scates about 1850 in TN. Their children were Parralee b. abt 1851, Larceny D. b. abt 1852, Mary E. b. abt 1854, William Martin b. 1860, James Thomas b. 1864, Nancy J. b. abt 1867, Gilbert Sherman b. 1870, and John S. b. 1873. He married Nancy Angeline Tyler about 1886 and their children were Genila and Mary Elizabeth.

7th Tennessee Calvary, Co A, private, enlisted for 3 years in Jackson, TN on 8/18/62 and mustered on 8/28/62 at age 36. He was 6'1" tall, grey eyes, dark hair, born in and a resident of Henderson Co, TN, 15th district. He received a bounty for enlistment and furnished his own horse and equipment. Blankinship has several desertions on his records, 11/20/62, April 63, 5/10/63 and 6/20/63. He was not captured with the regiment in March 1864, most likely because he was in and out of hospitals from March 1864-June 1865. When well enough, he served as a nurse. The last hospital was probably in Jeffersonville, IN since he mustered out on 6/10/65 through Louisville, KY. Blankinship applied and received an invalid pension in 1883 while living in Arkansas. His wife, Angeline Blankinship, applied for and received a widow's pension on 5/3/1900.

Sources

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