| Blanton, John W. | |||
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| LAST: Blanton | FIRST: John | MID: W. | |
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| BORN: 29 Apr 1835 | DIED: 9 Jun 1916 | BURIED: 12 Jun 1916 | |
| OCCUPATION: Farmer | |||
| BIRTH PLACE: Jackson Co., Missouri | |||
| DEATH PLACE: Brooks, Marion Co., Oregon | |||
| NOTES: 1900 CENSUS - John Blanton, age 66, farmer, b. Sep 1833 in Missouri, is enumerated with his wife of 39 years, Catherine, age 56, b. May 1844 in Ohio, along with Marion, age 25, single, b. March 1875, Alice, age 23, b. May 1877, and Pearle, age 16, b. June 1844, all born in Oregon. BIOGRAPHICAL Source - Portrait and Biographical Record, pg 788-89 One of the extensive hop raisers of the vicinity of Brooks is John Blanton, who bought seventeen acres of land in 1971 and has since devoted fourteen acres to hops. That he has improved his land to the best possible extent would seem apparent from the fact that 1902 netted him seventeen thousand pounds of hops. The paternal great-grandfather, John Blanton served under Washington in the Revolutionary war and his descendants located in different parts of the east and middle west. Mr. Blanton himself located in Ray county, Mo. Here Joseph Blanton, the father of John, was born. He learned the cooper’s trade and married Jane Muncus, also a native of Missouri. The father followed his trade near St. Louis until 1844 and then started across the plains with seven yoke of oxen hoping to improve his fortunes after reaching the northwest. He died near Council Bluffs, Iowa, en route to Oregon, aged thirty-nine years, leaving his widow and children dependent upon their own resources. The mother turned back to Andrew county, Mo., and three years later married Samuel Hackwith, and continued to live in Missouri for the remainder of her life. She died aged about sixty-seven years. John Blanton was born in Jackson co., Mo., April 29, 1833 and with his parents started to cross the plains in 1844. He lived with his mother in Missouri until nineteen years of age and attended the district schools as opportunity offered. For about three years he was employed as a farm hand. In 1853 he had an opportunity to come west as a driver of oxen, a chance which he very readily accepted. The train was on the road for three months and eleven days. Mr. Blanton stopped for a short time at Big Sandy, then went to live with an uncle, Isaac Blanton, eight miles south of Salem. In 1864 he went to the mines of southern Oregon where he met with fair success. In 1865 he married Catherine Shephard [sic - Shepherd] born in 1846 in Crawford county, Ark. Mrs. Blanton crossed the plains with her parents in 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Blanton went to housekeeping on a farm near Eugene in Lane county and after five years moved to Jackson county where Mr. Blanton engaged in the stock business for a couple of years. He afterward lived in Polk county for four years and for a year in Waldo Hills, Marion county. In 1871 he purchased his present home. Twelve children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Blanton. James M. died aged twenty-one; Ida May, the wife of Charles Van Ansdell, a railroad man of Nebraska; Hannah J., the wife of Alexander Veach, of Salem; Mary E., the wife of William Raney, of Salem; William, a resident of Eugene; John, died in 1900 leaving two children; Marion, who is living in Brooks; Rose, died at age of nineteen years, Raymond, living in Brooks; Pearl, at home with her parents; Franklin died in infancy; and Alice, the wife of Enos Waite of Salem. Mr. Blanton is a Democrat and a member of the United Evangelical Church. His many fine traits of character and unquestioned devotion to the general welfare of his adopted locality, have won him the lasting reard of all with whom he is associated. He has served as school director in his district and as supervisor of roads. DISCREPANCY: Marker gives year of birth as 1835, DC as 1836, Portrait and 1900 Census as 1833. |
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| OBITUARY: JOHN W. BLANTON OF BROOKS, LAID TO REST. |
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| INSCRIPTION: Father John W. 1835-1917 |
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| SOURCES: Hollin Saucy Survey & Photographs OSBH DC (Marion County 1916) #310 1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Brooks, ED 124, sheet 10B) DCJ 14 Jun 1916, 3:3 |
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