1950-1959 MT, Compiled by James W. Blankenship jkblank1(at)sbcglobal.net

 

SSDI, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi , MT,         Transcribed by Jim @ Blankenshipweb.com

Blankinship, M.                 58, 15Mar1900 - ??Jan1959,           (not specified),                                MT-516-40-8665

 

Montana Death Records         

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm

Blankenship, Frank W.                        M, 79, 30 Dec 1952

Blankenship, Esther A.                        F, 11, 05 Feb 1952

Blankenship, Thomas, E.                     --, ---, 07/5/1969

From: diane dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com

 

Stillwater                                                                                                          

 

+1959, Stillwater Co., MT, History & Death

http://cdm15018.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fp15018coll43&CISOPTR=698&REC=3&CISOBOX=blankenship

They Gazed on the Beartooths, Volume 1, 1964, by Annin, James T.

Thomas Oral Blankenship – A Missourian who was privileged to serve with a Stillwater contingent which joined up with Uncle Sam’s Army in 1917 was Thomas Oral Blankenship. Tommy was born in Edgerton on Jun 7, 1895, and came to Montana when he was old enough to file on a farm in 1916, selecting a fine tract of land in the Stillwater area. He served with the 348 Machine Gun Company of the 91st Division in the Argonne and Belgian Fronts in the final days of the fighting in 1918, seeing plenty of action. Returning to the ranch in 1919, he got tired of his own cooking and on January 27, 1923 was married in Livingston to the daughter of one of the state’s pioneer families. Miss Ailenne Kemph was born February 26, 1903 at Twin Bridges and was a Youngster when Joe Kemp moved his tribe to the Stillwater County, north of Absarokee.

              Mrs. Blankenship states that: “We lived on the same ranch all our married life of 36 years. Moved three times, but always to a little better house, and our furniture was carried by hand.

              This veteran was Killed in an auto accident near Greycliff, April 28, 1959. Mrs. Blankenship lives in Absarokee, except for such time as spends with her only son, Bernard, in Livingston, Montana.

              [there are also a couple of photo’s]

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com