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Richard J. BLAND

Richard J. BLAND

Male 1824 - 1896  (72 years)

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  • Name Richard J. BLAND 
    Born 9 Mar 1824  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3] 
    Died 26 Nov 1896  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Buried Blandville Cemetery, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I30878  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2016 

    Father Richard G. BLAND,   b. 25 Apr 1789, Winchester, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann JOBES,   b. 25 Jan 1795, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1857, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F29777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jane STARKEY,   b. 6 Oct 1828, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1891, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1845  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 4 1860:
      R. Bland, 36, farmer, value of real estate $3,000, value of personal estate $300; M. J. (female), 32; Alcinda, 13; S. H. (male), 10; C. B. (male), 8; C. L. (male), 6; E. M. (female), 3; M. C. (female), 1.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 2 1870:
      Richard J. Bland, 46, farmer; Mary J, 42; Sanford H, 20; Benton C, 17; Lizer M, 13; Melvina, 11; Mary 9; L. Judson, 5; James L, 2; Rachel, 7 days.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Richard J. Bland, 56, farmer; wife Mary J, 52; dau Elvina, 21; dau Mary, 18; son Judson, 15; son James, 12; dau Alice, 10; dau Mary, 4. [6, 7]
    Children 
    +1. Alcinda BLAND,   b. 19 Dec 1847,   d. Oct 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    +2. Santford Hoskins BLAND,   b. 7 Mar 1850, Blandville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1923, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    +3. Benton C. BLAND,   b. CA 1852, Blandville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1895, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
     4. Charter L. BLAND,   b. 14 Jul 1854, Meathouse Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
    +5. Lizar M. BLAND,   b. 5 Mar 1857,   d. 10 Jan 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     6. Melvina C. BLAND,   b. 22 Mar 1859, Meathouse Fork, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1918, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +7. Mary Ann BLAND,   b. 7 Jul 1861, Blandville, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1892, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
    +8. Levi Judson "Jud" BLAND,   b. 6 Feb 1865,   d. 6 Dec 1909, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     9. James L. BLAND,   b. CA 1868
     10. Rachel Alice BLAND,   b. 25 May 1870,   d. 13 Sep 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
    +11. Nellie M. BLAND,   b. 18 Apr 1876, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1905  (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F11927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 109 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046901&Type=Death.
      Identified as R. J. Bland, white male, 72, widowed, farmer, born in Greene Co Pa, resident of West Virginia for 50 years; died Nov 26 1896 at Blandville, cause of death consumption, burial at Blandville.

    5. [S2471] Descendants of William Jobes Sr, Revolutionary War Hero, Michael R. Jobes, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/b/Michael-R-Jobes/FILE/0002page.html).

    6. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    7. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)).