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06-Kenton Taylor Blankenship
Birth: 8 Apr 1880, Redwood, Franklin Co, VA
Death: 23 Apr 1941, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN: Bk CD-5/61- age 61
Burial: 26 Apr 1941, Weston Cemetery: Bk 4/29
Occupation: Laborer [death certificate], Mechanical Foreman; SSN: 304-09-6929/IN
Father: Thomas Montague Blankenship

Marriage: 5 Aug 1900, Jasper Co, IN: Bk 3/540
Spouse: Amanda Pearl SLAUGHTER
Birth: 2 Nov 1880, Jasper Co, IN?
Death: 26 April 1941, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN- age 60
Burial: 28 Apr 1941, Weston Cemetery: Bk 4/29
Father: Martin J Slaughter (1841-1915)
Mother: Sarah Jane Station (1842-1929)

     CENSUS:

​     1900 Marion Twp, Jasper Co, IN census: has (all but 1 b. IN) Martin Y Slaughter 59, b. NC, Farmer; Sarah J Slaughter 58 (10 children-8 living); Pearl Slaughter 19; Homer Slaughter 17; and George Slaughter 15.
     1920 Marion Twp, Jasper Co, IN census: has Kenton T Blankenship 41, b. VA, Carpenter-House; Amanda Pearl Blankenship 39, b. IN, Dressmaker-Home; and Sarah J Slaughter 80, b. IN (Mother-in-Law)(Widow)
     1930 Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN census: has Kenton Blankenship 51, b. VA, Mechanic-Grain Elevator w/ $2,500 RE; and Pearl Blankenship 49, b. IN.

     BIOGRAPHY: Kenton Taylor, at 17 years old, having pulled tan bark for money, followed his brother, James Montague, to Indiana where he met Amanda Pearl Slaughter. Amanda had five sisters and four brothers, one of which was Martha Zorah Blankenship's first husband. Kenton was employed in various occupations, and for many years was the mechanical foreman for several grain elevators for the Babcock Grain Company.

     1941 OBITUARY: Kenton took his own life in the early morning of 23 Apr 1941. He was found by his housekeeper, Mrs Elsie Martin, in his coal shed adjoining the garage dying of a gunshot wound to the head, and died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. He had been despondent over his wife who had been critically ill for months and was currently lying in a state of coma. His sister, Mrs Carl Schenk, of Elkhard, IN, had been in town caring for Amanda. He apparently thought his wife was dead, and didn't want to live without her. She subsequently died three days later and they were buried together at Weston Cemetery.

[probably the Rensselaer Republican] & [Pat Blankenship Johnson]