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06-Wesley Lee "Lee" Blankenship
Birth: May 1866, VA [1860 census]
Death: 31 Jan 1904, Franklin Co, VA- age 37
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Thomas Montague Blankenship

Marriage: 8 Jan 1890, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA
Spouse: Patria Lee "Aunt Pate" PERDUE
Birth: 13 Feb 1871, Franklin Co, VA
Father: Jeter Wythe Perdue (1836-1899)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth ___ (1840-)

     CHILDREN: Wesley Lee and Patria had eight children (6 listed) all born in Franklin Co, VA:
07----RUFUS R BLANKENSHIP [b. Dec 1890; d. 13 Jul 1902- age 11];
07----JAMES NORMAN BLANKENSHIP [b. 29 Oct 1893, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA; d. 28 Apr 1968, Rockingham Co, NC- age 74, bur. Roselawn Memorial Gardens], a railroad foreman, SSN: 241-05-5171/NC, m. Sadie A THURMAN on 24 Dec 1914, Franklin Co, VA, had children:

     08----WESLEY BLANKENSHIP [b. about 1915];

     08----AUBREY ALLEN BLANKENSHIP [b. 7 Jun 1919, Franklin Co, VA; d. 29 Jun 1990, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 71], SSN: 241-05-5010/NC, Pvt, NC National Guard, married;
     08----CECIL NORMAN BLANKENSHIP [b. 17 Apr 1922, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC; d. 24 Jul 1996, Durham Co, NC- age 74], SSN: 241-18-1284/NC, m. Sybil Ionah ALLISON [b. 23 Jan 1927, McDowell Co, NC, Vol 14/183; d. 26 Sep 1995- age 68, bur. Evergreen Memory Gardens], SSN: 246-32-1001, daughter of Columbus L Allison and Ruth Maney on 5 Jan 1944, Marion Co, IN;
07----SARAH JANE BLANKENSHIP [b. Jul 1895, Franklin Co, VA], m. John B HODGES on 4 Feb 1911, Franklin Co, VA;

     08----LYDIA HODGES [b. about 1915], lived with NJ Blankenship in 1930 census;
07----LYDIA M BLANKENSHIP [b. Feb 1899; d. 13 Jul 1902- age 3];
07----Unnamed BLANKENSHIP [b. & d. before 1900]; and
07----BERTHA L BLANKENSHIP [b. 22 Dec 1903, Franklin Co, VA; d. 1 Apr 1992, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 88], m. Ulysses W TURNER [b. about 1896, VA], had five children:
     08----POSEY ELMER TURNER [b. 6 Mar 1922, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co, VA; d. 13 Mar 1971, Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC- age 48, bur. Reidlawn Cemetery], SSN: 232-30-8803/NC, US Army, WW2, 1st m. Doris Virginia WALLER Saunders [b. 17 Jul 1922, Norfolk, VA], daughter of Robert Earnest Waller and Flora Ellen Bartlett on 24 Jan 1951, Danville Co, VA, he second ​m. Elise REVIS (Posey's death certificate listed Elise as wife):
     08----EDITH TURNER [b. about 1926, VA];
     08----LAUI TURNER [b. about 1928, NC];
     08----LEONARD TURNER [b. about 1932, NC]; and
     08----SKILEY TURNER [b. about 1937, NC].

     CENSUS:
     1900 Gills Creek, Franklin Co, VA census: has (all b. VA) Wesley L Blankenship 34, Farmer; Patra L Blankenship 27; Rufus R Blankenship 9; James N Blankenship 6; Sarah J Blankenship 4; and Lydia M Blankenship 1.
     Purdues lived in the next two residences in this census.
     1910 Gills Creek, Franklin Co, VA census: has (all b. VA) Whitle Perdue 35, Farmer-General Farm; Rosalia Perdue 29 (3 children-3 living); Franklin T Perdue 9; Endoxia Perdue 8; Ewell Perdue 2; and Norman Blankenship 16, Hired Hand.
     1930 Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC census: has (all but Cecil b. VA) NJ Blankenship 35, Loom Fixer-Cotton Mills; Patria Blankenship 56 (Mother, Widow); Wesley Blankenship 15; Aubrey A Blankenship 10; Cecil N Blankenship 8, b. NC; and Lydia Hodgers 15, Spinner- Cotton Mills (Niece).
     1940 Reidsville, Rockingham Co, NC census: has Ulysses Turner 44, b. VA, Battery Seller?; Bertha Turner 35, b. VA; Posie Turner 17, b. VA; Edith Turner 14, b. NC; Laui Turner 12, b. NC; Leonard Turner 8, b. NC; Skiley Turner 3, b. NC; Petra Blankenship 69, b. VA (Mother-in-Law)(Widow); Wesley Blankenship 24, b. VA (Nephew); and Aubrey Blankenship 19, b. VA (Nephew).