Bl10 George Bland

George Bland was the son of James Bland and Susan Cooke and grandson of James Bland ca 1575 Penrith, Cumberland Co., England and Alice Patterson/Pettison

Born: 3rd July 1636 St.Andrews Parish, Cumberland,England Married: about 1658 Grace ?Coleman Died: after 1675

Penrith, Cumberland Co., England

George Bland and Grace had issue: Bl9  James Bland b: 30 Oct 1661 d: 1708

DNA results for Edwin Brent Bland now place him with the Northern Neck VA Blands. Brent sent a beautiful pedigree report going back to James Bland ca 1575 Penrith, Cumberland Co., England, through his gr-grandson, James (1661-1709 Stafford Co., VA) and gr-gr grandson, John (b. 1688) of Prince William Co., VA. Assuming that the paperwork has been proven, this could be of interest to all of us in the Group A.

Source: : http://www.blandheritage.org/GENEALOGY/AmongCousins/AC_4_2.htm
http://www.blandheritage.org/GENEALOGY/Family_Lines/familylines2.htm
http://www.blandheritage.org/DNA/IandDofResults.htm
Robert and Calleen LOWERY
904 North Sugar Maple Tucson, Arizona 85710
 

Bl12 James Bland (C1575-  ) of Penrith, St. Andrews Parish, Cumberland County England, married Alice Pettison or Patterson.
 

Bl11 James Bland (C1600-1651/1652), of his father's town and parish, married Susan Cooke.
 
 
 
 

Descendants of George Bland

 Bl10  George Bland b: 1636 d: after 1675
....m Grace
........ Bl9 James Bland b: 30 Oct 1661 d: 1708
..............  +Margaret Harrison b: 1659
...................Bl8-1  William Bland b: 1686 d: 1744
.............................Bl8-1-1  John Bland
...................................  +Margaret Osborne ***
........................................Bl7-1-1  Osborne Bland
........................................Bl7-1-2  Daniel Bland
........................................Bl7-1-3  Wm. Bland
........................................Bl7-1-4  John Bland
........................................Bl7-1-5  Mildred Bland
..............................................  +Wm. Hughes
........................................Bl7-1-6  Frances Bland
..............................................  +John Hughes
........................................Bl7-1-7  Molly Bland
..............................................  +Thos. Randolph
........................................Bl7-1-8  Samuel Bland
........................................Bl7-1-9  Isaac Bland
........................................Bl7-1-10  Elijah Bland
........................................Bl7-1-11  Prudence Bland
........................................Bl7-1-12  Henry Bland
.............................Bl8-1-2  Thomas Bland
...................................  +Jane
........................................Bl7-2-1   Henry Bland**
........................................Bl7-2-2  Nancy Bland
..............................................  +Geo. Harding
........................................Bl7-2-3  Elizabeth Bland
..............................................  +Spelsby Stone
........................................Bl7-2-4  Thomas Bland
........................................Bl7-2-5  Catherine Bland
........................................Bl7-2-6  Mary Bland
........................................Bl7-2-7  James Bland
.............................Bl8-1-3  James Bland
...................................  +Susanna
...................Bl8  James Bland b: 1687 d: 22 Mar 1756
.........................  +Mary G. Watkin ?? b: 1708 d: 1782
............................. Bl7  Benjamin Bland b: Abt. 1724 d: 19 Aug 1771
...................................+Mary b: Abt. 1728 d: 28 Oct 1782
........................................Bl6-1  Amelia Bland b: Abt. 1749
........................................Bl6-2  Betty Bland b: Abt. 1751
........................................Bl6-3  John Bland b: 1753
........................................Bl6-4  Ester Bland b: Abt. 1755
........................................Bl6-5  Peggy Bland b: Abt. 1757
........................................Bl6-6  Chloe Bland b: Abt. 1759
........................................Bl6-7  James Bland b: 1761 d. 1802, m. Margaret, emigrated to Mason County, Kentucky
........................................Bl6   Charles Bland b: 02 Dec 1765 d: 26 Sep 1842
..............................................  +Phyllis Ann Pope b: 26 May 1773 d: 26 Oct 1818
..................................................Bl5  Thomas Pope Bland b: 10 Dec 1791
........................................................  +Elizabeth Jennings Duncan b: Abt. 1796
............................................................. Bl4-1  Mason Bland
............................................................. Bl4-2  John Duncan Bland
............................................................. Bl4   Thomas Pope Bland b: 12 Oct 1831 d: 11 Feb 1914
...................................................................  +Levicy Jane Harris b: 03 Apr 1845 d: 23 Jan 1925
........................................................................ Bl3-1 Mattie Elizabeth Bland b: 18 Dec 1861 d: 04 Nov 1926
............................................................................ +Walter Leslie Thompson b: 04 Jul 1856 d: 22 Jan 1939
................................................................................Bl3-1-1 Sallie Thompson
........................................................................................  +B.B. Wilson
........................................................................ Bl3-2 William Leland Bland b: Abt. 15 Mar 1863 d: Abt. 07 Apr 1945
............................................................................  +Amanda Beatrice Richey b: 26 Jul 1865 d: 14 Nov 1940
.................................................................................Bl3-2-1  Mary Eugene Bland b: 25 Jul 1890 d: Feb 1921
.....................................................................................  +William Coleman Harrison
.................................................................................Bl3-2-2   Richey Harris Bland b: 16 Oct 1891 d: Abt. 08 Feb 1976
.....................................................................................  +Beulah Perry Newton b: 09 Mar 1890 d: Abt. 01 Mar 1979
........................................................................................Bl3-2-2-1  Leland Harris Bland b: 16 Dec 1918
..............................................................................................  +Pauline Ruth Trammell b: 04 Jan 1924
.............................................................................................  *2nd Wife of Leland Harris Bland:
...............................................................................................  +Helen Wentworth b: Abt. 26 Jan 1925 d: Abt. 05 Nov 1993
.................................................................................Bl3-2-3 Sara Nell Bland b: 16 Dec 1892 d: 28 May 1946
....................................................................................  +Arthur Victor Barnett b: 06 Oct 1889 d: 16 Sep 1953
.......................................................................................Bl3-2-3-1   William Allen Barnett b: Bet. 11 - 14 Jan 1916 d:Abt. Dec 1980
................................................................................................  +Elaine Vice
.......................................................................................Bl3-2-3-2 Paul True Barnett b: 19 Jul 1918
.......................................................................................Bl3-2-3-3 Eugene Barnett b: 03 Jul 1922 d: Dec 1985
.......................................................................................Bl3-2-3-4 John V. Barnett b: 29 Dec 1924 d: 23 Jun 1999
.......................................................................................Bl3-2-3-5 Jane Barnett b: 04 Aug 1928
.......................................................................................Bl3-2-3-6 Mary Ann Barnett b: 11 Oct 1930
........................................................................ Bl3 Thomas Eugene Bland b: 13 Jul 1864 d: 25 Sep 1943
............................................................................+Matilda Prather Nicholas b: 15 May 1878 d: 15 Jun 1954
................................................................................. Bl2   Anna Pope Bland b: 26 Jun 1908 d: 15 Feb 1970
....................................................................................  +Eustace Granger Hester b: 06 Dec 1906 d: 08 Sep 1966
........................................................................................... He1-1   Thomas Eugene Hester b: 23 Oct 1937
................................................................................................  +Soundra Sue Gustafson b: 14 Feb 1944 d: 29 Sep 1999
.............................................................................................  *2nd Wife of Thomas Eugene Hester:
.................................................................................................  +Carole Janice Weesner b: Abt. 19 Sep 1947
........................................................................................... He1-2   William Griffith Hester b: 22 Jun 1940
................................................................................................  +Sigrid Edeltraud Welling b: 21 Jan 1946
.............................................................................................  *2nd Wife of William Griffith Hester:
................................................................................................  +Ute Linameyer Furthner
.............................................................................................  *3rd Wife of William Griffith Hester:
................................................................................................  +Maria Grasser Kitzig
.............................................................................................  *4th Wife of William Griffith Hester:
................................................................................................  +Bogumila Fialkowska
........................................................................................... He1-3   George Nicholas Hester b: 28 Nov 1944
................................................................................................  +Gail Marie Heuer b: 28 Dec 1948
........................................................................................... He1-4   Jane Ann Hester b: 16 Aug 1951
................................................................................................  +Alan Raymond Latty b: Abt. 1948
.............................................................................................  *2nd Husband of Jane Ann Hester:
................................................................................................  +Ken Thomas b: 04 Mar 1947
................................................................................. Bl2-1 Levisa Jane Bland b: 28 Aug 1909 d: 26 Feb 1985
.......................................................................Bl3-4 Luellen Bland b: Nov 1866 d: Jul 1906
............................................................................+W.T. Sleadd
................................................................................. 9   Agnes Sleadd b: 02 May 1898
................................................................................. 9   Bernard Sleadd b: 17 Jan 1900
...................................................................................  +Annabel Gladwell
........................................................................Bl3-5 Sallie Prudence Bland b: 10 Mar 1868 d: 06 Aug 1939
............................................................................+James Jewell Sanford
........................................................................Bl3-6 John Henry Bland b: 1871 d: 1890
........................................................................Bl3-7 Mary Beatrice Bland b: 02 Feb 1875 d: 26 Jun 1910
............................................................................+George N. Busey
................................................................................ 9   Irvine Harris Busey b: 01 Jul 1906 d: 08 Jul 1906
........................................................................Bl3-8 Harvey Erwin Bland b: 15 Feb 1885 d: 18 Jan 1895
............................................................. Bl4-4   Mary Bland
...................................................................+Jamison
............................................................. Bl4-5   Sallie Prudence Bland
..................................................................  +Warner
............................................................. Bl4-6  William Smithfield Leland Bland
...................................................................  +Sallie C
........................................................................ 8 Daughter Bland
............................................................................  +Waters
........................................................................ 8 Son Bland
............................................................. Bl-7  Elizabeth Bland  d: 08 Jan 1856
............................................................. Bl4-8   Henry Bland
..................................................Bl5-2  Nancy Bland b: 04 Jan 1793
..................................................Bl5-3  Sally Bland b: 11 Oct 1794 d: 05 Nov 1822
....................................................... +Erasmus Wilmot b: 1790 d: 18 Apr 1829
............................................................Bl5-3-1 Sally Wilmot
..................................................................+William H. Crow
............................................................. 7   Benjamin F. Wilmot b: 20 Sep 1818
..................................................Bl5-4  Mildred Bland b: 01 May 1796
........................................................  +Thomas Austin
..................................................Bl5-5  Prudence Bland b: 01 Oct 1797
........................................................  +Robt. Austin
............................................................. 7   Austin
........................................................................ 8 Will Austin
.................................................. Bl5-6  Benjamin Bland b: 07 Mar 1799
.................................................. Bl5-7  Mary Bland b: 10 Sep 1800
........................................................  +James S. Alderson b: 18 Jul 1798
.................................................. Bl5-8  Elizabeth Bland b: 21 Feb 1802
.................................................. Bl5-9  John Bland b: 21 Jul 1804 d: 28 Feb 1858
......................................................  +Cynthia Ann Cox
.................................................. Bl5-10  Kisiah Bland b: 12 Jan 1806 d: 19 Feb 1860
........................................................  +James Brown
.................................................. Bl5-11  James Bland b: 12 Jun 1808
.................................................. Bl5-12  Julianne Bland b: 17 Jan 1810
........................................................  +Thomas Pope (?? brother of Phyllis Ann Pope (Po6))
.................................................. Bl5-13  Charles Josiah Bland b: 05 Mar 1812 d: Abt. 01 Jul 1894
.................................................. Bl5-14  Hiram Bland b: 09 Feb 1814 d: 18th (??28th) Feb 1858
.................................................. Bl5-15  Alemander Bland b: 20 Oct 1817 d: 04 Dec 1897
........................................................  +Margaret Bourne b: 31 Aug 1819 d: Aft. 1897
.............................................................Bl5-15-1  Charles Bland b: 30 Sep 1841
.............................................................Bl5-15-2  Alexander Bland b: 1842 d: 06 Jul 1870
...................................................................  +Mary Alford b: 16 Oct 1846 d: 18 Mar 1880
........................................................................ Bl5-15-2-1 James William Bland b: 08 May 1866
...........................................................................  +Cora Watson Curd b: 20 Aug 1877
................................................................................Bl5-15-2-1-1  May Jessamine Bland b: 05 Jul 1899 d: Mar 1989
...................................................................................  +Roland W. James
.............................................................Bl5-15-3   John Bland b: 23 Mar 1845
...................Bl8-3   John Bland b: 1688 d: 1762
.........................  +Patience*
...................Bl8-4  Alice Bland b: 1689
...................Bl8-5  Ellen Bland b: 1695
...................Bl8-6  Hannah Bland b: 1696
...................Bl8-7  Robert Bland** b: 1698
...................Bl8-8  Patience Bland b: Abt. 1702
...................Bl8-9  Arthur Bland b: 1725

* John Bland (Bl8-3) and Patience and had a son, Jesse Blan, of Greenbrier County.

     Ruby Blann of Lawrence, Kansas favored the blandheritage.org with pension papers and the last will of Jesse Blan, who states he was born in 1756 in Prince William County, Virginia.  He died April 16, 1835, making his will in Monroe County, Virginia.  Thus Jesse's dates are (1756-1835).  Jesse stated in his pension claim that he settled after the revolution in the area that was and became Greenbrier, Monroe and Kanawha counties.  He served, he was pretty sure, with Captain Arbuckle, Major Woods, Colonel Neville and General Hand, enlisting in the Virginia Continental Line in 1776-1779.

     There is little doubt but that this man was Jesse Blan (see information about his apprenticeship in VU, p. 419), son of John Bland (C1688-1762) and his wife Patience.  His story causes a wrench of sadness for those of us who have been so interested in unraveling the family's early Virginia history.  He makes no mention of his parents, and states "that he was born . . . in the year 1756-that his age is recorded in the bible of his family which was in possession of his brother when he left Prince William." This brother would presumably be John Bland (Jesse spelled his name Blan) (C1742-1807) who migrated to the Washington County, Kentucky area in the early 1780s with his wife Rachel      and their children.  Jesse also mentions that he suffered sickness and danger by participating in scouting parties while serving in the revolution and that "frequently after this discharge, together with his neighbors joined in scouting parties . . . being impelled to it from motives of safety to himself and his family." Yet when Jesse died, he left all his worldly goods to an associate Henry Hake and there is no mention of a family member.
 

** Possibly the same

Henry Bland (1770-1853)

     Henry's family is twenty four strong, offspring of two wives, Margaret Weirich and Mary Dolly (1796-1870, AC 2-2, 16-20, and 3-2, 23-27).  By Margaret Weirich:

     A.  John Bland (1791-1864) who married Nancy Bland (1792-1853) by whom all of his children were born and second the widow Pancoast in 1855.  John and Nancy had the following children:

          (1) Duewaine Bland (1815-1882) who married twice to Julia Ann Brundage ( -1855) and to Margaret Bibler Harmon (1829-1880) and by these two wives had fourteen children.  Two adjustments in ages should be made in Duewaine's children:  John (AC 3-2, p. 23) should be born in 1848 and Atta Ann Bland (AC 3-2, p. 24) was born in 1868.

(2) William Bland (1819-1862) who married Rhoda Spitler (1826- ).  (3) Mary Ann Bland (1822- ) who married John Pelcher (1818-1#0) of Indiana.  (4) Nancy Bland (1824-1853) did not marry.

          (5) Thomas Bland (1827-1897) who married Malinda Stokeley (1831-1907).  They were married January 1, 1852.  Their children were:  (a) Franklin K.P. Bland (1852­1857); (b) Olive A. Bland (October 2, 1854- ) who married Daniel Colbert Decem­ber 17, 1874; (c) John M. Bland (June 9, 1858- ) married M. Shane March 1, 1886; (d) Hester J. Bland (August 27, 1861- ); (e) Annis L. Bland (May 3, 1863- ) married E. Rominger, November 27, 1888; (f) Deuwaine Bland (February 27, 1867- ) married Sarah Elizabeth Beery November 23, 1890; (g) Lewis E. Bland (1870-1874); (h) Willie Bland (1872-1872).

          (6) John C. Bland (1829-1894) married Eliza Brashare (1834- ) about 1861.  Their children were:  (a) Ambrose (1862- ); (b) Perry (1864- ); (c) Charles 1867- ); (d) Effa (1872- ); (e) George (1874- ); (f) Alfred (1877- ).

          (7) Henry Bland (August 9, 1832-April 1, 1856).  He married Hattie Engle and they had one child Thomas Bland (1849-1932).  Thomas and his wife Josephine had twelve children.  In the former identification of this family, three children of Thomas and Josephine were omitted:  Lillie Ann, (1884- ); Ada May (1886- ) and Loretta (1888- ).

          (8) Melvina Jane Bland (April 24, 1835-     ).

     B.  Thomas Bland (1794-1865) second son of Henry Bland, has been previously identified (AC 2-2, p. 22, 3-1, p. 26).

     C.  Eli Bland (1797-1862), previously noted as Henry Bland's fifth child mar­ried Annie Haigler (1806- ) in 1824 and had the following children (AC 2-2 pp.  17-18):

          (1) Miles H. Bland (July 25, 1826-0ctober 25, 1902) who married Mary A.  Bible and went to Fayette County, Ohio during the Civil War.  As an adult he was described as fair, brown hair and grey eyes.  He served with Lantz's Co., 46th Virginia, Military Company B.  He lost a leg after being captured by Union Forces March 3, 1862.  Miles and Mary had four children including William Bland (1860- ) who married Anna Cockerill.  Their children were Jennings (who died in WWII).  Estella, Lorilla, Mildred and Ola.

          (2) William Bland (April 29, 1829-December 10, 1910) who married Mary Teter (October 2, 1840-November 15, 1882) on January 1, 1861.  Their children were noted (AC 2-2, p. 17).

          (3) Amos Bland (1832- ) married Mary M. Hevener (1836- ) on February 16, 1860.  They moved to Fayette County, Ohio and had seven children:  (a) Alice (1861- ); (b) Halleck (1862- ); (c) Henry F. (1864- ); (d) Virginia (1866- ); (e) Julia (1870- ); (f) Mary Ella (1875- ); (g) Walter (1878- ).

          (4) Lucinda Bland (April 29, 1834-November 6, 1911) married John Wesley Dolly (1823-1894), October 17, 1851.

          (5) George Washington Bland (April 1836- ) married Jennie Whitecotton (1845- ) and moved with her to Champaign and McClean Counties, Illinois.  In addition to five of their children noted previously (AC 2-2, p. 18), there was a child William P. Bland (1868- ).

          (6) John W. Bland (May 1840-January 6, 1905) did not marry.  He was crippled, harelipped and was known as "Hornick".

          (7) Mary Bland, born about 1840, married Andrew Jack Simpson September 1, 1859.

          (8) Eli Perry Bland (1842-March 2, 1862) previously listed as two men (AC 2-2, p. 18). Eli Perry was killed while serving with Lantz' Company for the Confederate Army (see above Miles Bland).  Eli Perry was killed by Union Soldiers who  by one account dragged his body down a mountain and tossed it across a fence.

          (9) James S. Bland (January 23, 1845-January 27, 1917).1 James married Elizabeth Hemlick (July 10, 1851-February 17, 1941) in Farmer City, McClean County,
 
 

     1.In addition to Edith Lanning's book, I received several clippings from Mollie Grant, including a notice of Elizabeth Hemlick's death, a family group sheet and an extract from the McClean County, Illinois Album. Illinois on July 23, 1871.  Later he lived in Empire township.  James enlisted in Com­pany A, 18th Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, in 1862.  He fought at the battles of Fisher's Hill, Winchester, New Market, Lynchburg and Gettysburg.  He was captured by the Union Forces in September 1864 and confined at Camp Chase, Ohio until the end of the war.

     After the Civil War, James returned to Pendleton County but left in 1867, stay­ing briefly in Champaign then Dewitt Counties.  When James married Elizabeth Hemlick he settled in McClean County and stayed put.

     The children of James S. Bland and Elizabeth Hemlick were:  (a) Ashby Stickley Bland (December 26, 1871-December 8, 1961), who married Florence Belle Dever (1878­1918) April 17, 1893; (b) Mary A. Bland (January 8, 1874-January 31, 1978) who mar­ried a Lappin; (c) Harriet Bland, who married a Walden and a Wilson; (d) Walter Elihu Bland (July 11, 1878-June 17, 1964); (e) Ewell Bland (1882-1898); (f) Bessie Bland (September 3, 1883-December 3, 1912) married an Ogdon; (g) Clara Delle Bland (November 21, 1885-1949) married a Dever; (h) Bertha E. Bland (1889-1897).

          (10) Benjamin Franklin Bland (1848-    ) married Sara Agnes #ton, August 19,

  1870.  Their children were (a) Floyd (1871-    ); (b) Flick (March 30, 1874-       );

  (c) Henry (1877-    ); (d) Carrie (1879-    ); (e) Eddie (1887-    ).

     D.  Silas Bland Edith Lanning has remained silent about this man and skips over him entirely in her book.

     E.  Saul or Solomon Bland (May 23, 1800-February 18, 1877) married Abigail Phares (1804-July 31, 1890) in Pendleton County, February 19, 1823.  Their children were:

          (1) Peter Bland (April 30, 1824-December 14, 1870) who married first Eliza­beth        and second, Martha Morse.  By Elizabeth, he had Nile Bland (1849- ) who married Anna Jane Turpin, December 3, 1874; William Bland (November 10, 1851- ); John Bland (June 8, 1853- ) and Abigail Bland (May 24, 1855- ) who married Kimball.  By Martha Morse, Peter had Eliza Bland who married a McClintock and Eva Bland who married        Black.

          (2) John Bland (July 14, 1825-January 30, 1900).  John died in Waldo, Ohio.  He married 2 women (lst) Margaret Kennedy probably March 16, 1848 and (2nd) #ectra Jones.  John's children, (their mothers are not certain) were; (a) Mary Anna Bland (1849-1866); (b) Robert Kennedy Bland (August 15, 1851-May 29, 1905), who married Adeline F.      and had one son, Harry; (c) John Lewis Bland (January 14, 1852­September 14, 1889) who married Nancy H. McDowell (June 8, 1848-May 19, 1875) at Union County, Ohio, October 7, 1873.  By this marriage, John had a single child, Anna Lulu Bland (September 12, 1874-1902), the grandmother of Mary Louise MiLer Beery, a correspondent who has supplied helpful information for this line.  After the death of Nancy M#cDowell, John Lewis married Orra Boal Coe on September 28, 1876.  Their children have been previously noted; (d) George Washington Bland (April 7, 1853-March 22, 1877).  George married Anna Jane Kennedy on April 28, 1874, but they had no children; (e) Saul Bland (January 20, 1856-April 25, 1881) married Ella Kennedy June 27, 1876.  They had no children; (f) Emma Bland, married William Osborn; (g) Madoria Bland (1859-1875) did not marry; (h) John J. Bland (June 8, 1863-January 26, 1878 dates are questionable). He married Rosa A. Gompf; (i) Jonah Bland (1870-1954) married Ella Gompf.  (photographs of Anna Lulu Bland, C. above, are displayed on p. 19)

     Other children of Saul Bland have been correctly identified previously except Melchiza (noted as Chize, AC 2-2 p. 16) Bland (January 22, 1833-November 22, 1905).  Melchiza moved to Oklahoma and Missouri and married Sarah Elizabeth Long (February 25, 1848-Mary 27, 1924) on March 24, 1866 or 1868.  Their children were; (a) George D.  Bland (1870-After 1938) who married and had two daughters who died young; (b) Eimond Bland (1872-1873); (c) Willie F. "Bill" Bland (1874-Before 1938) who married but had no children; (d) James Bland (1876-1938) who married Elizabeth Amanda Brickens July 2, 1902, but divorced her; (e) Earnest C. Bland (1881-1883); Abbie Bland (1884­Before 1938) who married      Bulow and      Morse.

     F.  Susannah Bland a hypothetical child of Henry Bland and Margaret Weirich married George Washington Raines in Pendleton County, January 8, 1820.  She would thus be born about 1802, probably fit between Saul and Margaret below.

     G.  Margaret Bland (C1803- ) is hypothesized by Edith Lanning to be the seventh child of Henry Bland and Margaret Weirich.  She married James Davis in Pendleton County November 24, 1818.

       H.  Mary A. Bland (C1804-    ) who married Solomon Teter in Pendleton County
  July 19, 1826.

     I.  Isabel Bland (C1805-    ) married David Florin February 4, 1822.

     J.  Sidney Bland (October 28, 1809-0ctober 18, 1861) married Philip Teter June 27, 1826.

     K.  William Bland Edith Lanning has a correspondent who believes William was born in 1790 and is Henry Bland's eldest son, but Edith remains skeptical.

     L.  Phoebe Bland (June 1814- ) was still living in 1900.  She married Zebedee Warner (1807-1891) on June 4, 1835.  Several of the children of Phoebe and Zebedee intermarried with other Bland cousins, as noted below. (p. 17).
 
 

     That about did it for poor old Margaret Weirich, who must have died about 1814-1815, perhaps during Phoebe's birth.  Henry Bland, however, was just getting warmed up and about 1817 called in Mary Dolly as a relief hitter and turned out twelve more children.

     M.  George Washington Bland (April 18, 1818-March 16, 1889) who married Caro#ne Woods (1828-1849) on August 9, 1847.  They had only James Bland (C1849- ) whomay have died young, although some members of the family think he went to California and became a lawyer.  George Washington Bland remarried March 3, 1849 (Wow!  Talk about Fast Work!) to Margaret Skidmore (March 30, 1832-February 25, 1910).  The children of George Washington Bland and Margaret Skidmore were:

          (1) Mary Elizabeth Bland (October 1851-     ) who married Solomon K. Huffman

  (1844-1924) in 1870.

          (2) Martha Ellen Bland (June 5, 1853-April 8, 1934) who married John Huffman (1853-1924) on April 8, 1874.

          (3) Zane W. Bland (C1857-1869).

          (4) Annie C. Bland (October 15, 1858-December 13, 1895) who married David Miles Day (1853- ).

           (5) Alice Bland (February 22, 1862-1933) married Simeon Harper (1859-1923) in 1879.

          (6) Arabella Bland (September 1866-    ) married George W. Butcher (1866- )  on September 30, 1892.

(7) Clara Bland (April 9, 1868-) married Henry Harper April 3, 1888.

          (8) Stewart L. Bland (June 5, 1872-1946) married Delvina Stites (1867­1944) August 1, 1892.  Their children were previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 19).
 
 

          (9) Zella Mae Bland (January 30, 1875-0ctober 8, 1967) misrepresented pre­viously as a child of Stewart Bland (1872-1946) (AC, 2-2, p. 19).  She married John Vernon Harmon (1880-1968) in 1898 or 1899.

     N.  Henry James Bland (C1819- ) executor of Henry's will in 1850, left the county for California in 1857 after becoming a Methodist preacher.  He married Annot Lyle Steele.  They had a son Henry Meade Bland (April 21, 1863-1927) who was born in Fairf#ld, California.  Henry Meade Bland was a poet and educator listed in Who's Who in America.  He married Annabelle Haskell July 25, 1888 and had Henry Morton Bland, Annot Mildred Bland who married Aloysius McCormack, and Harold Bland.

     0.  Adam Bland (May 31, 1821-C1861).  Edith Lanning says Adam was a Methodist preacher who went to California and maybe to Pennsylvania.  Edith also thinks he served beginning April 1861 in the CSA. Company A, Twenty-Fifth Virginia Regiment, Jones Brigade and that he died in service.  Adam Bland was listed in the Monroe County, Virginia Census, 1850, aged 30, with a wife Ellen     , age 19.  This couple did not appear among the pre-1850 marriage records for that county.  (See above, p.8 )-

     P.  Zane Bland He was a Methodist preacher who died in Cumberland County, Maryland.

     Q.  Duane Bland Edith Lanning says he died young.  The Duane Bland speculated upon previously (AC 2-2, p. 19) was actually the son of John Bland (1791-1864, see above, p.lO).

     R.  Jesse Bland (C1825-still living in 1880) apparently did not marry.

     S.  Harvey Bland (July 18, 1827-May 2, 1900), married Melissa Stokeley (Jan­uary 26, 1831- ) a twin sister of Malinda Stokeley (1831-1907) wife of Thomas Bland noted above (p.lO) on January 16, 1851, in Wyandot County, Ohio.  Their children were previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 19).

     T.  Annis Bland (C1830-1860).

     U.  Asa P. Bland (C1832-    ) married Ellen Kitchen and moved to Grant, Kansas.

     V.  Lucinda Bland (August 22, 1836-September 27, 1902) did not marry.  Known as "Old Luce".

     W.  Stewart Bland (1839- ) Married Virginia Harper August 22, 1865.  Stewart served in the Civil War, CSA Company A, 18th Regiment.  He was captured by the Union Forces and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio until June 15, 1865.  He had been wounded in battle.  Stewart was responsible for rescuing George Harper, the father of his wife, who was thus favorably disposed to have his daughter marry Stewart, a disreputable thief and scoundrel.  He was described in his prison record as six feet tall, fair skin, blue eyes, a farmer.1

     X.  James H. Bland (1848- ).  He must have been a real surprise to old Henry who by then was 78 and his wife 52.  Morton says he was a preacher in Ohio. (Might it be possible that he was a grandson of Henry and Mary?)

     Lordy, a recitation of Henry Bland's family gives one a sense of feeling for how poor Margaret Weirich and Mary Dolly felt when they saw Henry's eyes glow.  Henry reminds me of a story about Groucho Marx.  In one of his TV shows, Groucho brought out a woman who had, say 13 kids.  "Why do you have so many kids?" Groucho asked.

     "Because I love my husband."

     "Lady," Groucho rolled his eyes.  "I love my cigar but I take it out every now and then." Of course it wasn't too funny to poor old Margaret and Mary.

     Back to the rest of the family of Thomas Bland (1740-1826) and Margaret       . 3.  Margaret Bland previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 20).

     4.  George Bland previously noted (AC 2-2, #. 20).

     John (1764-1839), Henry (1770-1853), Margaret and George, were the known children of Thomas Bland (1740-1826) by his first wife Margaret     . Secondly, Thomas mar­ried in 1797, Rachel Shoulders (C1773/75) by whom he had:

5.  Enoch Bland (January 9, 1804-0ctober 27, 1882).  He married twice to Naomi Teter (C1808-1833) on December 5, 1826.  Secondly, Enoch married Mary Ann Harper (January 8, 1811-February 10, 1882) on June 23, 1836, (see photograph p. 20). By Naomi Teter, Enoch had two children:

     A.  Jane Bland (C1826-    ). Previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 21).

     B.  Johnson Bland (February 15, 1829-August 30, 1897) who married Sallie Lawrence (October 1829-August 19, 1914).  Johnson was in the CSA, Company C, 62nd Regiment of Virginia Infantry, captured and sent to Fort Chase, exchanged October 1864.  He was described as 5'9", fair, gray eyes, light hair. (see photograph p. 20)

     The children of Johnson Bland and Sarah (Sallie) Lawrence were:

     (1) Isaac J. Bland (May 16, 1852-February 8, 1896).  His tombstone says he was born June 1, 1861, but maybe that was when his parents were married.  Before his marriage, Isaac had by Cass Bennett a child named Kennie Bland (1867-1888). I think Edith Lanning refers to these children as "Mountain Babies" which is a nice way of putting it.

     Isaac married Susan P. Hedrick (May 30, 1858-March 17, 1925) on September 25, 1877.  Their children were noted previously.  Dates for their fourth child Fannie E. Bland were 1883-1966.

     1.See discussion below, p. 41 for Stewart and Virginia's migration to Montgomery County, Tennessee and Todd County, Kentucky.
 

(2) Susan Bland (1855- ) previously noted, (AC 2-2, p. 20).  (3) Christina Bland (1855-1875) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 20).  (4) Enoch Bland (1862- ) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 20).

          (5) Lee Bland (October 20, 1863-January 18, 1916) married Lucy F. Bennett, (1871-1940). a cousin, January 25, 1885.  Their children were (a) Kenny J. Bland (1886-1961) who married Annie Rooney Vandevander (1890-1962); (b) Curtis Patrick Bland (1889-1961) who married Grace Warner (1900-1983); (c) Etta Jane Bland (1893­1954) who married Jessie Howard Warner (1892-1962). (see below, p. 17)

          (6) Mary Bland (1864-    ) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 20).

          (7) Sarah Jane Bland (June 9, 1866-April 24, 1949).  She had a son named Virgil Bland (1886-1894).  She married Henry J. Burns (1866-1955).

          (8) Seymour Burns (August 29, 1869-April 1942).  He married Laura Burns (January 6, 1877-July 22, 1957) February 1, 1896.  Their children were (a) Rettie Bland (1897-1959) who married Ora Huffman; (b) Don Bland (1899-1979) who married Tina Huffman; (c) Sally Bland (1902-1981) married Curtis James Judy; (d) Mary Bland (1905-1929) killed in an accident; (e) Ralph Bland (1909-1945) married Marjorie Nelson (1913- ); (f) Merlie Jane Bland (1913-1981) married Dennis Everly; (g) Golden Jack Bland (1916- ) married Mildred Burns.

          (9) Grant Bland (1871- ) married Charlotte Harper (1878- ) in 1899 (AC 2-2, p. 20).  They had a child named Titus Bland (1900-1979) who married Margie Mallow Thompson (1898-1976).

          (10) Jasper Bland (1875-    ) noted previously (AC 2-2, p. 20).

          (11) D. Newton Bland (1875-1886) maybe a twin of Jasper, previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 20).  Alternately a possible twelfth child, S. Newton Bland, born May 8, 1876 might also have been a twin of D. Newton.  Possibly also, D. and S. Newton were one and the same.

     After the death of Naomi Teter (one would imagine), Enoch Bland had a child:

     C.  James B. Bland (C1834- ) who on November 15, 1855 married Susan Lawrence (C1832- ).  They had (a) James Albert Bland (April 1856- ) who married Sarah A. Nelson (C1856- ) on April 3, 1877.  They had five children:  Kenny (1877- ); W. Otho (1882- ); Bessie L. (1879- ); Ethel and Bee.

     Enoch Bland had the following children by Mary Harper, his second wife:

     D.  John A. Bland (December 16, 1835-0ctober 20, 1904).  He married Mary E.  Caton (January 11, 1850-August 11, 1901) on December 18, 1869.  Their children were previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 21).

      E.  Caroline Bland (C1836-    ).She married Elijah Harper, November 6, 1856 and  Henry Cunningham.

     F.  Pleasant D. Bland (October 20, 1838-November 15, 1914) who married Mary J.  Calhoun (1848- ) on November 24, 1866.  Their children were previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 21; also see photograph p. 20).

     G.  Isaac Newton Bland (January 1841- ).  Isaac Newton Bland had by Mary Harper (Edith carefully does not say they were married), Elizabeth and Tina Harper.  By Catherine Cassell, Isaac Newton Bland had Lucy F. Bennett, who married Lee Bland (1863-1916, see above p. 16) a cousin.

     Isaac Newton Bland married Annis Susan Warner, (a cousin, daughter of Phoebe Bland and Zebedee Warner, above p. 13).  They had eighteen children previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 21).

       H.  Phoebe Bland (1844-    ) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22)-

       I.  Elizabeth Bland (1846-     ) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22).

    J.  Ellen Bland (1849-1929) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22).  She married John Wesley Warner, a son of Phoebe Bland (daughter of old Henry Bland) and Zebedee Warner (see above p. 13and see photograph p. 20).

     K.  Mary Bland (1851-    ) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22).

     L.  Enoch Dice Bland (April 4, 1855-April 5, 1929).  Enoch married Martha Caton (1857-1930) on July 21, 1877.  Before this marriage, Enoch Dice had Lula F.  Bland (1876-1964) by Phoebe Caton, who married Jacob K. Thompson (1874-1948).  The children of Enoch Dice Bland and Martha Caton were previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22).

  6.  Elizabeth Bland (1807-     ) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22) was the sixth child  of Thomas Bland (1740-1826).

     7.  Rachel Bland (1811-1873 previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22).

     8.  Job Bland  (1812-1854) previously noted (AC 2-2, p. 22).

     On February 23, 1986, I received a letter from Carol Ferguson of Westerville, Ohio, citing bare information about her ancestor Josiah Bland born in 1821 in Vir­ginia, who married Margaret Susan Coler of Hardy County, Virginia.  They moved to Ohio with her family.  I have received nothing further from Mrs. Ferguson about this family.  Mariana Miller of Columbus, Ohio sent me a batch of clippings that seem to fit the description of a family from the Pendleton County group, but for which no connection can be made.  Edith Lanning cites the presence in Muskingom County, Ohio in 1850 of Eli Bland and a wife Caroline, ages 29 and 21 respectively.  The clippings forwarded by Mrs. Miller were in turn sent to her in 1983 by Genevieve Hertel of Garden City, Kansas.  In sorting them out, the following children of Eli and Caroline Bland appear:  (1) L. M. Bland of Garden City, Kansas; (2) Walter E.  Bland of Columbus, Ohio; (3) Wellington Bland born in Muskingom County, Ohio, who married Amelia        and moved to Columbus, Ohio.  Their children were Warren and Ernest Bland of Columbus, Ohio; (4) Alta Rebecca Bland (April 28, 1861-March 29, 1947, born near Zanesville, Ohio, was married to Kleber Phelps in 1891.  They lived in Garden City, Kansas, also Florida, but Alta moved back to Kansas after her hus­band's death.

     As noted earlier, this is a large and imposing family of Blands what is shaping up as one of five major and distinct families in Virginia, (including the James River and Northern Virginia Blands, the King and Queen County and Mecklenburg County Blands).  The foregoing essay, as well as previous material provides a skeletal sketch only, concentrating on paternal lines, and, as I usually do, declining to pursue maternal lines of descent lest I get lost in infinity.  Edith Lanning, however, has also pur­sued each maternal line, where evidence permits, and has of course carried each fam­ily line further than the 1900 cut-off I generally observe.  Further, she has included citations of evidence (deeds, wills, marriage licenses, etc.) which substantiate her conclusions.  Altogether, her book on the family of Thomas Bland (C1740-1826) makes an enormously important contribution to our knowledge of the Blands.  Anyone who descends from the Thomas Bland line should begin with Edith's book.

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     It has occurred to me in reviewing previous newsletters that I have not re­counted the children of John Bland and Margaret Osborne since A Vision of Unity was published in 1982 (VU, pp. 430-460).  The way dates for John, Margaret and their children are adduced is as follows:  In his will of 1795 John lists Osborne Bland as the eldest son.  The first extant evidence for one of John and Margaret's chil­dren is Prudence Bland whose tombstone markings show her dates as 1750-1815.  Some biological gener#lities guide the rest.  Assuming the contraceptive effect of female lactation (a haphazard guide at best) one assumes the oldest child, Osborne, would have been born about 1748, (two years before Prudence).  That means John Bland and Margaret Osborne were married about 1747.  Girls in those days were generally mar­ried between 16-18, so in this case one splits the difference and assumes Margaret was born about 1730.  Although there is a case of a woman giving birth at age 57, I, (given my God like powers as a geneaologist) generally disapprove of any Bland women bearing children after age 48, thus one would assume Margaret was through with child bearing by no later than 1778.  In Margaret's case, the facts suggest her last child was born about 1774:  Mary, last named in John's will and treated with some dispatch like Mildred, Daniel, William, John and Frances, was married in 1791.  Assuming age 17 as Mary's age at marriage, she must have been born about 1774.  Thus, I would assume the following children for John Bland (C 1725-1795) and Margaret Osborne which attempts to reconcile the rank order of children in John's will with other information:

     1.  Osborne Bland (C1748-1828)

    2.  Prudence Bland (1750-1815)

      3.  Samuel Bland (1753-1835)

     4.  John Bland (   -1836)

      5.  Isaac Bland (  -1820)

     6.  Elijah Bland - Dates unknown

     7.  Mildred Bland.  No dates available.  She married William Hughes but I have been unable to find a record of this marriage in Kentucky records.  This leads me to believe that she was married before she left Virginia, thus born about 1761.

     8.  Daniel Bland (C1764-1838)

    9.  William Bland (1765-1850)

    10.  Frances Bland (C1770-   )

     11.  Mary Randolph (C1774-1822)

     1.  Osborne Bland:  One of the oldest and most persistent questions about Osborne is what was the maiden name of his wife Letitia.  Marian Daniels has offered the possibility that she was a Peake, because Osborne's brother William married a Sarah Peake and the Peake family had considerable dealings with Osborne Sr. back in Virginia., (VU, pp. 433-34).  In a letter to R.C. Ballard of Louisville, August 30, 1932, F.G. Phillips attached a notice from a newspaper stating that Lettice was "perhaps" a Peake, noting that her sisters married Willet, Sutton, Hunter and Brown.  Her brothers were William and again "perhaps" Robert.  At the Filson Club I looked up the family record of Daniel Peake, father-in-law of Osborne's brother William and determined that Letitia was not one of his children.  Marian Daniels also previously sent me a copy of an injunction in Prince William County, Virginia, ordering Osborne to keep the peace with Mary Hamrick in 1767, the assumption being that Osborne was after Mary's daughter Letitia (everyone calls her Lettice) and Mary threw cold water on him. (AC 1-2, p. 8).

      Osborne always had a penchant for getting into trouble.  John W. Bland and I were amused to discover in the Nelson County Court Records a charge against him for hog thieving in Washington County in November 1806 (he was innocent!).  Osborne's sense of adventure was passed on to his children and grandchildren.  Osborne Jr.  (C1774-1848) remarried at the twilight of his life following the demise of Patsy Donahoo in 1848.  Greene County, Indiana marriage records show Osborne Jr. marrying Sally Kent Andrews, November 15, 1848.  That about pins down the date of Osborn Jr.'s death for we have already established that Sally was more than the old boy could take and he died within a week of their marriage, (VU, pp. 442-443).  Courtesy of Harold Shepherd, Fort Collins, Colorado, February 1985, there is in the Greene County, Indiana file a divorce suit dated May 1866 between Jesse Bland and Jane Sleeth Bland, who were married according to marriage records, October 30, 1860.  Charges filed by Jesse included abandonment without just cause, and illicit carnal intercourse with Hiram Bland and with Eli Bland, there and about in Richland and Centre townships.  Virginia Cowden would have loved this one.  I wonder who all these folks belonged to?

     On a more prosaic note, a death certificate given me sometime ago by Max Kessinger or Jane Midtby, confirms that Moses Bland, eighth child of Osborne Bland Jr.  and Patsy Donahoo, died of a heart attack at Tulip, Greene County, Indiana, May 12, 1906.  He was said to be 90 (VU, p. 450).

     2.  Prudence Bland:  It is probable that Prudence never saw Kentucky.  Rather she married Fleming Smith (1745-1847) in Prince William County (C1768-1770) and moved with him to South Carolina. (VU, pp. 430-31, AC 1-2, pp. 11-12 and 2-1, pp. 12-13).  Their children did move into various locations in Kentucky:

     A.  Dorcas Smith (1771-1865) was born in Prince William County, Virginia and died in Monroe County, Kentucky.  She married John Page (1777-1819) in Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 27, 1796.

     B.  John Smith (1773-1852) was born in Prince William County, and died in Logan County, Kentucky.  He married Sara Gee, (1782- ) probably in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
 

     C.  James Smith (1777-1864) was born at Spartanburg, South Carolina and died in Newton County, Missouri.  He married Nancy Hughes (1786-1852) in Nelson County, Kentucky, June 15, 1803.

     D.  Margaret Smith (C1782- ) was born at Spartanburg, South Carolina, married Edward Hughes, Nelson County, Kentucky.

    E.  Samuel Smith (1785-1855) was born in Spartanburg, died in Monroe County, Kentucky.  He married Mary Barker, May 9, 1807.

     F.  Malinda Smith,(C1786-1874) born in Spartanburg, died in Logan County.  She married John Williams in Logan County, April 16, 1811.

     G.  Prudence Smith, (C1790-after 1870) born in Spartanburg, probably died in Logan County, Kentucky.  She married Robert Williams, brother of John (F above) April 27, 1818.

     My gratitude to Merritt Page of Green City, Missouri for provision of this complete information for the children of Fleming Smith and Prudence Bland.

     4.  John Bland:  John died in 1836 in Nelson County, Kentucky.  (VU, pp. 457­458, AC 1-2, pp. 12-13; 2-1, p. 12 and 2-2, pp. 29-31).  John married Elizabeth Shumate (December 18, 1774-April 5, 1863), who according to Mary Virginia Manby of Louisville, is buried in Oldham County.  They were married August 9, 1792 in Nelson County.  After John's death, Elizabeth married Sam Overstreet.  There are some problems:

     John is listed fourth in his father's will, indicating he would have been born in the 1750's, and he was co-executor of his father's will.  But he is omitted from the land surveys, last dated 1787, which include Osborne, Samuel and Daniel.  I have always assumed he was born about 1766.  This needs some investigation.

     Another question that needs investigation is whether John was the father of Isaac Bland (AC 2-2, pp. 29-30), who migrated to Lewis County, Missouri whose tombstone reads that he was born September 27, 1788 and died October 30, 1840.  I have a hypothetical solution for resolving this, that would need to be tested by evidence, such as census information or legal documents.  All of Isaac's siblings (AC 2-2, pp. 30-31), were born from 1800-1821, beginning with Bryant and ending with Martha Ann.  Why would Isaac have been born so much earlier?  Could it be that out in Pike County, away from his surviving mother and siblings, Isaac simply lost track of his age?  Perhaps he was born in 1798 rather than 1788, in which case Bryant's birth in 1800 would have followed in biological rhythm. Also, if Isaac had been born in 1798 he would not be so much older than his wife Nancy Floyd (1813­1846).

     5.  Isaac Bland:  Isaac is listed fifth in his father's will, suggesting he was born sometime between 1755-1760, but various records I have seen of him sug­gest he was born in 1779 and died in 1820 in Louisiana.  I am skeptical of his assigned birthdate and have not seen any credible evidence that would make him qualify as a son of John Bland and Margaret Osborne.  Isaac appeared in an 1812 claim by John and Margaret's children as a signatory but not in the body of the claim.  Those who claim him as their ancestor, indicate that he married Jane McKee.

     Isaac and Jane had a son Maxwell Washington Bland (C1820-January 29, 1870), who married a widow, Emeline A. Douglas about 1840.  They had two children:  (1) Ella, who married Henry Eckford and (2) Lucian Bland (February 15, 1842­August 13, 1910).  About 1865, Lucian was born at Lake Dawson, Mississippi and died at Tensas Parish, Louisiana.  He married Rose Russell Rollins (December 5, 1847-November 14, 1926).  Lucian Bland and Rose Russell had a family of twelve children including:  1.  Maxwell Washington Bland (1866- ) married Sophie Whit­ney September 18, 1895, and had children, (a) Maxine (1896-1iving 1982); (b) Sophie (1900-1958); (c) Lucian (1898-1902); (d) Millard Lee (1902-1iving in 1982) married Louisa Clifford Kitchen; (e) Mathilde Truly (1904-1941); (f) Helen (1906-1982) and (g) Maxwell Whitney (1908-1iving in 1982); 2.  Lucinda Russell Bland (1867-1884); 3.  Lucian Jr. (1870-1935) who married Lena Walsh, August 20, 1902; 4.  Mary Emaline (1872- ); 5.  Rose Ella (1875-1881); 6.  Elizabeth Rollins (1877-1927) who married Willie Whitney, a brother of Sophie above #1.; 7.  Stuart (1880-1880); 8.  George Douglas (1882-1958) who married Lucie Crebbin, September 24, 1917, but had no chil­dren; 9.  Lucie Rose (1884- ); 10.  Archie Button (1887-1936); 11.  Russell Dale (1890-1890); and 12.  Rose Russell (1892- ) who did not marry.

     8.  Daniel Bland:  Daniel had a grandson Thomas Osborne Bland (1832-1898) whose family has been previously mentioned.  Hardin County birth records show an additional daughter, Margaret L. Bland born December 17, 1856.  Thomas Osborne had a son noted previously as Charles Robert Bland, actually Charles Robert E. Lee Bland, dates un­known, who married Betsy Katherine Coombs.  They had a son Ephraim Marriott Bland (March 27, 1891- ) who married Jean Dunaway of Henry County.  Thomas Osborne has been previously noted (AC 3-1, p. 29).

     Brief note has also previously been made of Thomas Osborne Bland's brother Jessie Henry Bland (1846-1883, AC 3-1, p. 29).  Jessie Henry Bland married Mary Ann Van Meter (November 10, 1848-August 8, 1915) on October 21, 1869.  Their children were (1) an infant who was born and died after five days in August 1870; (2) Ella Ree Bland (September 15, 1871- ), who married Robert Andrew Viers (1868-1925) in Hardin County, March 11, 1899; (3) William Haywood Bland (April 27, 1874- ) who married Ruth C. Tichenor and had (a) Mary Kendrick Bland; (b) Raymond Bland; (c-e) three unnamed infants; (4) an unnamed infant (1877-1879).

     9.  William Bland:  A reasonably complete but somewhat confused picture of the family of William Bland (1765-1850) and his wife Sarah Peake (1769-1844) has emerged previously.  Tombstone evidence lends precision to their dates, (VU, pp. 459-461, AC 3-1, pp. 26-28).  Rhoda Belle Bland Rush, daughter of Elijah Holderman Bland, a son of William Bland, (December 15, 1814-March 16, 1898) and Corrila Willet, left behind a family chart, undated, and a letter to Anna Donigan dated March 27, 1906, which includes the recollections of her mother, then aged 84.  Pieced together, these add a little extra light on the family.  One must first say tht Corrila Willet's memory, though not precise in 1906 at age 84, was very acute in recall and matches well with known factual evidence.  From these two documents, five sons are noted, but Thomas is listed in place of William.  There was a son William.  It is reasonable that there could have been six sons, including Thomas.  John Bland, one of the sons, was said to have married a Miss Reese or Rene, possibly Raine, from the family of the man that married two of William and Sarah's daughters.  Daniel was said to have migrated to Missouri.  Mrs. Rush also con#rmed a son named Ward, though no more is known of him.  Among the daughters previously noted, Mrs. Rush indicated that Elizabeth married a man named Harrell, while Mary married a man named James Bennett.  She confirmedeight of the daughters of William and Sarah, matching them to the names of their husbands, while evidence is available for the remaining three daughters.