Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed.,
Boone Co.

EPHRAIM H. BLANKENBEKER, was born in Boone County, Ky., January 1, 1851,
and is a son of Jeremiah and Frances (Clore) Blankenbeker. Jeremiah
Blankenbeker was born in Virginia, and was a son of Ephraim Blankenbeker,
a native of Virginia, and among the first settlers of Boone County.
Frances Clore was a daughter of Ephraim Clore, a native of Virginia, and
an early settler in Boone County.  Jeremiah Blankenbeker came to
Kentucky with his parents when small and settled in Boone County, where
he followed farming, and died about 1853.  His wife survived him until
August 5, 1886.  He was married about 1845, and had two children: Richard
T. and Ephraim.  Richard T. lived in Boone County, but died April 1, 1887.
Ephraim H. Blankenbeker was brought up on the farm, and received a
common-school education. He has followed farming all his life, and settled
where he now resides in 1880.  He has about 700 acres of valuable land.
He is devoting some attention to the growing of blooded sheep. September
11, 1873, he was married to Martha L. Tanner, a daughter of Joel and
Liddie (Crigler) Tanner, of Boone County.  To this union one child had
been born--Clinton. Mr. Blankenbeker is a Democrat.

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