Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 
1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical 
Society.

H. L. D. BLANCHETT. There are not many families in Grant County who are
of pure French descent, and possibly the most prominent is the subject 
of this sketch.  In the views of H. L. D. Blanchett there flows only 
the purest French blood.  He is a son of H. N. D. Blanchett and Miss 
Henrietta Roux, and was born in Battle Hill, New Jersey, now called 
Madeson, September 26, 1826, and grew to manhood on his father's farm. 
His father was a large land owner, and even in that early day was 
considered a very rich man.  He gave his children every opportunity to 
acquire an education.  For many years the young man Blanchett studied 
under a private tutor at his father's house, and later attended the 
Academy and High School of his native town.  He paid his first visit to 
Kentucky June 3, 1841, and remained here three or four weeks looking 
after some lands in the south end of this county in which his father 
had acquired an interest by purchasing, with others, all the unsold 
lands in the Phillips and Young patent.  He arrived in Grant County on 
this trip the day that Maythe and Crouch were hung by the Mob, and all 
was excitement and turmoil at the time.  After a short visit to his 
kinsmen, who had already located in this part of the world, he returned
to his father's home in New Jersey.  In 1847 he again came to Kentucky,
and was so well pleased with its rolling hills, magnificent forests and
abundant game, that he decided to locate in this state and make his
future home in the wilds of what was then almost an unbroken wilderness.
His brother had already preceded him, and built for himself a home in 
the forest.  His father deeded him a large tract of land near what is
Blanchett, in this county, and there he located, built his domicile, 
and there he has been from that day until now.  At that date everything 
was in woods between Corinth and Williamstown.  The old Dry Ridge state 
road itself was but little better than a path, and there were only five
tenements and clearings between Corinth and Williamstown.  Yet Grant
County has been established for more than twenty years.  Mr. Blanchett
says that on his farm then consisting of about 2,500 acres, there was 
the finest body of timber he ever saw grow out of the ground, and the 
deer and game of all kinds were so plentiful that it was hardly fun to 
hunt them. In fact he is of the opinion that the game--wild turkeys and 
deer--was mainly instrumental in getting him to locate in Kentucky, and 
especially in the hills of Grant County.  He is now, and has been all 
of his life, a keen sportsman, a fine shot, and his gun has brought to 
the ground the best game of half a dozen states.  Before coming to 
Kentucky the second time he contracted a marriage with Miss Jane Cooley,
a descendant of Isaac P. Cooley and Elizabeth Brown of Holland Dutch 
and English descent.  They were married in West Milford, New Jersey.  
They had no children, and his wife died August 10, 1899, and lies 
buried in the Williamstown Cemetery.  Mr. Blanchett and his people are 
all Catholics.  For many years he was one of the largest land owners in 
the county, but in more recent times has disposed of much of his 
property, and now is owner of a small farm of a few hundred acres as 
compared with many hundred that once belonged to him.  He is an elegant 
French gentleman of the old school, and expects to spend the remainder 
of his days on his farm, living in peace, quiet and plenty.

Blanchett Phillips Young Maythe Crouch Cooley Roux Brown
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