Blankenship Cemetery, Barry Co., MO
| Name | Born | Died | Research Notes & Inscriptions | Researcher or Resource |
| BLANKINSHIP, Chloe Rico (HUDSON) | June 27, 1899 Rural Jenkins, Barry Co., MO |
Oct. 7, 1980 Jenkins, Barry Co., MO |
SSW: W. H. "Bunk" - Research Note: Cassville Democrat, October 15, 1980 - Services for Chloe Blankenship, 81, Jenkins, who died at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 7 at the home of daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Ragain, Jenkins, after an illness, were at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Shiloah Baptist Church, west of Jenkins. Rev. Rob Hodson officiated. Burial, under direction of Williamson Chapel at Cassville was in Blankenship Cemetery, south of Jenkins. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Mrs. Blankenship was born June 27, 1899, near Jenkins and was a lifetime resident. She was a member of Shiloah Baptist Church. She married W. H. "Bunk" Blankenship, who died January 15, 1963. - Daughter of George Alexander Hudson and Rebecca Jane Doty. | Online Obit Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| BLANKINSHIP, Permelia J. (ROGERS) | Sept. 10, 1854 Kingston, Madison Co., AR |
May 7, 1910 Jenkins, Barry Co., MO |
SSW: Samuel P. - Research Note: Married on Feb. 16, 1871 in Barry Co., MO. - Daughter of James Vance Rogers and Elizabeth Burks. | MO Marriage Records Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| BLANKINSHIP, Samuel P. | Feb. 27, 1847 VA |
May 1, 1921 Nevada, Vernon Co., MO |
SSW: Permelia J. - Inscription: "Co. G 15 MO Cav." - Research Note: He was widowed, a farmer and parents weren't named on the death certificate. Usual residence was Jenkins, Barry Co., MO. W. W. Bennett of Nevada, MO was the informant. Place of burial was given as Aurora, MO which is incorrect. - Son of Jonathan B. Blankinship and Wilmurth McKinney. - Info provided by a family member at ancestry.com: Samuel P. Blankenship, son of Jonathan Blankenship, was born in West Virginia February 27, 1847. He served during the Civil War in the Union army from 1862-1865 in the 15th Mo. Cavalry in Co. G. Pamela (Permelia) Jane Rogers, his wife, was born September 10, 1843 in Kingston, Arkansas. They were married in 1870. They had a large family - all girls, except two. Jonathan Blankenship drove an ox team and wagon with all their household belongings all the way from West Virginia. | Death Certificate Note Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| BLANKINSHIP, Sterling Hugh | Jan. 15, 1872 Barry Co., MO |
Aug. 3, 1893 Barry Co., MO |
Inscription: "Aged 21 yr. 6 months 18 days" - "Son of S. P. and P. J., Also Husband of Belle" - Research Note: Sterling, age 19, married Isabell "Belle" Boland, age 15, on Jan. 29, 1891 at Flat Creek, Barry Co., MO. Samuel Blankinship, the father of Sterling H. Blankenship and Thomas Wilson, the guardian of Belle Boland, have given their consent for these minors to marry. - Belle second married William Bates. | MO Marriage Records Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| BLANKINSHIP, Virginia E. | Feb. 3, 1886 | Feb. 1, 1897 | Inscription: "Daughter of S. P. and P. C. Blankinship" - Research Note: Cassville Republican, February 4, 1897 - Died, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Blankenship. Burial was near their former home on Flat Creek. | Online Obit Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| BLANKINSHIP, William Henry "Bunk" | July 19, 1897 Rural Cassville, Barry Co., MO |
Jan. 15, 1963 Aurora Hosp., Aurora, Lawrence Co., MO |
SSW: Chloe R. - Research Note: Son of Samuel Blankinship and Permilia Rogers. Chloe Hudson was his wife and she was the informant on the death certificate. Indexed under BlankEnship. - Cassville Republican, January 17, 1963 - Funeral services for William Henry "Bunk" Blankenship, 65, who died January 15 in the Aurora hospital, will be conducted Thursday afternoon, 2:00 o'clock, in the Clio Community Building. Elder Oliver Coones and Elder Roy Williamson will officiate and burial will be in the Blankenship cemetery near Jenkins under direction of Williamson Chapel in the Valley of Cassville. Mr. Blankenship was a son of the late Samuel and Permilian Blankenship and was born July 19, 1897, near Cassville. He spent his entire life in Barry County except for three years that he lived with his parents in Guymon Okla. On March 20, 1916, he was married to Miss Chloe Hudson of Jenkins and they spent their married life on the same farm near Jenkins. They were the parents of four children. Besides farming and stock raising he taught singing schools over all Barry County and adjoining counties. Surviving in addition to his wife and children are four sisters, Mrs. Annie Blankenship of Yale, Okla.; Mrs. Maggie Lee of Modesto, Calif.; Mrs. Phala Bell of Kernville, Calif.; and Mrs. Vada Phillips of Jenkins and 15 grandchildren. | Online Obit Death Certificate Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| HENSON, William Estel | 1896 | 1897 | Inscription: "Son of Anna A. and John D." | Photo Diana Cope |
| PALMER, Harry A. | Mar. 22, 1948 Yuma, CO |
July 11, 2018 At Home, Eagle Rock, Barry Co., MO |
Research Note: He was the son of Harold A. and Dema E. (Zwirn) Palmer, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death were his step-mother, Ruth Palmer; two sisters, Sharon Dugan and Robin Kroll and a nephew, Skyler Kroll. Harry graduated from high school in Lansing, Kansas. For several years he was employed as an auto mechanic, working for Tire Town in Lansing, Kansas. He attended Roaring River Baptist Church in Eagle Rock. He was a member of NRA. | Fohn Funeral Home Phyllis Long |
| RAINS, Mary | June 15, 1808 | Dec. 7, 1890 | No Data | Photo Diana Cope |
| ROGERS, Elizabeth "Betsey" (BURKS) | May 30, 1813 TN |
Sept. 4, 1873 MO |
SSW: James V. - Inscription: "Married Oct. 8, 1835" - Research Note: She was the daughter of Charles Burks and Mary Rogers. Burks could also be Birkes or Burkes. Elizabeth married James V. Rogers on Oct. 8, 1835 in Hancock Co., IL. | IL Marriage Records Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| ROGERS, James Vance | Dec. 28, 1814 TN |
Aug. 14, 1873 MO |
SSW: Elizabeth "Betsey" - Inscription: "Married Oct. 8, 1835" - Research Note: Son of John B. Rogers and Agnes Penquite (Vance) Rogers. - Info provided by a family member at ancestry.com: James Vance Rogers was born in Tennessee in 1810. His wife, Elizabeth (Burks) Rogers was born in Tennessee in 1813. Ten children were born in Tennessee, Iowa and Arkansas. James Vance Rogers was a slave holder. He once bought a one-year-old baby, and as he rode away with it, the cries of the mother caused him to go back and give her the baby. He then went home and turned all his slaves free. They refused to leaved him, and he permitted them to stay with pay. | Note Phyllis Long Photo Diana Cope |
| STUBBLEFIELD, John R. | June 21, 1889 | July 16, 1889 | Inscription: "Son of A. and M.A." | Photo Diana Cope |
| THOMAS, Dobby J. W. | No Date | Apr. 10, 1889 | No Data | Headstone Lanny and Mary Homesley Photo Diana Cope |
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