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www.childers-shepherd.org, 30 Dec 2009
       Barnett Blankenship + Ruth Koon                                                           
                                    |                                                                 
        Govan M. Blankenship           +                  Eliza Sarah Ray  
                1837 - 1898                   m. 1856                            1840 - 1865
                 Yancey Co NC                              Yancey Co NC                           Yancey Co NC
                                                      |
                              Ellis M. Blankenship, 1858 - 1834
                                      Alleghany Blankenship
                                      Amanda Ruth Blankenship (James W. McClurd), 1865 - 1956
           
       Barnett Blankenship + Ruth Koon                                        
                                    |                                                               
      Govan M. Blankenship           +             Sally Blankenship Ray
          1837 - 1898                     m. after 1865                            
            Yancey Co NC                              Yancey Co NC                           Yancey Co NC
                                                       |
                             Sarah Eliza Blankenship (Augustus Shepherd), 1869 - ?
                                     Socrates Blankenship
                                     Henry Mills Blankenship
                                       
Sources: Frances Ruth Elkins Owenby
              U. S. Census 1850
             Ancestry.com's OneWorldTree