Thomas Abner BLANDFORD & Elizabeth T. LILLY & Elizabeth ANDERSON

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Thomas Abner BLANDFORD
Elizabeth T. LILLY
Elizabeth ANDERSON

NOTE: a file at the LDS IGI says our subject's middle name was "Alvin," not Abner, and says he had a first wife, Julia SPEAK [Julina SPEAKE] (1801-1835). I wonder if two Thomas A. BLANDFORDs aren't being mixed up.

Husband: Thomas Abner BLANDFORD
Birth: 1804/5, KY
Death: aft. 1880
Occupation: farmer

Marriage-1: 8 Oct 1832, Nelson Co., KY

Wife: Elizabeth T. LILLY
Birth: ca. 1813
Death: 1833-39

Marriage-2: 11 Oct 1839, Nelson Co., KY

Wife-2: Elizabeth ANDERSON
Birth: 1811/2, KY
Death: 1870-80, Nelson Co., KY
Occupation: homemaker

Children with Elizabeth LILLY:

Apparently none, unless they went to live with other kin (e.g., an aunt or grandparents) after Elizabeth's death.

Children with Elizabeth ANDERSON — born in Nelson Co., KY:

1. Thomas BLANDFORD, b. 1840/1
2. Richard BLANDFORD, b. 1844/5
3. Mary R. BLANDFORD, b. 1847/8; m. 25 Sep 1867, Nelson Co., KY, Joseph K. BALL
4. Lucy O. BLANDFORD, b. 1850/1

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Sources:

1a. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Blandford, Thomas A. Lilly, Elizabeth T. 8 Oct 1832 Nelson Co.

Blandford, Thomas A. Anderson, Elizabeth 11 Oct 1839 Nelson Co.

1b. Jordan Dodd, comp. 2001. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900. Provo, UT (online at Ancestry.com):

Ball, Joseph K. Blandford, Mary R. 25 Sep 1867 Nelson Co.

1c. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

Thomas Alvin Blandford
Birth: 1807; Place: Bullitt County, Kentucky
Father: Walter Blandford [1770-1835]; Mother: Mary Eleonor (sic) "Ellen" Craycroft [1767-aft1850]
Spouse: Julia Speak
Spouse: Elizabeth T Lilly
Spouse: Elizabeth Stevenson Anderson

It appears probable that two Thomas A. BLANDFORDs are being mixed up here: one with middle name "Alvin" and wife, Julia SPEAK/SPEAKE/SPEKE; the other with middle name, Abner, and wives Elizabeth LILLY and Elizabeth ANDERSON. So, are Walter & Ellen our subject's parents or the parents of a different Thomas BRADFORD? UPDATE: a file online at WorldConnect indicates "Julina SPEAKE" was born in 1801 and died in 1835 — after Thomas Abner married Elizabeth; it lists her husband as "Unknown BLANDFORD."

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1-2 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Nelson Co. Bloomfield Roll M704_121 pp. 44B-45A Ln. 20 Thomas A Blandford 000 001 - 000 010 010 100000-101000 0001000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 30-39 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1804/5)

1 white female 20-29 1810-1820 = Elizabeth (b. 1811/2)

1 white female 50-59 1780-1790 = mother? mother-in-law?

1 male slave 9 or under 1830-1840 = ?

1 female slave 9 or under 1830-1840 = ?

1 female slave 24-35 1804-1816 = ?

1 persons employed in manufacture and trades

3. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #95 of 110 — indexed "L. A. Blandford"; "T.A." is also indexed in the Slave Schedules, but I can't find the image): District No. 2, Nelson Co., KY, p. 383A, 637/637, enumerated 17 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

T A Blandford 45 M Wgonmaker 800 Kentucky

Elizabeth " 38 F "

Thomas    " 9 M "

Richard   " 5 M "

Mary      " 2 F "

Mary Casey 14 F "

Redman Evans 20 M Ditto "

Ann Connor 17/19 F "

This enumerator's 7's and 9's were indistinguishable; his capital L's and T's sometimes were also.

4. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #4 of 10): Fairfield P.O., District No. 1, Nelson Co., KY, Roll 389 (Book 1), p. 255, PN 144, 1060/947, enumerated 3 Sep 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Abner Blandford 57 M Cooper 600 1500 Kentucky

Elizabeth Blandford 47 F "

Richd Blandford 15 M "

Mary Blandford 12 F "

Lucy Blandford 9 F "

5. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #1 of 6): Fairfield P.O., Fairfield, Nelson Co., KY, Roll 491 (Book 1), p. 135A, PN 1, 4/5, enumerated 8 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Blandford Abner 65 M W Wagen Maker 100 Kentucky

_________ Elizabeth 57 F W Keeping House do

_________ Thomas 27 M W Teaching school do

_________ Lucy 18 F W At Home do

Bennett Alice 14 F B House Servant do

Ball Emma 9 F W do

6. 1880 — T. Abner BLANDFORD (æ 75), is living with daughters, Lucy O. BLANDFORD and widow Mary R. (BLANDFORD) BALL, in Nelson Co., KY.

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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