1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Emma BLAND Spouse: William J. GRUBBS Marriage: 2 Sep 1876, Union, Ohio Source: Marriage Records, 1820-1951, Ohio. Probate Court (Union County)

William H. OBORN Spouse: Emma GRUBBS Marriage: 31 Dec 1885, Marion, OH Source: Marriage Records, 1824, 1964, Ohio. Probate Court (Marion County)

2.  1900 Census Index/Microfilm (online at Genealogy.com, Image #19 of 19):  Waldo Twp., Marion Co., OH, Roll 1302, p. 299A, SD 211, ED 72, SH 10A, enumerated 21 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

211

218

Oborn, William

Head

W

M

May 1862

38

M

15

OH

OH

OH

Farmer

0

Y

Y

Y

O

F

F

123

_____, Emma

Wife

W

F

Feb 1860

40

M

15

3

3

OH

VA

OH

Y

Y

Y

_____, Charlotte

Daughter

W

F

Jan 1887

13

S

OH

OH

OH

At school

6

Y

Y

Y

_____, Gerald

Son

W

M

Feb 1897

3

S

OH

OH

OH

Straub, Eliza A.

Aunt

W

F

Jan 1839

61

Wid

7

4

OH

PA

OH

Y

Y

Y

3.  J. Wilbur Jacoby.  1907.  History of Marion County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens.  Biographical Publ. Co., Chicago, IL (Broderbund CD-450; also online at Heritage Pursuit):

p. 447

JOSEPH BLAND, a representative citizen of Waldo township and the owner of a fine farm of 140 acres, which is situated in section 36, was born on his father's farm in Union County, Ohio, October 9, 1870.  He is a son of John and Margaret (Kennedy) Bland... John Bland, father of Joseph, was born in Virginia, July 14, 1825, and died on his farm in Waldo township, Marion County, Ohio, January 29, 1900...

p. 447

In Belmont County, Ohio, John Bland was married (first) to Margaret Kennedy, a native of that county, who died in Union County, Ohio, in July, 1873.  She belonged to one of the pioneer families of Belmont County...  The 10 children born to this marriage were as follows:  Mary, who died aged 16 years; Dora, who died aged 15 years; Emma, who married W.H. Oborn; Margaret, who married Lee Long; Robert, Lewis, George, Solomon and John, all deceased; and Joseph.