Father Birth Place: Ireland
Occupation: Retired Justice
Source: "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Abner Pedar Blane"
A little log school house had been built south of the Blane house, near the Burying Ground, and here the neighborhood children attended school, the Blanes running home for dinner and to do the chores. The first School Law had been passed in 1825 by the State Legislature, but it was several years before school funds were available to pay the teachers, and they took produce for pay and "boarded around", though most of them stayed permanently with the Blanes because they had plenty of room.
Abner Peeler was the first teacher and he also was a Preacher, filling the pulpit at Sweetwater on Sundays. Madaline evidently respected him greatly because she named her son, born in 1838, Abner Peeler Blane in his honor. And a later teacher Samuel Humphrey was honored by Madaline when she named little Samuel, Samuel H. Blane, born in 1840. ( ksorrison3389)
Father Birth Place: Ireland
Occupation: Retired Justice
Source: "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Abner Pedar Blane"
A little log school house had been built south of the Blane house, near the Burying Ground, and here the neighborhood children attended school, the Blanes running home for dinner and to do the chores. The first School Law had been passed in 1825 by the State Legislature, but it was several years before school funds were available to pay the teachers, and they took produce for pay and "boarded around", though most of them stayed permanently with the Blanes because they had plenty of room.
Abner Peeler was the first teacher and he also was a Preacher, filling the pulpit at Sweetwater on Sundays. Madaline evidently respected him greatly because she named her son, born in 1838, Abner Peeler Blane in his honor. And a later teacher Samuel Humphrey was honored by Madaline when she named little Samuel, Samuel H. Blane, born in 1840. ( ksorrison3389)
Family Members
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Arminda Blane Bracken
1827–1853
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Edward Lewis Blane
1829–1851
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Mariah Ann "Mary" Blane Payne
1832–1886
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Amanda Ann Blane
1834–1834
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Mary Moore Blane
1834–1834
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George Washington Blaine
1836–1908
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Capt Samuel H. Blane
1840–1904
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Mary Ellen Blane Huffman
1840–1917
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Melissa Hale Blane Graham
1841–1926
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John Powell Blane
1845–1935
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William Francis Blane
1847–1924
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