Son of Nathaniel B. "Nathan" & Annie (HUNTER) BLANCHARD, who married 11 SEP 1887 in Blandford County, Florida. It is not known what became of Annie, but Nathan married 20 SEP 1899 in Echols County, Georgia, to Lula O'NEAL. Perry appears in the household of his father and step-mother in Statenville, Echols County, in 1900, and Militia District #772 (Nances District) of Muscogee County in 1910.
Perry married, perhaps about 1915, to Minnie McCULLLOUGH and they had at least one child, Velrie BLANCHARD who married a Mr. PRUITT. On Perry's World War I registration card (filed in Muscogee County, Georgia), his closest relative is Minnie BLANCHARD of Fitzgerald, Georgia. Minnie and Velrie are in a household with Minnie's brother and widowed mother on the 1920 census of Militia District #1537 in Ben Hill County, Georgia. That year, Perry was boarding with a THARP family in Columbus, Georgia, and working as a doffer in a cotton mill.
Perry's step-mother divorced his father on 03 MAR 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia, and married Jesse GOODMAN the same day; Jesse's divorce from his first wife Idele (ROYALS) GOODMAN was final the same day as well. Nathan went to Chester County, South Carolina, where he married after 1920 to Minnie Estell WESSINGER, who already had two children, James Hazel "Jim" & Lillie Elizabeth.
Perry apparently married about 1926 to Fannie Bell "Dot" TURNER. They had at least two children, a son who lived only 30 minutes, and a daughter named Edna. Fannie Bell & Edna may be found in the household of Fannie Bell's parents on the 1930 census of Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia. Perry's whereabouts at that time are not known. Fannie Bell later married Daniel Golden HENDRICKS. Edna married (among others) Grover NOLES.
Perry married, perhaps around 1929, to Verlee HART, and they were the parents of several children. In 1930, Verlee may be found with Novie (AMOS) BLANCHARD, wife of Perry's brother Nathan Jr., both residing in the household of William C. STOREY, a widower, in Sumter County, Georgia; next door are William's brother Henry E. STOREY and his wife Lillie J. (BLANCHARD) STOREY, who was sister to Perry & Nathan Jr. In 1940, Verlee was residing in a household alone in rural Sumter County; Perry was incarcerated at the Sumter County jail. Their children Catherine (born ca. 1930), Annie Myrtle (1932) and William P. Jr. (ca. 1935) were in the Georgia Baptist Orphans Home at Hapveille, Fulton County, Georgia, and another daughter, Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD (ca. 1938) was apparently living with foster or adoptive parents Richard & Mary J. (WATKINS) HARRELL in Farmington (Militia District #222) in Oconee County, Georgia. Verlee also had a son born in 1940, who had a court-sealed adoption. Verlee divorced Perry BLANCHARD in 1949 in Bradford County, Florida. She married in 1954 in Duval County, Florida, to Frank Joseph RZECZKOWSKI.
"WILLIAM P. BLANCHARD // Funeral for William Perry BLANCHARD, 53, formerly of Route 1, Fitzgerald, Ga., who had lived here for a short time, was to be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the grave in Riverdale cemetery. The Rev. Willie B. WINDELL was to conduct the service. // Mr. BLANCHARD died at City hospital Tuesday. // Surviving are a son, W. P. BLANCHARD, Jr.; four daughters, Mrs. Catherine AUGUST, Pittsburgh, Misses Annie Myrtle and Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD, Savannah, and Mrs. Velrie PRUITT, Fitzgerald; three brothers, Arthur BLANCHARD, Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and Wesley and Nathan BLANCHARD; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae STOREY, Phenix City, and Mrs. Nancy HAMER, Columbus; a grandchild, and several nieces and nephews." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Friday, 21 DEC 1951, p. 2.]
Per Georgia Death Index: William P. BLANCHARD, White male, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, in Muscogee County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #28915.
Per Sexton’s online database: William P. BLANCHARD, male, born in Columbus, GA, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, of cardiac arrest in Columbus, GA; interred in a box vault in Riverdale Cemetery, Section 15A, Lot 218, by undertaker AVERITT.
Per Social Security Applications & Claims Index: William Perry BLANCHARD, White male, born 03 JUN 1889 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, son of Nathaniel BLANCHARD & Annie HUNTER, type of claim: original Social Security number; name appears in MAY 1937 as William Perry BLANCHARD.
05 JUN 1918, World War I draft registration card: William BLANCHARD, White male, 21 years of age, natural born citizen of U.S., born 22 JAN 1897 at Fitzgerald [Ben Hill County], Georgia, father born in Georgia, USA; residing at 3275 River Road in Columbus, Georgia, employed at Meritas Mills in Columbus, Georgia; nearest relative Minnie BLANCHARD [probably his sister], residing at Fitzgerald, Georgia, signed William BLANCHARD. Tall in height, of slender build, with brown eyes and black hair; has not lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or having any obvious physical disqualification from military service.
“ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY VICTIM HELD: Perry BLANCHARD Charged With Carrying Pistol Without License – BAGLEY and BRADHAM Also Arrested. // Perry BLANCHARD, arrested yesterday, charged with having a pistol without a license, is alleged victim of highway robbery and assault with battery. J. A. BAGLEY was arrested on the robbery charge, while S. A. BRADHAM is alleged to have assaulted BLANCHARD. According to the county officers, BLANCHARD was arrested with a pistol in his hand as he was searching for the two men. He stated to officers that he was struck by BRADHAM and that BAGLEY snatched a $10 bill from him. A charge of drunkenness was also made against BRADHAM. // Those making the arrests were Assistant Chief LAYFIELD, ELLIOTT, LAMB and NEWBERRY of the county police. They also arrested Fred BOOTH and J. RUSKIN, charged with drunkenness.” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 26 JUN 1921, p. 3.]
“THREE MEN BREAK JAIL IN AMERICUS: Trio Tunnel Way to Freedom Through 16-Inch Brick Wall Saturday Night. // AMERICUS, Ga., July 15. –Joe NESBIK, 40, Albert ALLISON, 35, and Perry BLANCHARD, 38, white prisoners, escaped from the Sumter county jail here last night after digging their way to freedom through a 16-inch brick wall and had not been recaptured early tonight. // ALLISON, who was being held for assignment by the state prison commission, was under sentence of five years in two cases of burglary and jail breaking. NESBIK was being held for trial for burglary, and BLANCHARD, an ex-convict, had been jailed on a misdemeanor charge. // The escape was discovered by a Negro who reported to Sheriff McARTHUR that the three men had passed him at the side or rear of the jail, and the search for them began within minutes. // Capture Expected Momentarily // NESBIK, who has only one leg, is well known throughout this section, and his capture is expected momentarily, and is that of BLANCHARD, whose home is in Webster county, who is also well known to peace officers near here. // ALLISON is an ex-service man who was convicted, together with his father, at the last term of the Sumter superior court on the charge of having burglarized the storehouse of the Americus Grocery company here, and claims to be suffering from disabilities incurred during his army service.” [Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Monday, 16 JUL 1934, p. 2.]
“PRISONER IS CAPTURED // AMERICUS, Ga., July 20.—Perry BLANCHARD, one of the three prisoners who escaped from Sumter county jail here last Saturday night, was arrested last night near Plains, where he had sought refuge from pursuing officers in a Negro house. BLANCHARD has given no information regarding the whereabouts of Albert ALLISON and Joe NESBIK, who escaped from jail with him.” Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Saturday, 21 JUL 1934, p. 12.]
“HURT IN FALL // A. Perry BLANCHARD, 55, 1320 Second avenue, was treated at the City hospital at 10:20 o’clock last night, and then was admitted to the institution. Attaches said that the patient had been injured when he had fallen from a bunk in the city jail.” [Columbus (GA) Sunday Ledger-Enquirer newspaper, 09 FEB 1941, p. 27. 1941 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, (reverse index by street) p. 591, shows Mrs. Anna M. MUNRO at 1320 2nd Avenue. 1940 census shows Anna M. MUNRO (widow, 72, GA) residing alone at 1314.]
Perry married, perhaps about 1915, to Minnie McCULLLOUGH and they had at least one child, Velrie BLANCHARD who married a Mr. PRUITT. On Perry's World War I registration card (filed in Muscogee County, Georgia), his closest relative is Minnie BLANCHARD of Fitzgerald, Georgia. Minnie and Velrie are in a household with Minnie's brother and widowed mother on the 1920 census of Militia District #1537 in Ben Hill County, Georgia. That year, Perry was boarding with a THARP family in Columbus, Georgia, and working as a doffer in a cotton mill.
Perry's step-mother divorced his father on 03 MAR 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia, and married Jesse GOODMAN the same day; Jesse's divorce from his first wife Idele (ROYALS) GOODMAN was final the same day as well. Nathan went to Chester County, South Carolina, where he married after 1920 to Minnie Estell WESSINGER, who already had two children, James Hazel "Jim" & Lillie Elizabeth.
Perry apparently married about 1926 to Fannie Bell "Dot" TURNER. They had at least two children, a son who lived only 30 minutes, and a daughter named Edna. Fannie Bell & Edna may be found in the household of Fannie Bell's parents on the 1930 census of Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia. Perry's whereabouts at that time are not known. Fannie Bell later married Daniel Golden HENDRICKS. Edna married (among others) Grover NOLES.
Perry married, perhaps around 1929, to Verlee HART, and they were the parents of several children. In 1930, Verlee may be found with Novie (AMOS) BLANCHARD, wife of Perry's brother Nathan Jr., both residing in the household of William C. STOREY, a widower, in Sumter County, Georgia; next door are William's brother Henry E. STOREY and his wife Lillie J. (BLANCHARD) STOREY, who was sister to Perry & Nathan Jr. In 1940, Verlee was residing in a household alone in rural Sumter County; Perry was incarcerated at the Sumter County jail. Their children Catherine (born ca. 1930), Annie Myrtle (1932) and William P. Jr. (ca. 1935) were in the Georgia Baptist Orphans Home at Hapveille, Fulton County, Georgia, and another daughter, Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD (ca. 1938) was apparently living with foster or adoptive parents Richard & Mary J. (WATKINS) HARRELL in Farmington (Militia District #222) in Oconee County, Georgia. Verlee also had a son born in 1940, who had a court-sealed adoption. Verlee divorced Perry BLANCHARD in 1949 in Bradford County, Florida. She married in 1954 in Duval County, Florida, to Frank Joseph RZECZKOWSKI.
"WILLIAM P. BLANCHARD // Funeral for William Perry BLANCHARD, 53, formerly of Route 1, Fitzgerald, Ga., who had lived here for a short time, was to be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the grave in Riverdale cemetery. The Rev. Willie B. WINDELL was to conduct the service. // Mr. BLANCHARD died at City hospital Tuesday. // Surviving are a son, W. P. BLANCHARD, Jr.; four daughters, Mrs. Catherine AUGUST, Pittsburgh, Misses Annie Myrtle and Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD, Savannah, and Mrs. Velrie PRUITT, Fitzgerald; three brothers, Arthur BLANCHARD, Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and Wesley and Nathan BLANCHARD; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae STOREY, Phenix City, and Mrs. Nancy HAMER, Columbus; a grandchild, and several nieces and nephews." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Friday, 21 DEC 1951, p. 2.]
Per Georgia Death Index: William P. BLANCHARD, White male, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, in Muscogee County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #28915.
Per Sexton’s online database: William P. BLANCHARD, male, born in Columbus, GA, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, of cardiac arrest in Columbus, GA; interred in a box vault in Riverdale Cemetery, Section 15A, Lot 218, by undertaker AVERITT.
Per Social Security Applications & Claims Index: William Perry BLANCHARD, White male, born 03 JUN 1889 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, son of Nathaniel BLANCHARD & Annie HUNTER, type of claim: original Social Security number; name appears in MAY 1937 as William Perry BLANCHARD.
05 JUN 1918, World War I draft registration card: William BLANCHARD, White male, 21 years of age, natural born citizen of U.S., born 22 JAN 1897 at Fitzgerald [Ben Hill County], Georgia, father born in Georgia, USA; residing at 3275 River Road in Columbus, Georgia, employed at Meritas Mills in Columbus, Georgia; nearest relative Minnie BLANCHARD [probably his sister], residing at Fitzgerald, Georgia, signed William BLANCHARD. Tall in height, of slender build, with brown eyes and black hair; has not lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or having any obvious physical disqualification from military service.
“ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY VICTIM HELD: Perry BLANCHARD Charged With Carrying Pistol Without License – BAGLEY and BRADHAM Also Arrested. // Perry BLANCHARD, arrested yesterday, charged with having a pistol without a license, is alleged victim of highway robbery and assault with battery. J. A. BAGLEY was arrested on the robbery charge, while S. A. BRADHAM is alleged to have assaulted BLANCHARD. According to the county officers, BLANCHARD was arrested with a pistol in his hand as he was searching for the two men. He stated to officers that he was struck by BRADHAM and that BAGLEY snatched a $10 bill from him. A charge of drunkenness was also made against BRADHAM. // Those making the arrests were Assistant Chief LAYFIELD, ELLIOTT, LAMB and NEWBERRY of the county police. They also arrested Fred BOOTH and J. RUSKIN, charged with drunkenness.” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 26 JUN 1921, p. 3.]
“THREE MEN BREAK JAIL IN AMERICUS: Trio Tunnel Way to Freedom Through 16-Inch Brick Wall Saturday Night. // AMERICUS, Ga., July 15. –Joe NESBIK, 40, Albert ALLISON, 35, and Perry BLANCHARD, 38, white prisoners, escaped from the Sumter county jail here last night after digging their way to freedom through a 16-inch brick wall and had not been recaptured early tonight. // ALLISON, who was being held for assignment by the state prison commission, was under sentence of five years in two cases of burglary and jail breaking. NESBIK was being held for trial for burglary, and BLANCHARD, an ex-convict, had been jailed on a misdemeanor charge. // The escape was discovered by a Negro who reported to Sheriff McARTHUR that the three men had passed him at the side or rear of the jail, and the search for them began within minutes. // Capture Expected Momentarily // NESBIK, who has only one leg, is well known throughout this section, and his capture is expected momentarily, and is that of BLANCHARD, whose home is in Webster county, who is also well known to peace officers near here. // ALLISON is an ex-service man who was convicted, together with his father, at the last term of the Sumter superior court on the charge of having burglarized the storehouse of the Americus Grocery company here, and claims to be suffering from disabilities incurred during his army service.” [Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Monday, 16 JUL 1934, p. 2.]
“PRISONER IS CAPTURED // AMERICUS, Ga., July 20.—Perry BLANCHARD, one of the three prisoners who escaped from Sumter county jail here last Saturday night, was arrested last night near Plains, where he had sought refuge from pursuing officers in a Negro house. BLANCHARD has given no information regarding the whereabouts of Albert ALLISON and Joe NESBIK, who escaped from jail with him.” Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Saturday, 21 JUL 1934, p. 12.]
“HURT IN FALL // A. Perry BLANCHARD, 55, 1320 Second avenue, was treated at the City hospital at 10:20 o’clock last night, and then was admitted to the institution. Attaches said that the patient had been injured when he had fallen from a bunk in the city jail.” [Columbus (GA) Sunday Ledger-Enquirer newspaper, 09 FEB 1941, p. 27. 1941 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, (reverse index by street) p. 591, shows Mrs. Anna M. MUNRO at 1320 2nd Avenue. 1940 census shows Anna M. MUNRO (widow, 72, GA) residing alone at 1314.]
Son of Nathaniel B. "Nathan" & Annie (HUNTER) BLANCHARD, who married 11 SEP 1887 in Blandford County, Florida. It is not known what became of Annie, but Nathan married 20 SEP 1899 in Echols County, Georgia, to Lula O'NEAL. Perry appears in the household of his father and step-mother in Statenville, Echols County, in 1900, and Militia District #772 (Nances District) of Muscogee County in 1910.
Perry married, perhaps about 1915, to Minnie McCULLLOUGH and they had at least one child, Velrie BLANCHARD who married a Mr. PRUITT. On Perry's World War I registration card (filed in Muscogee County, Georgia), his closest relative is Minnie BLANCHARD of Fitzgerald, Georgia. Minnie and Velrie are in a household with Minnie's brother and widowed mother on the 1920 census of Militia District #1537 in Ben Hill County, Georgia. That year, Perry was boarding with a THARP family in Columbus, Georgia, and working as a doffer in a cotton mill.
Perry's step-mother divorced his father on 03 MAR 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia, and married Jesse GOODMAN the same day; Jesse's divorce from his first wife Idele (ROYALS) GOODMAN was final the same day as well. Nathan went to Chester County, South Carolina, where he married after 1920 to Minnie Estell WESSINGER, who already had two children, James Hazel "Jim" & Lillie Elizabeth.
Perry apparently married about 1926 to Fannie Bell "Dot" TURNER. They had at least two children, a son who lived only 30 minutes, and a daughter named Edna. Fannie Bell & Edna may be found in the household of Fannie Bell's parents on the 1930 census of Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia. Perry's whereabouts at that time are not known. Fannie Bell later married Daniel Golden HENDRICKS. Edna married (among others) Grover NOLES.
Perry married, perhaps around 1929, to Verlee HART, and they were the parents of several children. In 1930, Verlee may be found with Novie (AMOS) BLANCHARD, wife of Perry's brother Nathan Jr., both residing in the household of William C. STOREY, a widower, in Sumter County, Georgia; next door are William's brother Henry E. STOREY and his wife Lillie J. (BLANCHARD) STOREY, who was sister to Perry & Nathan Jr. In 1940, Verlee was residing in a household alone in rural Sumter County; Perry was incarcerated at the Sumter County jail. Their children Catherine (born ca. 1930), Annie Myrtle (1932) and William P. Jr. (ca. 1935) were in the Georgia Baptist Orphans Home at Hapveille, Fulton County, Georgia, and another daughter, Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD (ca. 1938) was apparently living with foster or adoptive parents Richard & Mary J. (WATKINS) HARRELL in Farmington (Militia District #222) in Oconee County, Georgia. Verlee also had a son born in 1940, who had a court-sealed adoption. Verlee divorced Perry BLANCHARD in 1949 in Bradford County, Florida. She married in 1954 in Duval County, Florida, to Frank Joseph RZECZKOWSKI.
"WILLIAM P. BLANCHARD // Funeral for William Perry BLANCHARD, 53, formerly of Route 1, Fitzgerald, Ga., who had lived here for a short time, was to be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the grave in Riverdale cemetery. The Rev. Willie B. WINDELL was to conduct the service. // Mr. BLANCHARD died at City hospital Tuesday. // Surviving are a son, W. P. BLANCHARD, Jr.; four daughters, Mrs. Catherine AUGUST, Pittsburgh, Misses Annie Myrtle and Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD, Savannah, and Mrs. Velrie PRUITT, Fitzgerald; three brothers, Arthur BLANCHARD, Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and Wesley and Nathan BLANCHARD; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae STOREY, Phenix City, and Mrs. Nancy HAMER, Columbus; a grandchild, and several nieces and nephews." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Friday, 21 DEC 1951, p. 2.]
Per Georgia Death Index: William P. BLANCHARD, White male, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, in Muscogee County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #28915.
Per Sexton’s online database: William P. BLANCHARD, male, born in Columbus, GA, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, of cardiac arrest in Columbus, GA; interred in a box vault in Riverdale Cemetery, Section 15A, Lot 218, by undertaker AVERITT.
Per Social Security Applications & Claims Index: William Perry BLANCHARD, White male, born 03 JUN 1889 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, son of Nathaniel BLANCHARD & Annie HUNTER, type of claim: original Social Security number; name appears in MAY 1937 as William Perry BLANCHARD.
05 JUN 1918, World War I draft registration card: William BLANCHARD, White male, 21 years of age, natural born citizen of U.S., born 22 JAN 1897 at Fitzgerald [Ben Hill County], Georgia, father born in Georgia, USA; residing at 3275 River Road in Columbus, Georgia, employed at Meritas Mills in Columbus, Georgia; nearest relative Minnie BLANCHARD [probably his sister], residing at Fitzgerald, Georgia, signed William BLANCHARD. Tall in height, of slender build, with brown eyes and black hair; has not lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or having any obvious physical disqualification from military service.
“ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY VICTIM HELD: Perry BLANCHARD Charged With Carrying Pistol Without License – BAGLEY and BRADHAM Also Arrested. // Perry BLANCHARD, arrested yesterday, charged with having a pistol without a license, is alleged victim of highway robbery and assault with battery. J. A. BAGLEY was arrested on the robbery charge, while S. A. BRADHAM is alleged to have assaulted BLANCHARD. According to the county officers, BLANCHARD was arrested with a pistol in his hand as he was searching for the two men. He stated to officers that he was struck by BRADHAM and that BAGLEY snatched a $10 bill from him. A charge of drunkenness was also made against BRADHAM. // Those making the arrests were Assistant Chief LAYFIELD, ELLIOTT, LAMB and NEWBERRY of the county police. They also arrested Fred BOOTH and J. RUSKIN, charged with drunkenness.” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 26 JUN 1921, p. 3.]
“THREE MEN BREAK JAIL IN AMERICUS: Trio Tunnel Way to Freedom Through 16-Inch Brick Wall Saturday Night. // AMERICUS, Ga., July 15. –Joe NESBIK, 40, Albert ALLISON, 35, and Perry BLANCHARD, 38, white prisoners, escaped from the Sumter county jail here last night after digging their way to freedom through a 16-inch brick wall and had not been recaptured early tonight. // ALLISON, who was being held for assignment by the state prison commission, was under sentence of five years in two cases of burglary and jail breaking. NESBIK was being held for trial for burglary, and BLANCHARD, an ex-convict, had been jailed on a misdemeanor charge. // The escape was discovered by a Negro who reported to Sheriff McARTHUR that the three men had passed him at the side or rear of the jail, and the search for them began within minutes. // Capture Expected Momentarily // NESBIK, who has only one leg, is well known throughout this section, and his capture is expected momentarily, and is that of BLANCHARD, whose home is in Webster county, who is also well known to peace officers near here. // ALLISON is an ex-service man who was convicted, together with his father, at the last term of the Sumter superior court on the charge of having burglarized the storehouse of the Americus Grocery company here, and claims to be suffering from disabilities incurred during his army service.” [Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Monday, 16 JUL 1934, p. 2.]
“PRISONER IS CAPTURED // AMERICUS, Ga., July 20.—Perry BLANCHARD, one of the three prisoners who escaped from Sumter county jail here last Saturday night, was arrested last night near Plains, where he had sought refuge from pursuing officers in a Negro house. BLANCHARD has given no information regarding the whereabouts of Albert ALLISON and Joe NESBIK, who escaped from jail with him.” Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Saturday, 21 JUL 1934, p. 12.]
“HURT IN FALL // A. Perry BLANCHARD, 55, 1320 Second avenue, was treated at the City hospital at 10:20 o’clock last night, and then was admitted to the institution. Attaches said that the patient had been injured when he had fallen from a bunk in the city jail.” [Columbus (GA) Sunday Ledger-Enquirer newspaper, 09 FEB 1941, p. 27. 1941 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, (reverse index by street) p. 591, shows Mrs. Anna M. MUNRO at 1320 2nd Avenue. 1940 census shows Anna M. MUNRO (widow, 72, GA) residing alone at 1314.]
Perry married, perhaps about 1915, to Minnie McCULLLOUGH and they had at least one child, Velrie BLANCHARD who married a Mr. PRUITT. On Perry's World War I registration card (filed in Muscogee County, Georgia), his closest relative is Minnie BLANCHARD of Fitzgerald, Georgia. Minnie and Velrie are in a household with Minnie's brother and widowed mother on the 1920 census of Militia District #1537 in Ben Hill County, Georgia. That year, Perry was boarding with a THARP family in Columbus, Georgia, and working as a doffer in a cotton mill.
Perry's step-mother divorced his father on 03 MAR 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia, and married Jesse GOODMAN the same day; Jesse's divorce from his first wife Idele (ROYALS) GOODMAN was final the same day as well. Nathan went to Chester County, South Carolina, where he married after 1920 to Minnie Estell WESSINGER, who already had two children, James Hazel "Jim" & Lillie Elizabeth.
Perry apparently married about 1926 to Fannie Bell "Dot" TURNER. They had at least two children, a son who lived only 30 minutes, and a daughter named Edna. Fannie Bell & Edna may be found in the household of Fannie Bell's parents on the 1930 census of Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia. Perry's whereabouts at that time are not known. Fannie Bell later married Daniel Golden HENDRICKS. Edna married (among others) Grover NOLES.
Perry married, perhaps around 1929, to Verlee HART, and they were the parents of several children. In 1930, Verlee may be found with Novie (AMOS) BLANCHARD, wife of Perry's brother Nathan Jr., both residing in the household of William C. STOREY, a widower, in Sumter County, Georgia; next door are William's brother Henry E. STOREY and his wife Lillie J. (BLANCHARD) STOREY, who was sister to Perry & Nathan Jr. In 1940, Verlee was residing in a household alone in rural Sumter County; Perry was incarcerated at the Sumter County jail. Their children Catherine (born ca. 1930), Annie Myrtle (1932) and William P. Jr. (ca. 1935) were in the Georgia Baptist Orphans Home at Hapveille, Fulton County, Georgia, and another daughter, Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD (ca. 1938) was apparently living with foster or adoptive parents Richard & Mary J. (WATKINS) HARRELL in Farmington (Militia District #222) in Oconee County, Georgia. Verlee also had a son born in 1940, who had a court-sealed adoption. Verlee divorced Perry BLANCHARD in 1949 in Bradford County, Florida. She married in 1954 in Duval County, Florida, to Frank Joseph RZECZKOWSKI.
"WILLIAM P. BLANCHARD // Funeral for William Perry BLANCHARD, 53, formerly of Route 1, Fitzgerald, Ga., who had lived here for a short time, was to be held at 2:30 p.m. today at the grave in Riverdale cemetery. The Rev. Willie B. WINDELL was to conduct the service. // Mr. BLANCHARD died at City hospital Tuesday. // Surviving are a son, W. P. BLANCHARD, Jr.; four daughters, Mrs. Catherine AUGUST, Pittsburgh, Misses Annie Myrtle and Mary Evelyn BLANCHARD, Savannah, and Mrs. Velrie PRUITT, Fitzgerald; three brothers, Arthur BLANCHARD, Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and Wesley and Nathan BLANCHARD; two sisters, Mrs. Annie Mae STOREY, Phenix City, and Mrs. Nancy HAMER, Columbus; a grandchild, and several nieces and nephews." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Friday, 21 DEC 1951, p. 2.]
Per Georgia Death Index: William P. BLANCHARD, White male, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, in Muscogee County, Georgia, as a resident of the same county, death certificate #28915.
Per Sexton’s online database: William P. BLANCHARD, male, born in Columbus, GA, died 18 DEC 1951, aged 53 years, of cardiac arrest in Columbus, GA; interred in a box vault in Riverdale Cemetery, Section 15A, Lot 218, by undertaker AVERITT.
Per Social Security Applications & Claims Index: William Perry BLANCHARD, White male, born 03 JUN 1889 in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, son of Nathaniel BLANCHARD & Annie HUNTER, type of claim: original Social Security number; name appears in MAY 1937 as William Perry BLANCHARD.
05 JUN 1918, World War I draft registration card: William BLANCHARD, White male, 21 years of age, natural born citizen of U.S., born 22 JAN 1897 at Fitzgerald [Ben Hill County], Georgia, father born in Georgia, USA; residing at 3275 River Road in Columbus, Georgia, employed at Meritas Mills in Columbus, Georgia; nearest relative Minnie BLANCHARD [probably his sister], residing at Fitzgerald, Georgia, signed William BLANCHARD. Tall in height, of slender build, with brown eyes and black hair; has not lost arm, leg, hand, eye, or having any obvious physical disqualification from military service.
“ALLEGED ASSAULT AND ROBBERY VICTIM HELD: Perry BLANCHARD Charged With Carrying Pistol Without License – BAGLEY and BRADHAM Also Arrested. // Perry BLANCHARD, arrested yesterday, charged with having a pistol without a license, is alleged victim of highway robbery and assault with battery. J. A. BAGLEY was arrested on the robbery charge, while S. A. BRADHAM is alleged to have assaulted BLANCHARD. According to the county officers, BLANCHARD was arrested with a pistol in his hand as he was searching for the two men. He stated to officers that he was struck by BRADHAM and that BAGLEY snatched a $10 bill from him. A charge of drunkenness was also made against BRADHAM. // Those making the arrests were Assistant Chief LAYFIELD, ELLIOTT, LAMB and NEWBERRY of the county police. They also arrested Fred BOOTH and J. RUSKIN, charged with drunkenness.” [Columbus (GA) Enquirer-Sun newspaper, Sunday, 26 JUN 1921, p. 3.]
“THREE MEN BREAK JAIL IN AMERICUS: Trio Tunnel Way to Freedom Through 16-Inch Brick Wall Saturday Night. // AMERICUS, Ga., July 15. –Joe NESBIK, 40, Albert ALLISON, 35, and Perry BLANCHARD, 38, white prisoners, escaped from the Sumter county jail here last night after digging their way to freedom through a 16-inch brick wall and had not been recaptured early tonight. // ALLISON, who was being held for assignment by the state prison commission, was under sentence of five years in two cases of burglary and jail breaking. NESBIK was being held for trial for burglary, and BLANCHARD, an ex-convict, had been jailed on a misdemeanor charge. // The escape was discovered by a Negro who reported to Sheriff McARTHUR that the three men had passed him at the side or rear of the jail, and the search for them began within minutes. // Capture Expected Momentarily // NESBIK, who has only one leg, is well known throughout this section, and his capture is expected momentarily, and is that of BLANCHARD, whose home is in Webster county, who is also well known to peace officers near here. // ALLISON is an ex-service man who was convicted, together with his father, at the last term of the Sumter superior court on the charge of having burglarized the storehouse of the Americus Grocery company here, and claims to be suffering from disabilities incurred during his army service.” [Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Monday, 16 JUL 1934, p. 2.]
“PRISONER IS CAPTURED // AMERICUS, Ga., July 20.—Perry BLANCHARD, one of the three prisoners who escaped from Sumter county jail here last Saturday night, was arrested last night near Plains, where he had sought refuge from pursuing officers in a Negro house. BLANCHARD has given no information regarding the whereabouts of Albert ALLISON and Joe NESBIK, who escaped from jail with him.” Macon (GA) Telegraph newspaper, Saturday, 21 JUL 1934, p. 12.]
“HURT IN FALL // A. Perry BLANCHARD, 55, 1320 Second avenue, was treated at the City hospital at 10:20 o’clock last night, and then was admitted to the institution. Attaches said that the patient had been injured when he had fallen from a bunk in the city jail.” [Columbus (GA) Sunday Ledger-Enquirer newspaper, 09 FEB 1941, p. 27. 1941 city directory for Columbus, Georgia, (reverse index by street) p. 591, shows Mrs. Anna M. MUNRO at 1320 2nd Avenue. 1940 census shows Anna M. MUNRO (widow, 72, GA) residing alone at 1314.]
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