CHESTER ARTHUR BLANKENSHIP, PRIVATE.
WWI, WAGON COMPANY 302. Served in France.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
It is reported that Chris Blankenship, living two miles southwest of Belle Plaine, attempted suicide at his home last night. He used a gun and the bullet lodged in the body. His father found him in his room after the shooting. It is thought that the boy was mentally unbalanced.
The Wellington Daily News (Wellington, Sumner, Kansas) Thursday, February 5, 1920. Page 1.
Chester was shot February 4, 1920 and passed away twenty- two days later while a close friend was at his beside.
Martha Roger's Blankenship died 9 April 1906, at the University Hospital in Jefferson County, Kentucky of a malignant liver disease. Martha was the mother of Chester, age 12, and Hubert, age 3. Their father Aaron remarried 5 December 1907, Union Chapel Community, Union Chapel, Russell, Kentucky.
Aaron Blankenship family removed from Sewellton, Russell, Kentucky between March 1913 and before Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas census dated 1 March 1915.
By 1 March 1915, Chester Blankenship, age 21, was a farm laborer for his Uncle Thomas Alexander Blankenship in Harmon, Sumner, Kansas.
WWI began 6 April 1917. According to The Wellington Daily News. Chester Arthur Blankenship Registration Number: 1111 for WWI, age 23, a laborer for Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Wellington Daily News. Monday, 27 May 1918. Page 1.
Sixty-two boys left for Camp Funston. Kansas. Chester Blankenship was listed.
The Wellington Daily News. 30 August 1918. Page 34. Chester Blankenship of Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Acceptance to Camp Funston on May 27, 1918.
Chester eventually rode the USS Finland to Brest, France. War Number: 3298888. Occupation. Farmer. Pay started 1 October 1918 ended 7 August 1919.
Thank you Uncle Chester for your service, your niece, Vicky Sue Blankenship. I am sorry you did not recieve help for your illness from the United States Government and your father tried to get help for you and with expenses afterwards until about 1939 with no avail. You must have seen the great plague at Camp Funston before you left and in France as well as all the ugly war. You will be remembered with love forever.
WWI, WAGON COMPANY 302. Served in France.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
It is reported that Chris Blankenship, living two miles southwest of Belle Plaine, attempted suicide at his home last night. He used a gun and the bullet lodged in the body. His father found him in his room after the shooting. It is thought that the boy was mentally unbalanced.
The Wellington Daily News (Wellington, Sumner, Kansas) Thursday, February 5, 1920. Page 1.
Chester was shot February 4, 1920 and passed away twenty- two days later while a close friend was at his beside.
Martha Roger's Blankenship died 9 April 1906, at the University Hospital in Jefferson County, Kentucky of a malignant liver disease. Martha was the mother of Chester, age 12, and Hubert, age 3. Their father Aaron remarried 5 December 1907, Union Chapel Community, Union Chapel, Russell, Kentucky.
Aaron Blankenship family removed from Sewellton, Russell, Kentucky between March 1913 and before Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas census dated 1 March 1915.
By 1 March 1915, Chester Blankenship, age 21, was a farm laborer for his Uncle Thomas Alexander Blankenship in Harmon, Sumner, Kansas.
WWI began 6 April 1917. According to The Wellington Daily News. Chester Arthur Blankenship Registration Number: 1111 for WWI, age 23, a laborer for Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Wellington Daily News. Monday, 27 May 1918. Page 1.
Sixty-two boys left for Camp Funston. Kansas. Chester Blankenship was listed.
The Wellington Daily News. 30 August 1918. Page 34. Chester Blankenship of Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Acceptance to Camp Funston on May 27, 1918.
Chester eventually rode the USS Finland to Brest, France. War Number: 3298888. Occupation. Farmer. Pay started 1 October 1918 ended 7 August 1919.
Thank you Uncle Chester for your service, your niece, Vicky Sue Blankenship. I am sorry you did not recieve help for your illness from the United States Government and your father tried to get help for you and with expenses afterwards until about 1939 with no avail. You must have seen the great plague at Camp Funston before you left and in France as well as all the ugly war. You will be remembered with love forever.
CHESTER ARTHUR BLANKENSHIP, PRIVATE.
WWI, WAGON COMPANY 302. Served in France.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
It is reported that Chris Blankenship, living two miles southwest of Belle Plaine, attempted suicide at his home last night. He used a gun and the bullet lodged in the body. His father found him in his room after the shooting. It is thought that the boy was mentally unbalanced.
The Wellington Daily News (Wellington, Sumner, Kansas) Thursday, February 5, 1920. Page 1.
Chester was shot February 4, 1920 and passed away twenty- two days later while a close friend was at his beside.
Martha Roger's Blankenship died 9 April 1906, at the University Hospital in Jefferson County, Kentucky of a malignant liver disease. Martha was the mother of Chester, age 12, and Hubert, age 3. Their father Aaron remarried 5 December 1907, Union Chapel Community, Union Chapel, Russell, Kentucky.
Aaron Blankenship family removed from Sewellton, Russell, Kentucky between March 1913 and before Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas census dated 1 March 1915.
By 1 March 1915, Chester Blankenship, age 21, was a farm laborer for his Uncle Thomas Alexander Blankenship in Harmon, Sumner, Kansas.
WWI began 6 April 1917. According to The Wellington Daily News. Chester Arthur Blankenship Registration Number: 1111 for WWI, age 23, a laborer for Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Wellington Daily News. Monday, 27 May 1918. Page 1.
Sixty-two boys left for Camp Funston. Kansas. Chester Blankenship was listed.
The Wellington Daily News. 30 August 1918. Page 34. Chester Blankenship of Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Acceptance to Camp Funston on May 27, 1918.
Chester eventually rode the USS Finland to Brest, France. War Number: 3298888. Occupation. Farmer. Pay started 1 October 1918 ended 7 August 1919.
Thank you Uncle Chester for your service, your niece, Vicky Sue Blankenship. I am sorry you did not recieve help for your illness from the United States Government and your father tried to get help for you and with expenses afterwards until about 1939 with no avail. You must have seen the great plague at Camp Funston before you left and in France as well as all the ugly war. You will be remembered with love forever.
WWI, WAGON COMPANY 302. Served in France.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
It is reported that Chris Blankenship, living two miles southwest of Belle Plaine, attempted suicide at his home last night. He used a gun and the bullet lodged in the body. His father found him in his room after the shooting. It is thought that the boy was mentally unbalanced.
The Wellington Daily News (Wellington, Sumner, Kansas) Thursday, February 5, 1920. Page 1.
Chester was shot February 4, 1920 and passed away twenty- two days later while a close friend was at his beside.
Martha Roger's Blankenship died 9 April 1906, at the University Hospital in Jefferson County, Kentucky of a malignant liver disease. Martha was the mother of Chester, age 12, and Hubert, age 3. Their father Aaron remarried 5 December 1907, Union Chapel Community, Union Chapel, Russell, Kentucky.
Aaron Blankenship family removed from Sewellton, Russell, Kentucky between March 1913 and before Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas census dated 1 March 1915.
By 1 March 1915, Chester Blankenship, age 21, was a farm laborer for his Uncle Thomas Alexander Blankenship in Harmon, Sumner, Kansas.
WWI began 6 April 1917. According to The Wellington Daily News. Chester Arthur Blankenship Registration Number: 1111 for WWI, age 23, a laborer for Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Wellington Daily News. Monday, 27 May 1918. Page 1.
Sixty-two boys left for Camp Funston. Kansas. Chester Blankenship was listed.
The Wellington Daily News. 30 August 1918. Page 34. Chester Blankenship of Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Acceptance to Camp Funston on May 27, 1918.
Chester eventually rode the USS Finland to Brest, France. War Number: 3298888. Occupation. Farmer. Pay started 1 October 1918 ended 7 August 1919.
Thank you Uncle Chester for your service, your niece, Vicky Sue Blankenship. I am sorry you did not recieve help for your illness from the United States Government and your father tried to get help for you and with expenses afterwards until about 1939 with no avail. You must have seen the great plague at Camp Funston before you left and in France as well as all the ugly war. You will be remembered with love forever.
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