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Capt Reuben Blanchard

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Capt Reuben Blanchard

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6 Aug 1887 (aged 92)
Burial
Cumberland Center, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
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Captain Reuben Blanchard Cumberland farmer, built and owned farm on Greeley Road in Cumberland Maine
Son of Beza and Prudence Blanchard, he was eldest of twelve children
—Blanchard first left home and went to sea as a common sailor when he was eighteen years old. He was shipwrecked in the first vessel he commanded, The Union, and of the eleven on board, all were lost but himself and the mate. Soon after this, Blanchard retired from the sea, bought and built a farm, then married.
WIFE Christiana (Loring) Blanchard
Reuben and Christiana's children
---1. Hannah Elizabeth (Blanchard) Merrill (1822 - 1876)
---2. Enos Osborn Blanchard (1826–1900)
---3. Infant daughter (1829–1829)
---4. Capt Horatio Sprague Blanchard (1830–1915)
---5. Frederick Porter "Fred" Blanchard (1833–1922)
---6. Persis DeForrest Blanchard (1836–1870)
---7. Francis Weld "Frank" Blanchard (1837–1926)
Captain Reuben Blanchard Cumberland farmer, built and owned farm on Greeley Road in Cumberland Maine
Son of Beza and Prudence Blanchard, he was eldest of twelve children
—Blanchard first left home and went to sea as a common sailor when he was eighteen years old. He was shipwrecked in the first vessel he commanded, The Union, and of the eleven on board, all were lost but himself and the mate. Soon after this, Blanchard retired from the sea, bought and built a farm, then married.
WIFE Christiana (Loring) Blanchard
Reuben and Christiana's children
---1. Hannah Elizabeth (Blanchard) Merrill (1822 - 1876)
---2. Enos Osborn Blanchard (1826–1900)
---3. Infant daughter (1829–1829)
---4. Capt Horatio Sprague Blanchard (1830–1915)
---5. Frederick Porter "Fred" Blanchard (1833–1922)
---6. Persis DeForrest Blanchard (1836–1870)
---7. Francis Weld "Frank" Blanchard (1837–1926)

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  • Created by: Maine 101
  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48700661/reuben-blanchard: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Reuben Blanchard (17 Aug 1794–6 Aug 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48700661, citing Congregational Cemetery, Cumberland Center, Cumberland County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320).