Hatfield Funeral Home. Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas.

In Memory of Aaron Blankenship, born June 12, 1871, Sewellton, Russell County, Kentucky. Aaron entered into rest August 1, 1945, Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, at St. Luke's Hospital of a stroke. Age 74 years, 1 month , 20 days.

FAMILY RECORD

Father: Cornelius Blankenship, born January 3, 1827 and died November 17, 1910.
Mother. Belinda Wilkerson Wilkerson Blankenship, born January 26, 1835 and died 1 February 1925.
Father's Father. John Blankenship.
Father's Mother. Elizabeth (Sheeks) Blankenship.

Mother's Father. John D. Wilkerson, born January 22, 1807 and died 1902.
Mother's Mother. Rebecca (Kernes) Wilkerson, born October 5, 1808 and died August 1879.

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS
J. Nick Blankenship
Martha Blankenship
Felix Blankenship
Aaron Blankenship
Fetnah Blankenship
Tom A. Blankenship

(Note: Did not mention half-siblings of Aaron Blankenship from Cornelius 1st marriage to Elizabeth Ann Lewis)

SERVICES

Hatfield Funeral Home. Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Service on August 4, 1945 at 10:30 A.M.

Officiating Clergy. Pastor Jeff Stafford.

Interment. Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Belle Plaine Cemetery. Section: North 1/2. Block J. Lot 20/6.

Aaron Blankenship was laid to rest at 11 A.M. August 4, 1945.

MUSIC

THE OLD RUGGED CROSS.

WE ARE GOING DOWN THE VALLEY ONE BY ONE.

THE LAST MILE OF THE WAY.

All songs rendered by Edith Blankenship and Elda May Craven.

BEARERS

Paul Blankenship
Woodie Blankenship
Jesse Blankenship
Felix Cornelius Blankenship
Russel Blankinship
Neal Smith

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ATTENDING

Dola Blankenship
Hubert Blankenship and Jessie
Sam Blankenship and Lura
Charles Blankenship and Esther
Ruby Blankenship
Tom Blankenship and Florence
Paul Blankenship and Beulah, Jimmie, Marcia
Woodie Blankenship and Ruth (Gifford)
Russell Blankinship and Ruth (Blankenship), and son, D. R. Blankinship
Felix Cornelius Blankenship and Maude, Edith
Nick Blankenship
Neal Smith and Barbara
Nellie (Smith) Nye, Mary and Kay
Luther Blankenship and Jesse
Helen Blankenship Noels
Blanche Pinckly
Mrs. Thurman Owings
Mr. Burt Platt
Mrs. Arlene Wood
Mrs. Maude Osborne
Mrs. Lee Spargur
Mrs. Grover Phipps
Barbara Jo Hatfield
Gladys L. Hatfield
Mrs. Alice Douglas
Mrs. Emmett Conklin
Mrs. Wesley Koger
Mrs. Olive A. Skinner and Faye
Ernest and Jenene Evers
F. H. ?
R.H. Naghl
Mrs. E. L. Thompson
Mrs. Dorothy Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meece
Mrs. Beth Hatfield
Mrs. Juanita Hatfield
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hatfield
Mr. Gene Hatfield
Albert Nugen
Mr. and Mrs. George O. Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hunt
Mrs. Edward Hall or Hall
C.W. Hatfield
Mrs. Frankie Barner
Mrs. Beatrice Lane
Mrs. Clarence McMillan
Rev. and Mrs. M.J. Alexander
Lenore Delano
Mozell Lake
Louise Lewis
Mallie Wooldridge
Mrs. L. W. Batt
Mrs. F. M. Shields
Mrs. Milton Lawless
Mrs. Gordon Purk
Mrs. Ralph Gifford
Mrs. Vernon Benton
Mrs. Maurice Cox

FLOWERS OF REMEMBRANCE
Mrs. Louise Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Koger
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gifford
J.N. Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. Felix Cornelius Blankenship
Edith and Pat Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. Barton Evers
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Lawless
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lawless
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Purk
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gifford
Nellie Nye and family
Neal Smith and family
Department 22 Inspection. Boeing Airplane Plant. Wichita, Kansas. Dola worked at Boeing.
Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Blankinship
Mr. and Mr. Woodie Blankenship
Ben, Goldie, Gene, Charles, Beth, and Larry Hatfield
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Delano
Mr. Holt Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Manford Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Don Lowry
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Hege and familyMr. and Mrs. D.W. Richey
Luther and Lettie Blankenship
The Mill Boys
Robert and Juanita Hatfield
Mary and Ernest Blankenship
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Trippel
Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Utt
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cross
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Horst
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Maude Osoborne
Mrs. Arlene Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Dell Purk
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lowery
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Dick
Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Dill
Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Cooper
Mrs. Glenn Gifford
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Mitchel
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Owing
Mr. and Mrs. JW. Will
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. D ?
Mrs. Helen Hansard and family
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Newhouse
Mr. and Mrs. Rex D. Siceloff
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Neptune
Mr. Bill Spargur
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Patrick and family
Mrs. Nellie Lawless
Mr. and Mrs. V.E. Pinkley
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Otey and family
Mrs. Blanche Guthrie
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Austin
Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Cushman
Mrs. Ella Walters
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Corrections to the obituary written in "The Belle Plaine News."

Aaron Blankenship son of Cornelius and Belinda Wilkerson Blankenship was born June 12 1871 at Sewellton, Russell, Kentucky and died August 1, 1945 at Wellington, Sumner, Kansas at St. Luke's Hospital of a stroke. Age 74 years, 1 month , 20 days.

Aaron had been talking on the phone to his brother Tom Blankenship who lived south of Belle Plaine when Tom realized Aaron stopped reponding. Tom hung up and called Aaron's neighbor, Thurman Owings and he came across the street to stay with Aaron until Tom arrived. Aaron lived a few days before passing.

Aaron was married to Dola Warriner on 5 December 1907 at Union, Russell, Kentucky. Union Chapel Church. Aaron's second marriage. Aaron and Dola had six children. Sam, Welby, Murlie Pearl, Alfred Hultner, Charles Virgil, and a son born and died 1931 by a c-section who was never named.

Aaron and first wife Martha Roger's were married January 7, 1892, Russell, Kentucky had three children. Chester, one unknown gender or age child except was listed on the 1900 census in Kentucky as not living. Nick Hubert Blankenship. Martha Roger's Blankenship was born 1 July 1869 and died 9 April 1906 of liver cancer at Jefferson County, Kentucky.

According to The Adair County News. Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, Wednesday. Page 8, Mr. Aaron Blankenship and family, Russell county, have moved to Kansas. (His first wife, Martha Rogers Blankenship died, April 9, 1906, so Aaron and her sons, Chester and Hubert were with their father, Aaron on the trip to Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas. Other Blankenship, Warriner and Lawless relatives already in that area. Aaron and sons went back to Kentucky shortly where Aaron married Dola Warriner on December 5, 1907.

Four of Aaron's children died in infancy: Unknown Infant with first wife Martha Roger's Blankenship. Three infants of Aaron and Dola Warriner were: Welby, Murlie Pearl and Infant son 1931. Chester another son died February 26, 1920 of a gunshot wound after WWI.

He leaves to mourn his wife Dola; four sons Hubert and Charles of Belle Plaine, Sam with the U.S. Navy and Alfred U.S. Army serving in China. Two brothers John Nick Blankenship and Thomas Alexander of Belle Plaine, a half sister Mrs. Julia Wilkerson Wooldridge of Sewellton, Kentucky, four grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was a kind and indulgent father, and lived a quiet home life. He will be greatly missed by his family, relatives and friends.

Funeral Services were held from the Hatfield Funeral Home, Saturday, August 4, 1945. In charge of the services was Jeff Stafford Pastor of the Church of Christ of this city.

MUSIC. THE OLD RUGGED CROSS. WE ARE GOING DOWN THE VALLEY ONE BY ONE. THE LAST MILE OF THE WAY. All songs rendered by Edith Blankenship and Elda May Craven. Accompanied by Mrs. Barbara Smith.

Pall bearers were Paul Blankenship, Woodie Blankenship, Jesse Blankenship, Felix Cornelis Blankenship, Neal Smith and Russel Blankinship.

Interment at Belle Plaine Cemetery.
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Other half siblings of Aaron Blankenship were Hudson Blankenship, Charles Lewis Blankenship, Caladonia Blankenship and William N. Blankenship who were not mentioned in Aaron's Memory book from the funeral nor the obituary.
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Marriage Bond for Aaron and Dola.

MARRIAGE BOND BOOK NO. 15. PAGES 162-163. RUSSELL COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.

MARRIAGE BOND
THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. RUSSELL COUNTY COURT.

Be it Known, That we, Aaron Blankenship as principal and B.F. Carnes, as surety, are jointly and severally bound to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of One Hundred Dollars.

THE CONDITION OF THIS BOND IS AS FOLLOWS:
That, whereas, Marriage is intended to be solemnized between the above bound

Aaron Blankenship and Dola Warriner.

Now, if there is no lawful cause to obstruct said Marriage, this Bond shall be void, otherwise it shall remain in full effect.
Dated at Jamestown, Russell County, Kentucky, this 4 day of December 1907.

Signed, A. Blankenship and B.F. Carnes.
Attest: Elmer Wheat, Clerk. Russell County Court.
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MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

This is to Certify, That on the 5 day of December 1907.
THE RITES OF MARRIAGE were legally solemnized by me between
Aaron Blankenship
AND
Dola Warriner

at Union Chapel in the county of Russell
in the presence of Stanlet Carnes and Lona Holt

Signed,
Robert Antle, J.P., R.C.

Document found in Jamestown, Russell, Kentucky. Russell County Court Clerk's office. Marriage Bond Book No. 15, at pages 162-163 for Bond. Page 163 for Marriage Certificate.
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Document for marriage information from the Russell County Courthouse on 10 June 1938. Clara Wooldridge Utt picked this record up for their son Charles Blankenship of Winfield, Kansas.

MALE

1. Name of Groom-Aaron Blankenship.
2. Residence of Groom-Sewellton, Kentucky.
3. Age of Groom-35 years.
4. Number of Marriages of Groom-2nd.
5. Occupation of Groom-Farmer.
6. Birthplace of Groom-Russell County, Kentucky.
7. Name and Birthplace of Groom's Father-Cornelius Blankenship, Russell County, Kentucky.
8. Name and Birthplace of Groom's Mother-Matilda Wilkerson, Russell County, Kentucky.

FEMALE

9. Name of Bride- Dola Warriner.
10. Residence of Bride-Sewellton, Kentucky.
11. Age of Bride-18 years.
12. Number of Marriages of Bride-1st.
13. Birthplace of Bride-Russell County, Kentucky.
14. Name and Birthplace of Bride's Father-H.T. Warriner, Russell County, Kentucky.
15. Name and Birthplace of Bride's Mother-L.E. Sweeten, Russell County, Kentucky.

To be married at......on the 5 day of December 1907.

Signed, A. Blankenship

Attest: Elmer Wilson, Clerk Russell County Court.

State of Kentucky County of Russell.
I, Marshall Dixon, Clerk of the Russell County Court, certify that the foregoing COPY of marriage is a true and correct copy as of record in Marriage Bond Book No. 15, at page 163, Russell county Court Clerk's Office.
Witness my hand this 10th day of June 1938.
Signed, Marshall Dixon, Clerk.
By J.M. Buster, D.C.
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Note: Dola was age 15 years, 11 months and about one week old when married, not eighteen.
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Aaron was a farmer, worked on road construction and for the Belle Plaine Cemetery. He loved playing the violin and growing a garden and raising chickens.