Co. E/F. 10th Michigan Cavalry
Enlisted in the Civil War August 1863 as 1st Sergeant in Company E and served to it's close in 1865. He served on General Stoneman's 1865 raid into the deep south and the burning of Salisbury prison (the longest cavalry raid in U.S. military history). His health was impaired by catching typhoid fever while in the service. He mustered out November 1865 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company F.
Obituary:
E.J. Blanding, Early Coral, Pioneer, Dead
Located in Maple Valley Township in 1857 and Had Resided There Ever Since
E. J. Blanding, well known and highly respected pioneer resident of Coral, died at his home in that village Sunday morning at 10:30. The funeral was held at 10a.m. Wednesday from the Congregational church, Rev. W. H. Holcomb officiating.
Emory James Blanding was born in Cayuga county, New York, Feb. 20, 1836. At the age of 21, he came to Michigan and settled in Maple Valley township one mile west of where Coral now stands, on the farm once known as the Durst farm, taking the land from the government when it was still an unbroken wilderness, and cutting the first tree toward making a roadway past his home. Greenville, the nearest trading point, was but a small village and to this place he sometimes walked and carried home provisions for his family.
He helped organize the first school and the first church in Coral and was a member of the early board of supervisors who located the county seat at Stanton, where it is today.
At the age of 22 he married Jane Elizabeth Soules of Lowell, who shared his pioneer labors and saw with him the wilderness grow into a land of plenty. She preceded him to the land or rest in 1894. To them were born four children; H.S. Blanding, of Lakeview; W. A. Blanding and Mrs. George King, of Greenville and Mrs. Frank Richards, of Freeport, who still survive him and who were all with him in his last sickness. He had 23 grandchildren. Two years after the death of his first wife, he married Augusta Sharp who still survives him.
In 1862 he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War and served until its close, when he was mustered out as a lieutenant. In 1875 he moved from the farm to the village of Coral, where he took up the practice of law, and resided until his death on Nov. 2, after a month's illness.
Mr. Blanding in early days was a regular contributor to The Record and he was always interested in public affairs. He was a man of ability and will be greatly missed from the circles in which he moved throughout his long life.
Howard City Record, Howard City, Michigan
Thurs. Nov 6, 1913, Pg1, Col.3.
Enlisted in the Civil War August 1863 as 1st Sergeant in Company E and served to it's close in 1865. He served on General Stoneman's 1865 raid into the deep south and the burning of Salisbury prison (the longest cavalry raid in U.S. military history). His health was impaired by catching typhoid fever while in the service. He mustered out November 1865 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company F.
Obituary:
E.J. Blanding, Early Coral, Pioneer, Dead
Located in Maple Valley Township in 1857 and Had Resided There Ever Since
E. J. Blanding, well known and highly respected pioneer resident of Coral, died at his home in that village Sunday morning at 10:30. The funeral was held at 10a.m. Wednesday from the Congregational church, Rev. W. H. Holcomb officiating.
Emory James Blanding was born in Cayuga county, New York, Feb. 20, 1836. At the age of 21, he came to Michigan and settled in Maple Valley township one mile west of where Coral now stands, on the farm once known as the Durst farm, taking the land from the government when it was still an unbroken wilderness, and cutting the first tree toward making a roadway past his home. Greenville, the nearest trading point, was but a small village and to this place he sometimes walked and carried home provisions for his family.
He helped organize the first school and the first church in Coral and was a member of the early board of supervisors who located the county seat at Stanton, where it is today.
At the age of 22 he married Jane Elizabeth Soules of Lowell, who shared his pioneer labors and saw with him the wilderness grow into a land of plenty. She preceded him to the land or rest in 1894. To them were born four children; H.S. Blanding, of Lakeview; W. A. Blanding and Mrs. George King, of Greenville and Mrs. Frank Richards, of Freeport, who still survive him and who were all with him in his last sickness. He had 23 grandchildren. Two years after the death of his first wife, he married Augusta Sharp who still survives him.
In 1862 he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War and served until its close, when he was mustered out as a lieutenant. In 1875 he moved from the farm to the village of Coral, where he took up the practice of law, and resided until his death on Nov. 2, after a month's illness.
Mr. Blanding in early days was a regular contributor to The Record and he was always interested in public affairs. He was a man of ability and will be greatly missed from the circles in which he moved throughout his long life.
Howard City Record, Howard City, Michigan
Thurs. Nov 6, 1913, Pg1, Col.3.
Co. E/F. 10th Michigan Cavalry
Enlisted in the Civil War August 1863 as 1st Sergeant in Company E and served to it's close in 1865. He served on General Stoneman's 1865 raid into the deep south and the burning of Salisbury prison (the longest cavalry raid in U.S. military history). His health was impaired by catching typhoid fever while in the service. He mustered out November 1865 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company F.
Obituary:
E.J. Blanding, Early Coral, Pioneer, Dead
Located in Maple Valley Township in 1857 and Had Resided There Ever Since
E. J. Blanding, well known and highly respected pioneer resident of Coral, died at his home in that village Sunday morning at 10:30. The funeral was held at 10a.m. Wednesday from the Congregational church, Rev. W. H. Holcomb officiating.
Emory James Blanding was born in Cayuga county, New York, Feb. 20, 1836. At the age of 21, he came to Michigan and settled in Maple Valley township one mile west of where Coral now stands, on the farm once known as the Durst farm, taking the land from the government when it was still an unbroken wilderness, and cutting the first tree toward making a roadway past his home. Greenville, the nearest trading point, was but a small village and to this place he sometimes walked and carried home provisions for his family.
He helped organize the first school and the first church in Coral and was a member of the early board of supervisors who located the county seat at Stanton, where it is today.
At the age of 22 he married Jane Elizabeth Soules of Lowell, who shared his pioneer labors and saw with him the wilderness grow into a land of plenty. She preceded him to the land or rest in 1894. To them were born four children; H.S. Blanding, of Lakeview; W. A. Blanding and Mrs. George King, of Greenville and Mrs. Frank Richards, of Freeport, who still survive him and who were all with him in his last sickness. He had 23 grandchildren. Two years after the death of his first wife, he married Augusta Sharp who still survives him.
In 1862 he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War and served until its close, when he was mustered out as a lieutenant. In 1875 he moved from the farm to the village of Coral, where he took up the practice of law, and resided until his death on Nov. 2, after a month's illness.
Mr. Blanding in early days was a regular contributor to The Record and he was always interested in public affairs. He was a man of ability and will be greatly missed from the circles in which he moved throughout his long life.
Howard City Record, Howard City, Michigan
Thurs. Nov 6, 1913, Pg1, Col.3.
Enlisted in the Civil War August 1863 as 1st Sergeant in Company E and served to it's close in 1865. He served on General Stoneman's 1865 raid into the deep south and the burning of Salisbury prison (the longest cavalry raid in U.S. military history). His health was impaired by catching typhoid fever while in the service. He mustered out November 1865 as 2nd Lieutenant in Company F.
Obituary:
E.J. Blanding, Early Coral, Pioneer, Dead
Located in Maple Valley Township in 1857 and Had Resided There Ever Since
E. J. Blanding, well known and highly respected pioneer resident of Coral, died at his home in that village Sunday morning at 10:30. The funeral was held at 10a.m. Wednesday from the Congregational church, Rev. W. H. Holcomb officiating.
Emory James Blanding was born in Cayuga county, New York, Feb. 20, 1836. At the age of 21, he came to Michigan and settled in Maple Valley township one mile west of where Coral now stands, on the farm once known as the Durst farm, taking the land from the government when it was still an unbroken wilderness, and cutting the first tree toward making a roadway past his home. Greenville, the nearest trading point, was but a small village and to this place he sometimes walked and carried home provisions for his family.
He helped organize the first school and the first church in Coral and was a member of the early board of supervisors who located the county seat at Stanton, where it is today.
At the age of 22 he married Jane Elizabeth Soules of Lowell, who shared his pioneer labors and saw with him the wilderness grow into a land of plenty. She preceded him to the land or rest in 1894. To them were born four children; H.S. Blanding, of Lakeview; W. A. Blanding and Mrs. George King, of Greenville and Mrs. Frank Richards, of Freeport, who still survive him and who were all with him in his last sickness. He had 23 grandchildren. Two years after the death of his first wife, he married Augusta Sharp who still survives him.
In 1862 he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War and served until its close, when he was mustered out as a lieutenant. In 1875 he moved from the farm to the village of Coral, where he took up the practice of law, and resided until his death on Nov. 2, after a month's illness.
Mr. Blanding in early days was a regular contributor to The Record and he was always interested in public affairs. He was a man of ability and will be greatly missed from the circles in which he moved throughout his long life.
Howard City Record, Howard City, Michigan
Thurs. Nov 6, 1913, Pg1, Col.3.
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