Blanshan, Charles Rogers

1863 - 1937  (73 years)    Has no ancestors but 4 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Blanshan, Charles Rogers
  Born	30 Sep 1863	Scott, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0883
  CHARLES ROGERS BLANSHAN, one of the leading agriculturists of Seymour township, Outagamie county, and the owner of Hillside Farm, an excellent tract of farming land situated on section 20, was born in Scott township, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, September 30, 1863, and is a son of Jacob and Marie (Travis) Blanshan and a grandson of Mathew and Margaret Blanshan. Mathew Blanshan was a native of France who came to America at the time of the driving out of the Huguenots, and later became a messenger on the staff of General George Washington during the Revolutionary War, and history contains many accounts of his daring bravery and his many narrow escapes from death. His wife, Margaret, was a native of Holland, whose parents came to this country to better their condition, and she, like young Blanshan, grew up in New York, where they were married. Their children were: Daniel, Peter, Henry, Jacob and Catherine. Jacob Blanshan was born near the Hudson river, in Cayuga county, New York, and as a youth had the ambition to become a lawyer, but this desire was opposed by his parents, who were strict Presbyterians and could see no good in the profession, so he took up farming as a life occupation, and after his marriage came West, locating in Scott township, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, May 12, 1848. This country was still a total wilderness, the first white families having come here the year previous, and he had to follow a blazed trail to locate the eighty acres which he had taken up. His household goods had miscarried, and for quite a long time the family cooking had to be done in a bake kettle, over an empty log, but the hardy spirit of the pioneer was there and undaunted he started to clear his land for the development of a farm. The wild animals were numerous in this section at that time, and the even wilder redmen had not left their haunts, and Mr. Blanshan's accurate use of a rifle was often tested to its limit when his wife would come fleeing to him in terror in the fields. Later three of his children, Henry, Peter and Reed, were claimed by the black diphtheria and his daughter, Anna, aged nineteen years passed away in the flower of young womanhood, but through it all this sturdy settler continued to assist in the development of the new country, and eventually, after twenty-six years spent on the property had a fine farm. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned captain of a company, but the sickness of his daughter prevented his being mustered into the service, although he did valiant work in helping the families of those who had left for the front. A strong Republican in politics he served his township and county in nearly every office in the gift of the people, and finally was chosen to represent his district in the State Assembly in 1870, being compelled to refuse a second term on account of ill health. In 1874 Mr. Blanshan removed to Grand Junction, Iowa, where he located on 160 acres of land, but three years later sold this property, with the intention of returning to Wisconsin, but, changing his mind, purchased another Iowa property and there resided until his death, August 15, 1893, at the age of seventy-nine years, three months and four days. Mr. Blanshan was married to Marie Travis, who was born in Cayuga county, New York, a daughter of Albert Travis, a native of Germany who was killed when she was but eight years old, and she was reared in a family of Quakers by the name of Moser. She worked out as a girl and earned two shillings a week, also learning the art of weaving. Mrs.
  	Blanshan, Charles Rogers Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Charles Blanshan56 Flora Blanshan48
  Obituary	23 Sep 1937
  Appleton Post Crescent
  	Blanshan, Charles Obituary Appleton Post Crescent 9/23/1937
  Died	23 Sep 1937	Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Seymour Community Cemetery, Seymour, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I160249	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	Tubbs, Flora,   b. 17 Jul 1871, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Feb 1961, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1890
  Children	+ 1. Blanshan, Peter Jacob,   b. 30 Sep 1891, , , Iowa, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 1935, Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F52918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 30 Sep 1863 - Scott, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA 1920 Census - 1920 - Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 23 Sep 1937 - Seymour, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Seymour Community Cemetery, Seymour, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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