Individual Details

John Blanchard

(30 Sep 1787 - 9 Mar 1849)

U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Dartmouth College New Hampshire, moved to Pennsylvania, in 1812 and taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced to practice law in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. In 1845, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses, serving until 1849. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he died at age 61 while en route back home from Washington, D.C.

Events

Birth30 Sep 1787Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont
MarriageAbt 1824Mary Miles
Death9 Mar 1849Columbia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseMary Miles (1799 - 1857)
FatherAbiel Blanchard (1751 - 1803)
MotherMary Eastman (1758 - 1831)
SiblingPhebe Blanchard (1785 - 1861)
SiblingJacob Blanchard (1790 - 1870)
SiblingPamelia Blanchard (1791 - 1821)
SiblingEnoch Blanchard (1793 - 1822)
SiblingPolly Blanchard (1796 - )
SiblingNathaniel Blanchard (1799 - 1836)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).