Individual Details
Ainsworth Emery Blunt
(22 Feb 1800 - 21 Dec 1865)
https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/ainsworth-emery-blunt-a-true-pioneer-of-dalton/article_6c17294d-2ba0-57fe-945a-7b8feb5ba952.html
A missionary at Brainerd. Accompanied the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. First mayor and first postmaster of Dalton, GA. In 1864 went through Union lines to Chicago.
A missionary at Brainerd. Accompanied the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. First mayor and first postmaster of Dalton, GA. In 1864 went through Union lines to Chicago.
Events
| Birth | 22 Feb 1800 | Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire | |||
| Marriage | 17 Nov 1822 | Harriet Ellsworth | |||
| Residence | 17 Sep 1836 | Brainerd, Hamilton, Tennessee |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 Jan 1849 | Elizabeth Christian Ramsey | |||
| Residence | 1860 | Residence Post Office: Dalton - Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia | | ||
| Death | 21 Dec 1865 | Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia | |||
| Residence | Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia | | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Harriet Ellsworth (1790 - 1847) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Christian Ramsey (1816 - 1899) |
| Father | John Blunt (1756 - 1836) |
| Mother | Sarah Eames (1765 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Sally Blunt (1782 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Mary Harvey Blunt (1784 - ) |
| Sibling | John Blunt (1786 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Anna Blunt (1788 - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac Blunt (1790 - 1791) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Blunt (1793 - 1873) |
| Sibling | David Webster Blunt (1795 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Asenath Blunt (1798 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Alvah L. Blunt (1802 - 1802) |
| Sibling | Twin1 Blunt (1803 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Twin2 Blunt (1803 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Sophia Blunt (1805 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Alvah L. Blunt (1808 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Kendall Blunt (1809 - 1814) |
Notes
Biography
Ainsworth Blunt – Trail of Tears – missionary –also first mayor and first postmaster of Dalton, GA. In 1864, went through Union lines to Chicago—graduate of Yalehttps://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/ainsworth-emery-blunt-a-true-pioneer-of-dalton/article_6c17294d-2ba0-57fe-945a-7b8feb5ba952.html
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).
2. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia; Roll: M653_141; Page: 621; Family History Library Film: 803141.
3. Ancestry.com, U.S., School Catalogs, 1765-1935 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).