Family Group Sheet
NameLewis Graham
Birthabt 1834, Virginia
Marriage19 Oct 1864, Wyoming Co., West Virginia
SpouseArminta Jane Blankenship
BirthSep 1835, Virginia
Children
1 FVictoria Virginia Blankenship (Stepchild of father (child of mother))
Birth29 May 1854, Mercer Co., Virginia
Death19 May 1940, Wyoming Co., West Virginia
SpouseGeorge Reinhart McKinney
SpousePerry A. Cunningham
2 MRobert Nelson Blankenship (Stepchild of father (child of mother))
BirthApr 1857, Mercer Co., Virginia
SpouseSarah Angeline McKinney
SpouseRobert Witten McKinney
Census Notes for Lewis & Arminta Jane (Family)
1870 census of Wyoming Co., West Virginia, Barkers Ridge district, enumerated 11 Sep, lists on p. 10 as family #65:
Graham, Lewis, 36, farmer, b. Va; Jane, 36, b. Va; George W., 9, b. Va; William R., 6, b. WVa; Mary M., 3, b. WVa; Arely, 1, b. WVa.
Note that Robert Blankenship, who would be listed with this family in 1880 as a stepson, age 19, is not in the household. I suspect that means that the wife Jane here may not the same person as the wife Jane in 1880. The 1900 census, though, gives the number of years married for both of them as 39.
1880 census of Raleigh Co., West Virginia, Slab Fork district, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 13 as family #99/100:
Graham, Lewis, 46, farmer, b. Va Va Va; Jane, (43), wife, b. Va Va Va; George W., 18, son; William R., 17, son; Mary M., 12, dau; Ardelia, 10, dau; Lenta, 7, dau; John L., 5, son; Blankenship, Robert N., (19), stepson, works on farm; Bragg, Sarah, 22, home only; Reed, Jacob, 18, laborer. All except Lewis and Jane born WVa Va Va.
The parentheses around the ages for Jane and Robert are in the original. Perhaps they mean that the age was uncertain?
1900 census of Raleigh Co., West Virginia, Slab Fork district, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 1 as family #10:
Graham, Lewis, 66, b. Dec 1833, farmer; Arminta J., wife, 64, b. Sep 1835, married 39 years, mother of 8 children, 7 living; Sarah J., granddau, 11, b. July 1885; Lambert, Mary R., granddau, 2, b. Dec 1897. All born WVa WVa WVa.
Graham, Lewis, 36, farmer, b. Va; Jane, 36, b. Va; George W., 9, b. Va; William R., 6, b. WVa; Mary M., 3, b. WVa; Arely, 1, b. WVa.
Note that Robert Blankenship, who would be listed with this family in 1880 as a stepson, age 19, is not in the household. I suspect that means that the wife Jane here may not the same person as the wife Jane in 1880. The 1900 census, though, gives the number of years married for both of them as 39.
1880 census of Raleigh Co., West Virginia, Slab Fork district, enumerated 16 June, lists on p. 13 as family #99/100:
Graham, Lewis, 46, farmer, b. Va Va Va; Jane, (43), wife, b. Va Va Va; George W., 18, son; William R., 17, son; Mary M., 12, dau; Ardelia, 10, dau; Lenta, 7, dau; John L., 5, son; Blankenship, Robert N., (19), stepson, works on farm; Bragg, Sarah, 22, home only; Reed, Jacob, 18, laborer. All except Lewis and Jane born WVa Va Va.
The parentheses around the ages for Jane and Robert are in the original. Perhaps they mean that the age was uncertain?
1900 census of Raleigh Co., West Virginia, Slab Fork district, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 1 as family #10:
Graham, Lewis, 66, b. Dec 1833, farmer; Arminta J., wife, 64, b. Sep 1835, married 39 years, mother of 8 children, 7 living; Sarah J., granddau, 11, b. July 1885; Lambert, Mary R., granddau, 2, b. Dec 1897. All born WVa WVa WVa.
