Her death certificate records Hannah Henry, age 58 years 0 months 8 days, born 15 April 1878 in Kentucky, died 23 April 1936 in Malone precinct, Morgan Co., Ky, married, wife of Jim Roe Henry, father Mark Law, mother’s maiden name Lizzie Utterback, both born in Kentucky, cause of death infection from carbuncle, informant J. E. Gevedon, burial in Lewis Henry Cemetery.

The reported age and birth date are off by three years; she was not recorded in the 1880 census.

Morgan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 19 Dec 1895 of Alexander Blankenship and Hannah Law, at Charles Peyton’s by B. F. Blankenship, witnesses J. T. Carter and Newton Peyton.

1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 6, enumerated 13 June, lists on p. 11A as family #174/176:
Blankenship, Alexander, 33, b. Apr 1867, Ky Ky Tenn, farmer; Hannah, wife, 20, b. Apr 1880, Ky Ky Ky; Lula, dau, 2, b. July 1897, Ky Ky Ky Ky; Clarence, son, 1, b. Aug 1898, Ky Ky Ky Ky.

The preceding household is headed by Alexander’s widowed mother, who describes her birthplace as Tenn Tenn Tenn, although in other census years it is usually reported as Virginia.