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Reliving Lives: Presto ia
and the Civil War
by Dorothy B. Snyder
FAMILY OF ISAAC AND
SARAH VICTOR BLANEY
Henry CLAY BLANEY
COMPANIES C AND D 14th
PA CAVALRY
(Continued from last week)
Henry Clay Blaney applied
for pension and claimed
rheumatism, piles and impaired
eyesight. He was currently
living with his wife. The
names and dates of birth of
all his children, living or dead
included Arthelia May, born
May 4, 1870, Warman S. age
16, born 1871, Dan W. born
October 19, 1872, Maud born
May 31, 1875, Loyal J. born
December 9, 1800, Nora born
Jan 11, 1885, and Elvira born
June 23, 1888.
December 13, 1909 Henry
Blaney's mother, Sarah Victor
Blaney died at the age of 91
years, ten months at Cheat Neck
in Monongalia County, WV.
She was born in Pennsylvania
as were both of her parents.
Various residences for Henry
C. Blaney after the war included
00eunions set
Sat, Sept 17
The Annual Wolfe Re-
union of the descendants of
Peter Samuel and Louis Sidwell
Wolfe wilt be from l l a.m.-5
p.m. at Gladesville Community
Building in Preston County.
Planned activities include a
covered dish luncheon, fellow-
ship time, a small auction, col-
lecting and recording of Wolfe
genealogy and karaoke. For
children, a well-equipped play-
ground is adjacent to the dining
hall. Beverages and table ser-
vice will be provided.
For more information call
Wesley Wolfe 304-892-4630 or
Nell Wolfe 304-892-4484.
Ice's Ferry, WV, Morgantown,
WV, Uniontown, PA, Fairmont,
WV, Mansfield, Ohio, Utica,
Ohio, Ethridge TN.
By the 1920 Census Henry
was living in Bowling Green,
Warren, County Kentucky.,
Obviously the family had
migrated together since the
parents and two sons with their
families were noted on the same
page of the census.
Henry C. Blaney 73 and
Minerva Blaney age 76 owned
their home and were counted as
Household 143
Loyal Blaney, age 38, Jannine
Blaney, born Ohio age 29,
Paul A Blaney 11, and Fred V.
Blaney age 10. Household 152
Dan W. Blaney age 47, born
WV and Hallie J. age 40 born
Ohio. Both of her parents born
in PA. Household 152.
Minerva Warman Blanez died
on March 18, 1928. OnMarch6,
1929 Henry C. Blaney married
Flora, age 62 who was born
December 4, 1871 in Kentucky.
On December 25, 1934 she was
living at 517 Woodford Street,
Bowling Green, KY. When she
married Henry C. Blaney she
had been recently divorced on
February 29, 1929 from J.V.
Pursley in Kentucky. They were
married by Leroy Steffey. and
On the census of 1930 ste was
age 58 and Henry 82.
Henry C. Blaney died
November 25, 1934. He had
been boarding with Mrs. Jesse
Blaney. He was paralyzed and
required constant assistance.
His estate owed her for 25 day
care for a sum of $50 dollars.
He was paralyzed and required
constant attention.
Death Records Bowling
Green, Kentucky indicate death
date, Nov 25, 1934, in Warren
County, KY age 88, male, birth
date May 15, 1846, Monongalia
.... Sun,, Oct 2: i 'cm3tT);W"'drs; FJora
i The Tunderbird Reunkm i lane.-t: truants ,Iaac and
'hoa'¢'c Boas iSarah Victor, both born in WV.
will be from 2-,-5 p:m.; the Flora ..... was- informed-, on
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Food and beverages will be
provided.
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December 15, 1936 by the
pension office that it would
be futile to file for a widow's
pension because marriage to the
soldier must be prior to June 27,
1905 to receive a pension in her
own right. Many women were
caught up in that policy which
had become for many the Social
Security of the time. Many old
soldiers would marry a younger
woman to care for them in their
old age and in return they would
receive a widow's pension.
Finally I am going to feature
John H. Blaney, who enlisted
at the same time as his stepson,
Henry Wilkins about whom I
wrote several weeks ago.
JOHN H. BLANEY
COMPANY C,
3RD WEST VIRGINIA
INFANTRY AND
COMPANY A, 6TH WEST
VIRGINIA CAVALRY
John H. Blaney was born
about 1820 in Pennsylvania
but settled in Preston County,
WV. James M. Carroll stated,
"I knew John H. Blaney since
he was fifteen years old and
with the exception of an yeaJ
lived in Monongalia Co, I lived
about two miles from him up
until he went into the army.
He made his home with me for
about two years before he was
married. I never knew or heard
of anything ailing him before
his enlistment.
John Blaney married Elizabeth
"Lisa" Chipps Wilkins who was
a widow at the age of 29 and left
alone to raise four children on
her own. Her husband Edward
Wilkins had been hit in the
head with a plank of wood, by
a colored man, and died. Their
children were Hanna age 10,
William age 6, Henry age 3,
and baby Elizabeth, an infant.
Lisa had the help of her slaves
and her brother in law, John
Wilkins, who lived on the farm
next to hers.
Three years and eight months
later, on February, 28, 1847,
"Lisa" Wilkins, married John H.
Blaney, in Fayette County, PA.
John was six years her junior,
a tall 6 ft. 2 inch tall bachelor
with blue eyes, fair hair and a
fair complexion. On the 1850
census of Preston County they
were enumerated as: John H.
Blaney,. age ,29 farmer,, born
Virginia, Eliza, age 34, Isaac I.
Blaney, age 2, Joanna Blaney
two months, Hannah Wilkins,
16, Henry H. Wilkins 11, Eliza
J. Wilkins 6, Bennett Johnson
age 22 born in PA. Occupation:
laborer and Jacob Strider, age
39 manager B&O Railroad.
William Wilkins was living
with his Chipps relatives in the
Eastern District of Monongalia
County at the time of the 1850
Census.
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724-329-5263
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Elizabeth brought her four
children, a farm, a full house
of furniture and slaves to
the marriage. John Blaney
bought land near his parents
overlooking the Cheat River in
Valley District. Preston County,
W. V. near Rohr and went to
work building his new family
a home. By 1860, the census
included John H. Blaney 39,
his wife Eliza Blaney 45, Isaac
J. Blaney 14, Joanna Blaney,
9, Jonathan Blaney 7, Phebe
E Blaney 4, Henry H. Wilkins
farm labor age 18, Eliza J.
Wilkins 16 and William Wilkins
age 22.
The Wilkins children and the
Collins kids who lived near-
by often took a summer swim
in the only calm waters of the
Cheat River called Beaver Hole.
The friends also enjoyed hiking
bare foot up the steep mountain
to the town of Pisgah. Lisa and
John H. Blaney were a Christian
family and very active in the
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
in Rohr, where they are now
buried in the church cemetery.
The years before the Civil
War were a very special time
for this family; unfortunately
the fun would soon end as far
to the south, beyond the high
mountains, there were rumbles
of war.
June 21, 1861 Lisa's husband,
John H. Blaney, age 41 and her
son Henry Harrison Wilkins
along with their neighbor's
sons George & Charles Collins
traveled by horseback to nearby
Newburg where they "joined
the army!" Using their own
horses from the family farms
they enlisted as privates in Co.
C 3rd W.V. Infantry for a period
of three years. Capt. Dennis B
Jeffers and Capt. Isaiah Kirk
were the officers. The early
weeks in the army were spent
near Clarksburg.
About the 10th of September,
1861 the welcome order to
report for duty at the front
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reached the commander of the
3rd West Virginia Infantry. For
weeks prior to this date the
officers of the regiment had
been urging the authorities to
relieve the scattered regiment
from the irksome duties of
stringing telegraph wire and
fighting guerrillas, along with
other tasks and to permit them to
take the field as a consolidated
regiment.
For the first three years of
his military service John H.
Blaney's experiences would
have been similar to those of
his stepson, Henry Harrison
Wilkins. Since I went into great
detail in the articles on Henry
H. Wilkins April 13 to May 11,
2011, I will not repeat it here.
Blaney's experiences would
have been somewhat similar;
with the exception that he was
ill part of the time. Wilkins
story is available for perusal
at the Kingwood Library and
the Preston County Journal
back copies are available on
microfilm at the West Virginia
University Regional Library
and the WV State Archives.
Various companies of the 3rd
WV Infantry were scattered;
so Beverly, (West) Virginia
was designated as the point
at which the regiment was to
assemble in early fall of 1861.
The regiment remained in camp
at Beverly for a period of time
and spent their time in drilling
and scouting. On November
25, 1889 J.W.B. Trowbridge
of Kingwood stated, the first
he heard Blaney complain was
at Cheat Mountain in Sept or
October 1861. He complained
of his back and said it was
rheumatism. Went from there
to Buckhannon and he was bad
there and a couple of nights slept
in the same room at the college
there. I got real bad sick and I
don't know what they did with
Blaney. He complained of his
back there. He also complained
while at Elkwater, WV head of
Tigers Valley.
Blaney's stepson, Henry
Wilkins, said, "While at
Buckhannon about Jan. 20,
1862 while on provost duty in
the town of Buckhannon from
exposure Blaney contracted a
disability which affected the
small of his back to such extent
he was unable for duty for about
a month.
Former Captain Isaiah Kirk of
Company C stated in later years
that, "I enlisted John H Blaney
in the above organization and
knew him about four years
prior to his enlistment. In April
or March 1862 while we were
camped at Elkwater Blaney was
complaining and was excused
from duty but I could not say
anything about the nature or
extent of disabilities. I have no
recollection of him being in
any hospital or receiving any
treatment while I was in the
service.
(To be continued next week)
Copyright: Dorothy B. Snyder
9 Douglas Court, Dover DE 19901
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Phone 302-697-3797
Communi, Calendar
Sat., Sept 17
A Farmer's Market will be
available from 10 a.m. until
noon, every Saturday during
season, at the Szilagyi Center
in Rowlesburg. Produce can
be sold, or purchased. Set up is
every Saturday. WVFMNA will
be accepted for edible food.
Thurs., Sept 29
The Fellowsville VFD will be
serving Buckwheat Cakes
and Sausage from 12-6 p.m,
8 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct.
1 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct.
2. Dinners $8 for adults and $4
for children 10 and under.
Tues., Sept 20
The Camp Ground Cemetery
Assoc. will host their annual
Fall Meeting at 6:30 p.m., at
the Camp Chapel UMC, near
Tunnelton. Lot owners are en-
couraged to attend.
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