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Eliza Jane
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Born: 02 Apr 1854 Died:
13 Aug 1930 |
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Eliza Jane
Johnson was the third child born to
Pinkney C. Johnson and
Levina C. Sherrill.
Eliza Jane was born 02 Apr 1854. There were seven children
in the family. |
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Pinkney & Levina Johnson's Children |
Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Spouse |
James Harvey Johnson |
04 Jan 1850
Iredell Co, NC |
24 Mar 1915
Waynesville, NC |
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Alfred Freeland Johnson |
26 Jan 1852
Iredell Co, NC |
10 Oct 1919
Mossy Creek
White Co, GA |
Lydia Ida Cooley |
Eliza Jane Johnson |
02 Apr 1854
Iredell Co, NC |
13 Aug 1930
Iredell Co, NC |
James Calvin Blankenship |
Margaret Elizabeth Johnson |
26 Nov 1857
Iredell Co, NC |
30 Aug 1934
Statesville, NC |
Henry H. Morrison |
Louisa Eveline Johnson |
Nov 1860 |
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Jim Edison |
Julia A. Johnson |
Abt. 1862 |
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John Henry "Pinkney" Johnson |
12 Apr 1865
Iredell Co, NC |
09 Jun 1889 |
Nancy Caroline Leslie |
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The 1860 Census
shows the Johnson family living in the Fancy Hill area of
Iredell County. Pinkney and Levina had five children at
the time: James, Freeland, Eliza Jane, Margaret and Eveline. |
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1860 Iredell County Census |
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First Name |
Last name |
Age |
Sex |
Occupation |
Real
Estate |
Personal
Estate |
Birth Place |
Attended School
Within the Year |
Pink |
Johnson |
33 |
M |
Wagon Maker |
$750 |
$250 |
NC |
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Louvina |
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28 |
F |
Wife |
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James |
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10 |
M |
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X |
Freeland |
" |
8 |
M |
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" |
X |
(Eliza) Jane |
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6 |
F |
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Margaret |
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4 |
F |
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Eveline |
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1 |
F |
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Pinkney Johnson enlisted in the Civil War on 01 Aug 1862.
He was admitted to a federal hospital on 01 Apr 1865 with a
gunshot wound to the right leg that he had received at
Appomattox. His right leg had to be amputated. He
died in a federal hospital at Point of Rocks, VA on 03 Apr 1865
from wounds. |
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I have not been able to find any census record for Eliza Jane
for 1870 or 1880. She was not living with her mother,
Levina. It's possible she was living with brothers Alfred
Freeland or James Harvey, but I've not been able to find census
records for them for 1870 or 1880 either. |
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Eliza Jane married James Calvin Blankenship about 1893.
She was 39 and he was 27. James Calvin was born
13 Dec
1863 to William Blankenship and Mary Catherine McIntosh.
Eliza Jane and James Calvin never had any children of their own,
but they did raise her niece Carrie Lee Edison (the daughter of
Eliza Jane's deceased sister Louisa Eveline Johnson and Jim
Edison), as well as Eliza Jane's grandniece,
Genevia May Johnson (the granddaughter of Eliza Jane's
bother
John Henry Pinkney Johnson - and daughter of
Beulah Vernesta Johnson Goble), and nephew Clide Kerrigan. |
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Children that James Calvin Blankenship and Eliza Jane
Johnson Blankenship Helped Raise |
Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Spouse |
Victoria E. Johnson (Niece) |
Abt. 1869 |
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George Carrigan |
Carrie Lee Edison (Granddaughter) |
21 Mar 1893
Iredell Co, NC |
15 Jul 1966 |
Arthur Lee Roy
Crawford |
Genevia May Johnson |
21 Feb 1903 |
02 Jan 1987
Banner Elk, NC |
John Paul Baldwin |
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The 1870 Alexander County, NC, Census shows James Blankenship's
family living in Sharps Township. His parents are William
and Mary Catherin McIntosh Blankenship. There were five
children living on the family farm: Pinkney F. (age 14), Amanda
A. (age 10), James Calvin (age 4), Stark V.A. (age 2) and
William Pool (age 7 months). |
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1870 Alexander County, NC, Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Real
Estate |
Birth
(Month) |
Can't
Read
Write |
Real |
Personal |
Blankenship |
William |
31 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
250 |
200 |
NC |
X |
----- |
Mary C. |
32 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
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Pinkney F. |
14 |
M |
W |
At Home |
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Amanda A. |
10 |
F |
W |
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X |
----- |
James C. |
4 |
M |
W |
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Stark V. A. |
2 |
M |
W |
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William P. |
7/12 |
M |
W |
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The 1880 Census shows the William Blankenship family was still
living in the Sharps Township of Alexander County, NC.
James Calvin's age was 14. He had several younger
siblings: William Pool (age 10), Lillie Cleopatra Jane (age 8),
Mert Ola (age 4) and Cuba (age 2). There were also three
step-children living with the family in 1880: Pinkney Rector
(age 24), Charlie A. Rector (age 22) and Amanda A. Rector (age
20). |
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1880 Alexander County, NC, Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Race |
Sex |
Age |
Relation |
Single |
Occupation |
Can't
Read
Write |
BIRTH |
Person |
Dad |
Mom |
Blankenship |
William |
W |
M |
42 |
Head |
M |
Farmer |
X |
NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
Mary C. |
W |
F |
41 |
Wife |
M |
Keeping House |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
James C. |
W |
M |
14 |
Son |
S |
Works on Farm |
X |
NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
William P. |
W |
M |
10 |
Son |
S |
Works on Farm |
X |
NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
Lillie C.J. |
W |
F |
8 |
Daughter |
S |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
Mertie O. |
W |
F |
4 |
Daughter |
S |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
Cuba |
W |
M |
2 |
Son |
S |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
Rector |
Pinkney |
W |
M |
24 |
Step-Son |
S |
Laborer |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
----- |
Charley A. |
W |
M |
22 |
Step-Son |
S |
Laborer |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
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Amanda A. |
W |
F |
20 |
Step
Daughter |
S |
At Home |
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NC |
NC |
NC |
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The 1900 Iredell County Census shows James Calvin and Eliza Jane
living with her mother Levina Sherrill Johnson in Shiloh
Township. It shows that James is 34 and Eliza Jane is 46.
Her mother Levina was age 68. Levina's granddaughter, Carrie E.
Idson (Carrie Lee Edison), age 7, was living with them, too, and was attending
school. Carrie was the daughter of Jim Edison and Louisa
Eveline Johnson Edison. It appears that Eveline had died
by 1900 and thus Levina and Eliza Jane were raising her. |
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1900 Iredell County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Race |
Sex |
Birth
Mth. |
Birth
Yr. |
Age |
S/M
Wd |
Yrs.
Married |
No.
Kids
Born |
No.
Kids
Living |
Birth |
Occu-pation |
Johnson |
Levina C. |
Head |
W |
F |
Mar |
1832 |
68 |
Wd |
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8 |
5 |
NC |
Farm |
Blankenship |
James |
Son-in-law |
W |
M |
Dec |
1865 |
34 |
M |
7 |
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NC |
Farm |
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Eliza Jane |
Daughter |
W |
F |
April |
1854 |
46 |
M |
7 |
1 |
1 |
NC |
Laborer |
Idson |
Carrie E. |
G.Daughter |
W |
F |
Mar |
1873 |
7 |
S |
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NC |
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By 1910, James
Blankenship is shown as the head of the family. Levina's granddaughter Carrie Idson
was still living with the family and was listed as James's niece
- she was acutually Eliza Jane's niece (the daughter of her
sister Louisa Eveline Johnson and Jim Edison).
Genevia Mae Johnson was
also living with the family. She was a great-niece to Eliza Jane and was Levina's
great granddaughter. Mae was born 21 Feb 1903 but her
father, Charlie Johnson, had left her mother,
Beulah Vernesta "Nessie" Johnson, and Nessie could not raise
Mae by herself. A "mulatto" nephew by the name of Clide Kerrigan
was also living with the Blankenship family. |
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1910 Iredell County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
S/M
Wd |
Yrs.
Md. |
No.
Kids
Born |
No.
Kids
Living |
Birth |
Occu-
pation |
Trade |
Blankenship |
James C. |
Head |
M |
W |
45 |
M |
17 |
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NC |
Farmer |
General
Farm |
------- |
Jane |
Wife |
F |
W |
55 |
M |
17 |
1 |
1 |
NC |
None |
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Idson |
Carrie E. |
Niece |
F |
W |
17 |
S |
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NC |
Farm
Laborer |
General
Farm |
Johnson |
Lavina |
Mother-
in-Law |
F |
W |
78 |
Wd |
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8 |
4 |
NC |
None |
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Genevia M. |
Niece |
F |
W |
7 |
S |
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NC |
None |
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Kerrigan |
Clide |
Nephew |
M |
Mu |
22 |
S |
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NC |
Farm
Laborer |
Working
Out |
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The 1920 Iredell County Census shows
James & Eliza Jane still living in the Shiloh Township with her
mother Levina, who was now 87 years old. Genevia Mae Johnson, a
niece, was till living with the family. Eliza Jane's
cousin, William P. Johnson, age 64, was living with them and
working on the farm. |
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1920 Iredell County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
S/M
Wd |
Attended
School |
Can
Read &
Write |
Birth |
Occupation |
Trade |
Blankenship |
James C. |
Head |
M |
W |
54 |
M |
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Yes |
NC |
Farmer |
General
Farm |
------- |
Eliza Jane |
Wife |
F |
W |
65 |
M |
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Yes |
NC |
None |
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Johnson |
William P. |
Cousin |
M |
W |
64 |
S |
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Yes |
NC |
Farm
Laborer |
Home
Farm |
------- |
Levina C. |
Mother-
in-law |
F |
W |
87 |
Wd |
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Yes |
NC |
None |
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May G. |
Niece |
F |
W |
17 |
S |
Yes |
Yes |
NC |
None |
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The 1930 Census shows James and Eliza Jane still living in the
Shiloh Township of Iredell County. He is 68 and she is 76.
There are no children living with them at this time. Eliza
Jane died on 13 Aug 1930 - just four short months after this
Census was taken. |
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1930 Iredell County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
S/M
Wd |
Attended
School |
Can
Read &
Write |
Birth |
Occupation |
Blankenship |
James C. |
Head |
M |
W |
68 |
M |
No |
Yes |
NC |
Farmer |
------- |
Eliza Jane |
Wife |
F |
W |
76 |
M |
No |
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NC |
None |
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Eliza Jane Johnson Blankenship died on 13 Aug 1930 at the age of
76 as a result of "Carcinoma of Cervix" or cervical cancer.
She was buried at New Sterling in Iredell County, NC. |
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Death Certificate for Eliza Jane Johnson
Blankenship |
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Eliza Jane Johnson Blankenship |
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From the collection of
Beulah Vernesta Johnson Goble, her niece |
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The 1940 Census shows James Blankenship living in Shiloh
Township of Iredell County, NC. The Census says that Cary
L. Crawford and her husband were living with him - as well as
their children, Evie E., James W., and Mildren L. Crawford.
James is 73 years old and widowed. He owns his farm and
its value is $500. |
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Even though the 1940 Census shows that Carrie was James Calvin
Blankenship's
daughter, she was actually his deceased wife's niece - the
daughter of Louisa Eveline Johnson and Jim Edison. |
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There is also some confusion over Carrie's husband's name.
The 1920 Census lists him as Arthur R. (Roy) Crawford; The 1930
Census lists him as Roy L. Crawford; and the 1940 Census lists
his as George R. (Roy) Crawford. Most genealogists list
his name as Arthur Lee Roy (Leroy) Crawford. He was the
son of William Ross Crawford and Minnie Ellen Morrow. |
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1940 Iredell County Census |
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Home |
Name |
Relathionship |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
S
Md
Wd |
School |
Birth |
Hrs
Wkd
Wk |
Occupation |
Income |
Own
Rent |
Value |
Farm |
Last |
First |
This
Yr |
Last Grade |
O |
500 |
Yes |
Blankenship |
James C. |
Head |
M |
W |
73 |
Wd |
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8 |
NC |
18 |
Farmer |
0 |
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Crawford |
George R. |
Son-in-law |
M |
W |
46 |
M |
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H2 |
NC |
40 |
Carpenter |
1560 |
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Cary L. |
Daughter |
F |
W |
47 |
M |
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H2 |
NC |
40 |
Farm Laborer |
0 |
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Evie E. |
Grandaughter |
F |
W |
23 |
S |
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H4 |
NC |
8 |
Farm
Laborer |
0 |
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James W. |
Grandson |
M |
W |
17 |
S |
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7 |
NC |
40 |
Farm Laborer |
0 |
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Mildred L. |
Granddaughter |
F |
W |
15 |
S |
Yes |
7 |
NC |
20 |
Waitress |
0 |
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James Calvin Blankenship died on 27 Jun 1948 at the age of 84
from "Arteriosclerosis", or hardening of the arteries of the
heart. He was buried near Eliza Jane at New Sterling
Church in Iredell County, NC. |
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Death Certificate for James Calvin Blankenship |
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Carrie Edison Crawford (listed on several Census as Carrie Idson)
was raised by James Calvin Blankenship & Eliza Jane Johnson Blankenship, but
she was actually the daughter of Eliza Jane's sister, Louisa Eveline Johnson. Carrie Lee's Death Certificate
incorrectly lists her mother's name as "Carrie Lee Everline". |
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Death Certificate for Carrie Lee Edison Crawford |
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If you have photos or additional information
about Eliza Jane Johnson, please contact me. |
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