Person:Preston Bland (2)

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Preston Bland
  • HPreston Bland1818 - 1895
  • WMary Reed1820 - 1853
m. Abt 1834
m. 4 Sep 1853
  1. A. J. BlandAbt 1862 -
  2. Rebecca BlandAbt 1866 -
Facts and Events
Name Preston Bland
Gender Male
Birth? 20 Sep 1818 Henry County, Kentucky?
Marriage Abt 1834 Red River County, Texas(his 1st wife)
to Mary Reed
Marriage 4 Sep 1853 Hempstead County, Arkansas(his 2nd wife)
to Eliza Jane Grounds
Census[2] 1880 Hempstead County, Arkansas
Death? 11 Mar 1895 Hempstead County, Arkansas

Hempstead County, Arkansas, 1880 census:[2]

Bland, Preston 62 yrs Farmer b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky)
      Eliza 56 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Arkansas (parents, b. Missouri/North Carolina[?]) (cannot write)
      A. J. 18 yrs Son Farm Laborer b. Arkansas (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri[sic])
      Rebecca 14 yrs Dau b. Arkansas (parents, b. Kentucky/Missouri[sic])
References
  1.   Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
    Vol. 10, patent no. 539 (file #196), certificate #158., 4 Mar 1853.

    In Red River County (details apparently not recorded).

  2. 2.0 2.1 Hempstead, Arkansas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
    ED 105, p. 329C, dwelling/family 175/177.