Person:Blancet Dodson (1)

Mercer County, Illinois, 1850 census:^S2

Dodson, B. S. 24 yrs Farmer (real estate = _____) b. Indiana

      Seyntha 24 yrs b. Indiana

      Jonathan 6 yrs b. Indiana

      Mary Jane 4 yrs b. Indiana

      Herrick 2 yrs b. Illinois

Henderson County, Illinois, 1870 census:^S3

Dodson, Blansett S. 45 yrs Farmer (real estate = $10,500; personal estate = $3,320) b. Kentucky

      Cynthia 46 yrs Keeping house b. Indiana

      Amanda 20 yrs b. Indiana

      Blansett 17 yrs Farm Labr. b. Illinois

      Eliza 16 yrs b. Illinois

      Minerva 14 yrs b. Illinois

      Melinda 12 yrs b. Illinois

      Olive 7 yrs b. Illinois

      Ezra 5 yrs b. Illinois

Lanman, John 26 yrs Farm Labr. b. Iowa

Laird, James 24 yrs Farm Labr. b. New York (both parents, "of foreign birth")

Cedar County, Iowa, 1880 census:^S4

Dodson, B. S. 55 yrs Farmer b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky)

      Cynthia A. 56 yrs Wife Keeping House b. Indiana (parents, b. Virginia/Pennsylvania)

      Olive 18 yrs Dau Helps housework b. Illinois (parents, b. Kentucky/Indiana)

      Ezra 15 yrs Son Works on farm b. Illinois (parents, b. Kentucky/Indiana)

1. ↑ Van Winkle, Harold, and Gary M. Lanman. The Lanman Genealogy: The Descendants of James Lanman of Perry County, Indiana. (Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen Publishing, 1986).
2. ↑ Mercer County, Illinois. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 351, house/family 98/98.
3. ↑ Henderson County, Illinois. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 141, house/family 141/153.
4. ↑ Cedar, Iowa, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 343, p. 16, house/family 42/44.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Find A Grave.

   Blansett S. Dodson