Rhoda Meador Blankenship
Birth: 10 Mar 1770, Franklin County, Virginia, USA
Death: 4 May 1862, (aged 92) Macon County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Haysville Cemetery, Haysville, Macon County, Tennessee, USA
[Has photograph of gravestone, in style contemporary with time of death and burial]
Bio: Rhoda Meador is buried right next to her husband, Robert Hezekiah Blankenship.
A new small plaque was placed next to Mr. Hezekiah's gravesite (as older one was bearly readable as of 1999). This was done to honor him for donating his land to be the Haysville Cemetery.
Rhoda Meador Blankenship and Robert Hezekiah Blankenship had 4 known children listed below:
Lydia Blankenship (b. 1796 - d. 1870)
Sarah Blankenship (b. 1798 - d. 1843)
Joel Blankenship (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
Isham Thomas Blankenship (b. 1805 - d. 1880)
An infant child is buried next to Rhoda and R. Hezekiah.
RHODA's PARENTS:
Joel Meador
B:1725, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
D:1798, Franklin, Virginia
and
Susannah (Clark) Meador
B:1730, Essex, Virginia, USA
D:11 Feb 1818, Franklin, Virginia, USA
Family Members
Spouse: Robert Hezekiah Blankenship 1757-1816
Siblings: Jesse Meador 1750-1821; Mary Meador Heard 1751-Unknown; Joel W Meador 1760-1834; Isham B Meador 1762-1840; Jobe Meador 1764-1839
Half Siblings: Anna Meador Simmons; 1768-1823
Children: Millie Blankenship McConnell 1791-1869; Elijah Blankenship 1793-1840; Joel Blankenship 1799-1882; Isham Blankenship 1805-Unknown; Robert Hezekiah Blankenship 1807-1843
