BLANDIN, William T. c1822-1900

BLANDIN

Posted By: Marilyn O'Connor (email)
Date: 8/1/2014 at 11:53:50

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BLANDIN

Last Saturday occurred the funeral of Wm. T. Blandin, at Riceville, Iowa. He was one of the early settlers of the section and reached the ripe old age of seventy-eight. We have no data at hand to give an extended account of his life.

He was a native of New York and lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota that we know of and perhaps in others. It was in 1865 that he settled in Iowa. The old settlers all knew Mr. Blandin. We have known him for the past eight years and although his days of hard work were over he was always busy, yet with always time to give an encouraging word to the discouraged or a cordial greeting to a friend.

His aged companion passed away three years ago last spring if our memory serves us correctly, three sons and a daughter survive him, all of whom were present at the funeral.

Source: Osage News, Jan. 1, 1901
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Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 15, 1901, LP, C5

Died.

Blandin — In Riceville, Dec. 27, 1900, William T. Blandin passed away at the age of 78 years, 8 months, and 4 days.

Deceased was born in Steuben coun­ty, N. York, became a resident of Io­wa, in the vicinity of Riceville in 1869. Since the death of his wife, which oc­curred in 1897, he has made his home with his daughter Mrs. J. C. Coles, at whose home he passed to the great beyond. A good Christian man gone to his reward.

Transcriber’s Note: Find-a-Grave shows he is buried in Riverside Cemetery and that he was born April 23, 1822.

Credit: Joy Moore, 10/31/2018