Fremont County, Iowa
Blanchard Cemetery
(Benton Township)
Section 36, Twp. 69, Range 44
The Blanchard Cemetery, is in the southwest corner of Fremont County. It is approximately three miles southwest of Percival, started by Dr. Ira Blanchard. Dr. Ira Blanchard was a physician,
abolitionist, scholoar, and religious leader. He came to Civil Bend, near the Missouri River, via Ohio and an Idian mission in the territory of Kansas. Dr. Blachard's
home happened to be the first stop in the free territory for the Underground Railway.
Originally, two people had died, and were buried a few hundred yards from Dr. Blanchard's Home. In 1864, Dr. Blanchard's beloved wife died. During her funeral service the minister announced that
the burial area wold be designated as a cemetery.
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| NAME | BIRTH/DEATH DATES | NOTES |
| Acord, Ann | 1893 - 1897 | |
| Acord, Frankie | 1887 - 1889 | |
| Acord, Lucy | 1881 - 1883 | |
| Acord, Luetta | died 1923 | Infant |
| Baker, Abbie (Blanchard) | 11 Jun 1842 - 15 Dec 1883 | w/o J. W. , dtr of Ira Blanchard |
| Barnes, Peyton G. | 4 Sep 1878 | Age 1y, 2 mo., 9 days, s/o I.H. & M.G. Barnes |
| Bebout, Alex | No Dates | umg |
| Blanchard, Elizabeth S. (Pierce) | 22 Mar 1818 - 10 Jan 1867 | 48 y, 7 mo., 18 days, 2nd w/of Ira Blanchard |
| Blanchard, Ira D. | 30 Sep 1808 - 11 Aug 1872 | |
| Blanchard, Mary W. | 19 Aug 1802 - 29 Feb 1864 | Wife of Ira Blanchard |
| Blane, Mira | 23 Mar 1866 | Age 26 years |
| Blevins, ?? | No Dates | umg |
| Bonney, Mose | No Dates | umg |
| Bonney, w/o Mose | No Dates | umg |
| Brindale, Eddie | 1875 | Age 13 years, umg |
| Brindale, Henry T. | died 16 Sep 1873 | Age 1 y, 2 mo, 11 days; s/o M.C. & A.M. Brindale |
| Copeland, 2 Infants of Sterling | No Dates | umg |
| Copeland, Grover | No dates | died from eating poison weeds |
| Cullin, Tommy | No Dates | umg |
| Eskridge, Inf Jess | No Dates | umg |
| Garnsey, Ollie | 4 Apr 1905 - 7 Apr 1905 | |
| George, Wm H. | No Dates | |
| Gerry, Jonas & Elmira | No Dates | umg |
| Handy, Clayton | | s/o Charley & Saddie - umg |
| Handy, Infant Son | 1903 | |
| Handy, Murl | 1911 - 1915 | |
| Hansen, Child | | from Patton's ranch - umg |
| Hayes, Irene | b 1918 | 3 crosses marked "Hayes" |
| Ingram, Charley | No Dates | umg |
| Jenkins, Edward | 1855-1950 | |
| Jenkins, Martha | 1820 - 1901 | wife of Thomas |
| Jenkins, Thomas | 1818 - 1901 | |
| Johnson, Augustus A. | 1842 - 1883 | CW Vet; Co. A 87th Cav. |
| Johnson, Rebecca (Blanchard) | 1843 - 1894 | sa Augustus Johnson/dtr of Ira Blanchard |
| Kellogg, Donna Margaret | 9-Dec-1931 | |
| Keyser, Bessie | 18 Mar 1880 - 30 Sep 1880 | d/o J. R. & M. C. Keyser |
| Keyser, M.C. | 1846 - 1929 | |
| Keyser, May | 29 Jan 1878 - 27 Mar 1906 | d/o J. R. & M. C. Keyser |
| Lambert, Lydia E. | 7 Oct 1836 - 15 May 1920 | dtr of Ira Blanchard |
| Lambert, McKinley | 3 Jan 1829 - 2 Feb 1907 | |
| Lord, C. R. | 1875 - 1928 | Rosa |
| Lord, E.E. | 1880 - 1929 | Emmitt |
| Lord, G.R. | 1875 - 1928 | |
| Lord, George | No dates | umg |
| Lord, Rosa | 1857 - 1928 | |
| Lord, V.W. | 20 Jan 1850 - 19 Feb 1916 | step-son of Dr. Blanchard - son of Elizabeth |
| McBeth, Adaline | 1848 - 1910 | |
| McBeth, Susie C. | 1877 - 1936 | |
| McBeth, William | 1839 - 1915 | Civil War Vet |
| McNatt, Infant | No Dates | umg |
| Paddock, Olvira | born 1843 | dtr of Ira Blanchard |
| Paddock, Truman M. | 29 May 1866 - 20 Nov 1901 or 1907 | |
| Peckham, Bessie | 23 Jul 1879 or 1899 - 29 Oct 1901 | dtr of C. E. Peckham |
| Ramsey, Roy | 4 Apr 1900 - 28 Aug 1900 | s/o Z. M. & E. M. Ramsey |
| Ricketts, Carl | 14 Jun 1888 - 20 Jun 1888 | |
| Ricketts, Charlotte B. | 7 Jan 1816 - 28 Apr 1894 | |
| Ricketts, Mary H. | died 28 Dec 1860 | Age 12y, 6m, 29 days; d/o R. R. & C. B. Ricketts |
| Ricketts, Richard R. | 6 Feb 1802 - 1 Sep 1877 | |
| Ricketts, Richard R. | died 18 Nov 1855 | Age 12y, 1 mo, 20 days, s/o Richard & Charlotte |
| Ridge, John | No Dates | |
| Runyon, Emma | No Dates | wf/o George - umg |
| Runyon, George W. | 9 Oct 1846 - 5 Nov 1896 | |
| Smith, Josephine B. | 22 Jul 1841 - 19 Jan 1905 | |
| Smith, Oliver A. | 1 Sep 1834 - 18 Sep 1910 | |
| Somes, John S. | 11 May 1831 - 17 Aug 1903 or 1908 | |
| Somes, Margaret | 28 Apr 1839 - 27 Apr 1917 | |
| Titus, Charles | died 17 Jan 1874 | Age 62 |
| Unknown Grave - Black Child | No Dates | from Patton's ranch |
| Urger, hus & wf, | | hotel keeper in Percival 1924 |
| Walton, Abigail | 11 Jun 1819 - 19 Jan 1890 | Age 70y, 7 mo, 8 days |
| Williams, Ellanor | died 8 Jan. 1875 | Age 1 yr, 9 mo., 17 days; d/o J.H. & M.S. Williams |
Source: Cemetery Records for Fremont County, Iowa, 1903; printed by the Fremont County Historical Society ~ Shared by Penny Stewart.
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