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Kansas Family Group Sheet for John William Grandvill Blunk Family
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Submitted by: Gary Lynn Hada
Email address: lynnhada@comcast.net
Husband: John William Grandvill BLUNK
Birthdate: 26 October 1850
Birthplace: Stelenville, Hendrix County, IN
Death date: 12 October 1932
Place of death: KS
Father: David D. Blunk
Mother: Temperance Hadley
Marriage date: 26 September 1877
Marriage place: IN
Wife: Martha Alice Shake
Birthdate: 12 November 1860
Birthplace: Eminence, Morgan County, IN
Death date: 26 January 1952
Place of death: KS
Father: Adam Robert Shake
Mother: Martha Baker Whitaker
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Maud Blunk
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 January 1881
Birthplace: Barber County, KS
Death date: 25 February 1902
Place of death: Kiowa, Barber County, KS
Marriage date: 12 June 1901
Marriage place: Barber County, KS
Spouse's name: William A. Derrick
Child No. 2: Myrtle Blunk
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 August 1882
Birthplace: Barber County, KS
Death date: 11 April 1967
Place of death: Alva, Woods County, OK
Marriage date: 8 June 1910
Marriage place: Hardtner, Barber County, KS
Spouse's name: Walter Vernon Hull
Child No. 3: Birdie Alice Blunk
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1 March 1885
Birthplace: Hardtner, Barber County, KS
Death date: 3 January 1976
Place of death:
Marriage date: 6 September 1905
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Dr. Albert Wyot Clarke
Child No. 4: David Adam Blunk
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 March 1887
Birthplace: Hardtner, Barber County, KS
Death date: December 1964
Place of death:
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Spouse's name: Jesse Aletta McCrory
Child No. 5: Vera Zella Blunk
Sex:
Birthdate: 7 June 1889
Birthplace:
Death date: 2 April 1974
Place of death:
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Spouse's name: George Luther Graves, Jr.
Child No. 6: John Glenn Blunk
Sex: M
Birthdate: 4 May 1893
Birthplace: KS
Death date: July 1987
Place of death:
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Spouse's name: Rena Brundridge
Child No. 7: "Baby" Blunk
Sex: UNK
Birthdate: Abt 1901
Birthplace:
Death date: Abt 1901
Place of death:
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Documentation: In Pioneer Footprints Across Woods County, his name is
given as John William Granville Blunk while Myrtle Blunk gives it as John
William Grandvill Blunk in her family record book. I assume Myrtle knew
her father's name correctly.
John W. Blunk
The following article was taken from Volume II of the Biographical
History of Central Kansas.
This article was submitted by Eva Blunk. It was written around 1901.
John W. Blunk, whose home is in section 27, Elwood Township, Barber
County, is a native of the middle west, his birth occurring in Morgan
County, Indiana, on the 26th of October, 1850. His father, David Blunk,
was born in Owen County, that state, and is still living in Indiana. The
latter's father, Aaron Blunk, was one of the first settlers of the
Hoosier state and was of German ancestry, the family having been founded
in America by two brothers who came from the fatherland at an early
period in the development of the United States. Aaron Blunk (John's
grandfather) served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. He
married a Miss Davis, sister of Jefferson Davis, the president of the
Confederacy. They had a large family, including David Blunk, (John's
father) who was reared upon the home farm in Indiana. In Morgan County,
Indiana, he was united in marriage to Temperance Hadley, who was born in
South Carolina, whence she went to Indiana with her father, George
Hadley, who was a native of North Carolina. Unto the parents of our
subject (John's father and mother) were born eight children, of whom five
are yet living, namely; Mary J., Davie E., John W., Jeremiah and
Silvanus. Those deceased are George H., who died from the effects of the
hardships of war, having nine years, and Harvey, who died at the age of
six years. The parents are still residents of Danville, Indiana. The
father was a successful farmer but is now living retired. His political
support has been given to the Republican party since its organization. In
religious faith he is a Baptist, while his wife is connected with the
Society of Friends.
John W. Blunk was reared upon the old homestead in Indiana and began his
education in a log schoolhouse. Although his privileges in that
direction were somewhat meager, his training at farm work was not
limited. In 1875, in Indiana, he married Alice Shake, who has traveled
life's journey with him for twenty-six years. She was born in Morgan
County, Indiana, and is a daughter of Adam and Martha (Whitaker) Shake,
both of whom were natives of Kentucky. Her mother died in Indiana at the
age of seventy-three years. Her father is still living at the age of
eighty-four. Throughout his business career he was a farmer. He
belongs
to the Christian Church and is a Republican in politics. In his family
were nine children of whom six are yet living: Ann, Juliet, Mary, George,
Levi and Mrs. Blunk. (wife of John W. Blunk). Those deceased are Robert,
who died at the age of eighteen; John Henry, who died at the age of
eleven years; and Mrs. Lucinda Goss, who passed away at the age of
twenty-six.
No events of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life
for Mr. Blunk in his youth. He arrived in Barber County in 1878, at
which time he possessed a team and wagon and five dollars in money; but
he had what is better than gold, a strong determination to succeed,
supplemented by untiring industry and perseverance. His own labors and
the assistance of his wife have won for him a prominent place in
agricultural circles and today he is the owner of a valuable farm of over
four thousand acres, constituting one of the best properties in the
township. There is a good granary and wagon shed, fourteen by thirty-six
feet, with ten-foot sheds on each side. He has a large barn fifty-two by
sixty feet, and thirty-six feet from the ground to the ridgepole. In his
pastures and feed lots are found thirty-seven modern farm implements,
wagons, carriages and everything required to carry on farm work along
progressive lines.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Blunk has been blessed with seven
children, of whom five are living: Myrtle, Birdie, David Adam, Vera Zella
and John Glenn. Those deceased are Maude Derrick, who died at the age of
twenty-one years, loved and respected by all, and one who died in early
childhood. Mr. Blunk votes with the Republican Party. He has been
identified with the state militia, and fraternally is an Odd Fellow. His
wife belongs to the Christian Church. Both are well known in the
community where they enjoy the warm regard of many friends.
From: The Hardtner Community News, P.O. Box 335, Hardtner, KS 67057,
Issue No. 30, August 3, 1998: p. 10.
Filed by C. W. Barnum, KSFGS Manager
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