Husband: John Harrison BLANCHARD
Birthdate: August 07, 1852 - Talladega Co., AL 1 2 3
military service: None
Death date: August 24, 1924 - Bienville Par., LA 9
father: William Newton BLANCHARD, b. Abt. 1817 NC, d. January 11, 1881, Talladega Co., AL 9
mother: Elizabeth HUTSON/HUDSON, b. 1824 AL, d. April 19, 1890, Talladega Co., AL 9
other marriages: 1st: Manerva F. CRAWFORD, b. abt. 1847, probably AL, married abt. 1880, Talladega Co., AL d. prior to 1883. 12

Marriage date: 2nd: October 30, 1883
Marriage place: Talladega Co., AL 3 9 10

Wife: Katie Irene Sumner ARRINGTON
Birthdate: April 20, 1865 - AL 2 9 10
Death date: April 30, 1935 - Bienville Par., LA 6
father: unknown
mother: Nancy Ann/Arline Arrington, b. February 09, 1841 GA, d. November 26, 1924, Bienville Par., LA 5 9 10

CHILDREN

Child 1: George Carlton BLANCHARD
Birthdate: December 08, 1884, Talladega Co., AL 2 9 10
married: 1st Velma WARD
date and place of marriage 1st: abt. 1917, Bienville Par., LA 9 10
other marriages 2nd: Bertha [Maiden Name unknown], Bienville Par., LA. After George Carlton's death, Bertha married again to a HOLZEMBACH. 4
Death date: May 24, 1937, Caddo Par., LA 1 9

Child 2: Sallie Belle BLANCHARD
Birthdate: November 22, 1886, Talladega Co., AL 2 11
married: Earnest Q. CLOVER
Marriage date: December 02, 1906, Indian Territory, OK (now Choctaw Co.) 9 10
Death date: March 25, 1965, San Juan, TX 11

Child 3: Lizzie Webb BLANCHARD
Birthdate: November 30, 1888, Talladega Co., LA 2 9 10
married: Never
Marriage date:
Death date: April 15, 1900, Bienville Par., LA 5 6 9 10

Child 4: John Moses BLANCHARD
Birthdate: December 28, 1890, Talladega Co., AL 2 9 10
married: Never
Marriage date:
Death date: October 19, 1975, Jonesboro, Jackson P., LA 5 7 8

Child 5: Clifton Newton BLANCHARD (aka "NC")
Birthdate: May 14, 1893, Bienville Par., LA 2 9 10
married: Never
Marriage date:
Death date: September 28, 1902, Bienville Par., LA 5 6 9 10

Child 6: Willie Parlee BLANCHARD (female)
Birthdate: August 28, 1896, Bienville Par., LA 2 9 10
married: John OWENS
Marriage date: September 19, 1922, Bienville Par., LA 10
Death date: April 28, 1946, Bienville Par., LA 7 9

Child 7: Joseph Hudson BLANCHARD
Birthdate: September 20, 1898, Bienville Par., LA 2
married: Cora BANKS
Marriage date: June 03, 1926, Bienville Par., LA 3
Death date: July 31, 1977, Shreveport, Caddo P., LA 7 8

Child 8: Moody Conville BLANCHARD
Birthdate: February 09, 1901, Bienville Par., LA 2 8 9 10
married: Naomi Felicity KELLEY
Marriage date: April 27, 1924, Jackson Par., LA 9 10
Death date: January 1975, Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA 7 8

Child 9: Thomas Fred Lyndon BLANCHARD
Birthdate: May 28, 1902, Bienville Par., LA 2 9 10
married: Never
Marriage date:
Death date: April 21, 1957, San Juan, TX 7 8 9

Child 10: Florence Elnora BLANCHARD
Birthdate: November 10, 1905, Bienville Par., LA 2 9 10
married: Frank OWENS
Marriage date: September 22, 1922, Bienville Par., LA 9
other marriages: 2nd Mr. BROWN
Death date: March 1982, Shreveport, Caddo P., LA 7 8

Child 11: Nancy Arleen BLANCHARD
Birthdate: February 12, 1908, Bienville Par., LA 2 9 10
married: Oscar BOUNDS
Marriage date: February 02, 1927, Bienville Par., LA 9 10
Death date: November 1988, Tulsa, OK 7 8
 

Sources:
1. Census Records of Talladega Co., AL.
2. Census Records of Bienville Pa., LA.
3. Personal knowledge of Joseph Hudson BLANCHARD.
4. Personal knowledge of 2nd wife Bertha HOLZEMBACH.
5. LA State Deaths 1900-1929 Index.
6. Records of Driskill Cemetery at Mt. Zion Independent Presbyterian Church, Driskill Mtn., Bienville Parish, LA.
7. Social Security Death Index.
8. Personal knowledge of Joyce Blanchard BATTILANA.
9. Bible Records in Sallie Belle BLANCHARD Bible.
10. Bible Records in Katie Irene Sumner BLANCHARD Bible.
11. Personal knowledge of Opal CLOVER.
12. Marriage Records of Talladega Co., AL.

Notes:
* John Harrison BLANCHARD moved his wife, her mother Nancy Ann/Arline Arrington, and his young children from Talladega Co., AL, to Mt. Driskill in Bienville Parish, LA in about 1891. They attended the Mt. Zion Independent Presbyterian Church and they are buried in the cemetery behind the church, known as Driskill Cemetery. They farmed cotton and vegetables. When the lumber industry moved into the area, a lumber camp was established adjacent to their property. This gave the Blanchard's a captive market for selling fresh vegetables. John Blanchard eventually allowed the lumber company to cut trees on the undeveloped portions of his property. In 1905, John leased out his farm in Bienville Parish and moved the family by train to what was known then as Indian Territory, what is now called Oklahoma. His first daughter, Sallie Belle, married there. This was a year of flooding and malaria was rampant in that part of Oklahoma. Evidently, it was not worth the risk to stay in Oklahoma. The family returned at the end of the year to their Bienville Parish farm. Sallie Belle, now married, stayed in Oklahoma. Two of her brothers (George Carlton and John Moses) stayed there also for a couple of years before returning to Louisiana. Eventually, the Blanchard farm and most farms in the area were sold to the lumber company and are still in use today for raising trees. Katie Irene Sumner Arrington wrote in her Bible that the John Blanchard family is related to the Newton Crain "NC" Blanchard family (former Governor of Louisiana whose family resided in both Rapides and Caddo Parishes). She doesn't say how they are related and I have not been able to find any ties between the two families. The geographic pattern of their migrations to Louisiana are similar, although the Governor's family arrived in Louisiana well before the John Harrison Blanchard family. The middle name of John Harrison Blanchard's father is Newton, and John gave Newton as a middle name to one of his sons, who was called "NC", as was the Governor. Other than these similarities, I find no connection between the two families. The John Harrison Blanchard family also is not directly related to the numerous French Canadian Blanchards who were already resident in Louisiana when John Blanchard arrived.

Jolie Blanchard Brown
1812 N. Quinn Street #527
Arlington VA 22209