"Hardesty’s West Virginia Counties - Gilmer, Ritchie, Lincoln, Wayne"
Volume 7 - Page 211 - Published 1973
by Jim Comstock


Ralph Linten Blankinship Jr. - is a native of Cabell County, born December 28, 1858, a son of William Preble Blankinship, who was a soldier in the war between the States, and Mary J. (Adkins) Blankinship. His parents were born in Cabell County, his father in August, 1829, and his mother in 1827. The wife of R. L. Blankinship, is Louisa C., daughter of Arthur E. and Mary A. (Fraley) Hobbs. She was born in Wayne County, August 15, 1861, and they were married on Camp Creek of Twelve Pole, September 26, 1878. their daughter, Mary E., was born December 30, 1879, and their son, Elbert M. B., was born March 2, 1881. Ralph L. Blankinship owns 200 acres of valuable land in Stonewall district, a portion of it improved and fertile, the remainder heavily timbered and rich in mineral deposit, both coal and iron. His postoffice address is Wayne C. H., Wayne County, West Virginia.