Louisa Blankenship was born September 20th, 1827 in Kentucky. Louisa Blankenship’s father was Coleman Hargrove Blankenship born in North Carolina in approximately 1803.Coleman’s father was, William Blankenship born in Virginia between 1754 and 1760. William had three sons, Coleman, Thomas and Breck. They came by covered wagon from Cumberland County, Kentucky, to Andrew County, Missouri around 1840.
Coleman had three children with his first wife in Kentucky. Granville born in 1826, who later moved to Arkansas. Louisa, who married Charles Weibling. Thompson H. born in 1828 who farmed locally, and was a veteran of the Civil War. Louisa married Charles Weibling April 1st, 1847 in Savannah, Missouri. They had seven children. John, Amanda, Joshua, William Thomas, Christopher Columbus, Charles Jr., and Ida Bell. They owned and farmed 640 acres in Robinson, Kansas. Louisa passed away July 27th, 1895. She is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Robinson. She and her husband Charles share a single headstone which is nearly in the center of the cemetery.
Just some thoughts: Pioneer women did not have it easy. The men often would be gone for weeks at a time hunting food. The women had to keep the farms running, have their babies alone, fight off wolves and sometimes Indians. Everyday chores were rigorous and exhausting. Nothing came easy to the women of the Kansas frontier. The threat of disease was high back then, but Louisa raised seven children to be adults. I often wonder what "home remedies" she used. It is said she was born on a Cherokee Reservation in Kentucky. I wonder how many Indian remedies she knew of. Some of Louisa's brothers had settled in nearby towns. So she had family close to her. Louisa lived to be sixty-seven years old. She died about two years before her husband Charles. Louisa will always have a special place in my heart. I will never know much about her life...I can only imagine...~ Denise Weibling Phillips
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