Eighth Generation

12489. Rhett "Rettie" Gragg was born in May 1886 in North Carolina.

Rhett "Rettie" Gragg and Irvin L. Ward were married. Irvin L. Ward was born (date unknown).

Rhett "Rettie" Gragg and Irvin L. Ward had the following children:

Rhett "Rettie" Gragg and Fred Taylor Blankenship were married circa 1919. They appeared in the census on 6 January 1920 in Slab Fork, Raleigh Co., WV.³⁶⁵⁰³ They³⁶⁵⁰³ appeared in the census on 24 April 1930 in Raleigh Co., WV.³⁶⁵⁰⁴ Fred Taylor Blankenship was born on 15 March 1879 in Virginia.⁵¹²⁶ He lived with George B. Smedley in Skelton, Raleigh Co., NC on 11 May 1910.³⁶⁵⁰⁵

The Taylor Blankenship in 1910 the Raleigh census may not be the same that married Rettie Gragg. He was 24 yrs. old in that census. If he was born in c1880 per age in 1930 census, then he should have been closer to 30 years old in 1910. He registered for the WWI draft on 12 September 1918 in Raleigh Co., WV.³⁶⁵⁰⁶ He registered for the WWII draft on 27 April 1942 in McComas, Mercer Co., WV.³⁶⁵⁰⁷

Rhett "Rettie" Gragg and Fred Taylor Blankenship had the following children:

19083	i.	Uml? Blankenship was born about 1908 in West Virginia.
19084	ii.	Paul Blankenship was born about 1916 in West Virginia.
19085	iii.	Fred Taylor Blankenship Jr. was born circa 1921 in West Virginia.
+19086	iv.	Frank Edward Blankenship.