1919 Obituaries & Funeral Notices for Garfield County, Washington

Margaret Blankinship

(Communicated)

Margaret Jane Rains Blankenship was born October 15, 1842, in Carroll county, Arkansas, and when seven months old her father Samuel Rains died leaving her mother with four boys and three girls. When Margaret Rains was 18 war was declared and she and her mother for five years suffered the many hardship of the Civil war.

In 1866 she was married to Joseph L. Blankinship, seven children being born to them. In 1884 they moved to Asotin county, Washington, and in 1898 Mr. Blankinship died.

She became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and lived a Christian life ever after.

In September, 1919, Mrs. Blankinship moved from Pomeroy to Asotin and on December 7 she departed this life, leaving three daughters, Mrs. Lou Cook, Mrs. Lawrence Peterson and Mrs. Nora Corura; and two sons, David E. and Samuel E. Blankinship; and many friends to mourn her death.

The body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Peola, at the side of her husband.

Joseph E. Blankinship, who died some time ago, served in the Confederate army during the civil war, and was well known to all old-time people of Garfield and Asotin counties.

[Note: The two spellings of her last name Blankenship and Blankinship are as in the article published in 1919.]

[Additional note: Findagrave.com shows her first name as Margret (Margret Jane Raines Blankinship ). Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14020427/margret_jane-blankinship: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Margret Jane Raines Blankinship (15 Oct 1842–6 Dec 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14020427, citing Peola Pioneer Cemetery, Peola, Garfield County, Washington, USA; Maintained by pataha (contributor 49537209).

--East Washingtonian, December, 1919, Page 3