Mary Melissa Cadle was born June 17,1858 and died August 12, 1926. She married John Almarine Blankenship on May 22, 1873 in Raleigh county, West Virginia. He was born May 17, 1851. They had 12 children.
1. Pearis Callaway Blankenship was born May 18,1875 and died November 3, 1879.
4. Ardella Ann Blankenship was born February 23, 1880 and died June 6, 1944. She married Jacob Ingram Garretson on September 24,1901.
5. William Ballard Blankenship was born October 3, 1881. He married Annie Alice Cadle on December 1,1907 in Raleigh county, West Virginia.
8. Mary Melissa Blankenship was born January 1888 and died 1966. She married Walter Winton Cadle
9. John Lewis Blankenship was born March 19,1890 and died May 16, 1951. He married Helen Virginia Rycroft on March 23, 1931.
10. Henry Harrison Blankenship was born February 26, 1893 and died May 12,1927. He married Ivory Fletcher.
11. Laura Bell Blankenship was born June 13, 1895 and died January 16,1938. She married Lewis Harrison Graham.
12. Lilly Lee Blankenship was born July 28,1898 and died 1950. She married Luther Fletcher.