John M. Blanton

John M. was born in 1872.¹   John M.'s father is John Webster Blanton and his mother is Mary Ellen Minton.  His paternal grandparents were George Asa Blanton and Margaret 'Peggy' Stallings; his maternal grandparents are Bluford Minton and Eleanor Huff. He had two brothers and three sisters, named William Robert, Beverly Alonzo, Sarah Jane, Ririzda 'Zada' and Margaret A..  He is the second youngest of the six children.