★★★ Blanding, James Douglas

James Douglas Blanding
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Born: June 26, 1821

Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina

Father: Colonel Abram Blanding 1776 – 1839

(Buried: Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Mother: Mary Caroline DeSaussure 1794 – 1862

(Buried: Circular Congregational Church, Charleston, South Carolina)​

Wife: Lenora Agnes McFaddin 1831 – 1886

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

Children:

Mary Adelaide Blanding Haman 1849 – 1949​

(Buried: Vaiden Cemetery, Vaiden, Mississippi)​

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Caroline DeSaussure Blanding Upshur 1852 – 1940​

(Buried: Brownsville Family Cemetery, Exmore, Virginia)​

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Lenora Blanding Holman 1853 – 1897​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Emma Blanding 1855 – 1856​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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William DeSaussure Blanding 1856 – 1914​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Dr. Abram Louis Blanding 1858 – 1945​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Octavia Theodosia Blanding Fraser 1859 – 1939​

(Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia)​

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Robert Charles Blanding 1861 – 1936​

(Buried: Concord Presbyterian Church, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Margaret Ella "Madge" Blanding Brand 1864 – 1945​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Rebecca Holmes Blanding Dick 1866 – 1904​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Donald McQueen Blanding 1868 – 1934​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Pauline Grimball Blanding 1870 – 1870​

(Buried: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina)​

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Anna Frances Blanding Dick 1871 – 1962​

(Buried: Saint Phillip's Episcopal, Lee Co., South Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Sumter, South Carolina

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Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina​

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Served in the Mexican War​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. Colonel of 9th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of 9th​ South Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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Tried to raise a battalion of Partisan Rangers in South Carolina​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Sumter, South Carolina​

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Trustee of Davidson College​

Died: October 24, 1906

Place of Death: Heriot, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina