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Letter signed R.P. Bland, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to F.W. Mathias, St.
Louis, Mo., regarding the coinage of silver.
Cite as: Richard Parks Bland Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2077
Blanke, Cyrus F.
Biographical Data Sheets, no date. 2 items
Two biographical data sheets for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Cyrus
Frederick Blanke.
Cite as: Cyrus F. Blanke Biographical Data Sheets, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2078
Blankemeier, Phyllis Duncan.
Genealogy, no date. 1 item
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Phyllis Duncan
Blankemeier, 10132 Meadowfield Lane, St. Louis County, Mo. Includes data on her grandfather
Hans Elmer Blankemeier, who resided at 307 Central Place, Kirkwood, Mo., and her greatgrandfather
Louis Frederick Blankemeier, 440 West Madison Ave., Kirkwood, Mo.
Cite as: Phyllis Duncan Blankemeier Genealogy, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2079
Blanken, John H. (1858-1929).
Papers, 1891-1942. 1 folder (31 items)
John Henry Blanken was born October 6, 1858, in Frohna, Perry County, Missouri. He
married Emma Meister (1858-1941) on November 8, 1833, and they had two daughters, Frieda
and Emily (born 1891), and two sons, Anton (1890-April 9, 1899) and Otto (1885-February 10,
1907). On September 20, 1900, the family moved to Wentzville, Missouri, where John continued
his work as a jeweler and optician. In the late 1920s, John and Emma moved to St. Louis to live
with their daughter Emily. John died suddenly on November 20, 1929, at his home, 5871
Romaine Place, in St. Louis.
Collection consists of correspondence and other papers regarding the estates of Arno Meister
and Martha Meister, Emma’s siblings. The correspondence, primarily in German, is from
Charles A. Weber, judge of the probate court of Perry County, Missouri, writing from Perryville,
Missouri, and F.E. Goehring, administrator of the estates, writing from Frohna, Missouri. The
collection also includes deeds for land in Wentzville, Missouri, a baptismal certificate for Emily
Blanken, and John Blanken’s obituary.
Some German.
Cite as: John H. Blanken Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2080
Blanton, David E.
Letter, 1994. 1 item
Typescript letter signed David E. Blanton, Sikeston, Missouri, to Ernest Allen, Jr., associate
professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, February 28, 1994. Includes Blanton’s firsthand
account of the lynching of Cleo Wright in Sikeston in 1942.
Cite as: David E. Blanton Letter, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.