SIXTH GENERATION


130. John Henry BLESSING was born on 9 Dec 1820 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pa.. He died on 1 Sep 1909 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has descendant number 1-9-4-2. He was a stone mason/farmer. He was buried in Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon , Iowa.

He was married to Mary WITMAN on 5 Nov 1846 in Salem Ev Ch Lebanon, Pa.. Mary WITMAN was born about 1820. She died in 1860. John Henry BLESSING and Mary WITMAN had the following children:

child247 i. Samuel BLESSING was born about 1847 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pa.. He has descendant number 1-9-4-2-1.
child+248 ii. Anthony Witman BLESSING.
child249 iii. Martin BLESSING was born about 1851 in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pa.. He has descendant number 1-9-4-2-3.
child250 iv. Mary BLESSING was born about 1856 in Iowa. She has descendant number 1-9-4-2-4.

He was married to Sarah Ann Mc ALLISTER on 19 Mar 1868 in Cedar County, Iowa. Sarah Ann Mc ALLISTER was born on 20 Sep 1831. She died on 31 Mar 1919. John Henry BLESSING and Sarah Ann Mc ALLISTER had the following children:

child+251 i. John H. BLESSING.
child+252 ii. Laura A. BLESSING.
child+253 iii. Frank Charles BLESSING.
child254 iv. Sarah BLESSING was born about 1876. She has descendant number 1-9-4-2-8.

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