Thomas Blunt
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THOMAS R. BLUNT, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Kilbourne; was born in what is now
Bath Township, this county, June 22, 1838. His father, Thomas F. Blunt, who was
born on Kent Island, Md., July 14, 1800, emigrated to the West as early as 1831,
and first settled in the State Missouri. The family came to Mason Co.,
Ill., in 1833, and located near the present residence of Thomas R., with
whom his father now resides. His mother, Sinai F. (Alderson) Blunt, was born in
Kentucky Nov. 9, 1795; her death occurred Oct. 2, 1864. The subject of this
sketch was married, Dec. 23, 1858, to Miss Jane Parks, who was born in Scott
Co., III., June 24, 1837. Six children by this union, three of whom are
living: Alice M. M., Lena R. and; Delta M. died.
Maintained by Mason County Coordinator
Donna
Mayer