Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John McClusky Rev BLAYNEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 21 Feb 1841 in Ohio Co, West Virginia b
  • Death: 12 Mar 1909 in Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts d
  • Burial: Frankfort, Kentucky u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Charles BLAYNEY Birth: 1788 in Ireland Death: 11 Jun 1860 in Ohio Co, West Virginia
  • Mother:
  • Nancy FARIS Birth: 30 Sep 1800 in Ohio Co, West Virginia Death: After 23 Oct 1860

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Faris C BLAYNEY Birth: 4 Oct 1872 in Albany, New York Death: 20 Nov 1872
  2. Thomas Lindsey Dr BLAYNEY Birth: 3 Dec 1874 in Lebanon, Kentucky
  3. John McClusky BLAYNEY Birth: 3 May 1878 in Albany, New York Death: 24 Oct 1954

Bibliography
  1. Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, PA, J.H. Beers Co, Chicago, 1893, reprinted by Polyanthos, Inc, New Orleans, LA, 1976. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651804. Available at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio03jhbe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p[0-9-]*].
  2. Blayney, Chester Oliver, Genealogy of the Blayney and Allied Families, Washington, PA: author, 1966. Citizens Library 929.2BLA. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p[0-9]*].
  3. Ohio County Virginia Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1778-1901. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1958, Book 45, 1852-1862, LDS Film#0855542#2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008294310 image 675. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307],
place:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307],
parents:
[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p914, BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p252],
father:
[Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307],
place:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]
Sources for burial Information
place:
funeral from the train in Frankford, Kentucky, where he was buried [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lucy Weisiger LINDSEY
date:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307],
place:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307],
child:
[Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]
Research Notes:
Rev. [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p914, BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p252]

Oct 23 1860: confirmed an agreement made by Charles Blayney on 20 Jun 1839, to sell to sons David and Adam 267 1/2 acres of land on Castlemans Run, at $40/acre [Ref: OhioCoVA Deeds 45-562]

graduated from college at Washington, PA, in 1863; preached for one year at Ontario, Ohio, and was called by his presbytery to Virginia [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

as a Presbyterian minister and educational worker, Dr. Blayney has been one of the most prominent men in Kentucky [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

President of the Board of Trustees of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

member of Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Central University, which institution embraces Centre College, the College of law of Danville, and the Louisville College of Dentistry [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

prior to consolidation of Centre College and Central University in 1901, was President of the Board of Trustees of Centre College. [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Frankford, Kentucky, for 22 years [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

abt 1906: retired from the ministry, and relinquished the pastorship of the First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, KY [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]

funeral from the train in Frankfort, KY, where he was buried [Ref: BlayneyCO BLAYNEY p307]



Pedigree of John McClusky Rev BLAYNEY
                   /-----(Unk) BLAYNEY
          /-----John BLAYNEY
 /-----Charles BLAYNEY
John McClusky Rev BLAYNEY
|                  /-----William FARIS
|         /-----William FARIS
|        |         \-----Dorothea JOHNSON
 \-----Nancy FARIS
         |         /-----James CURTIS
          \-----Susanna CURTIS
                   \-----Elizabeth COFFENBERRY



Descendants of John McClusky Rev BLAYNEY
1. John McClusky Rev BLAYNEY m. Lucy Weisiger LINDSEY
m. Lucy Weisiger LINDSEY father: Thomas N LINDSEY

2nd generation

3. Thomas Lindsey Dr BLAYNEY m1. Gertrude SOUTH m2. Eda Walz KUBITZ
m. Gertrude SOUTH
m. Eda Walz KUBITZ
4. John McClusky BLAYNEY m. Eva Clare GRANT
m. Eva Clare GRANT

3rd generation

6. John McClusky BLAYNEY m1. Wilhelmina KENYON m2. Lucille Marie HAINES
m. Wilhelmina KENYON
m. Lucille Marie HAINES
7. Edgar Lindsey BLAYNEY m1. Dorothy STOKES m2. Mary Carol (BLAYNEY)
m. Dorothy STOKES father: John Creighton STOKES
m. Mary Carol (BLAYNEY)
9. John McClusky Jr BLAYNEY m. Living BERESFORD
m. Living BERESFORD
10. Thomas Lindsey BLAYNEY m. Emma Lucy STUVER
m. Emma Lucy STUVER

4th generation

11. Margaret Kenyon BLAYNEY m. Donald W GALVIN
m. Donald W GALVIN father: George GALVIN mother: Living McNAMEE
12. Marie Elizabeth BLAYNEY m. Living HEWEL
m. Living HEWEL
13. Living BLAYNEY m. Living DIGGS
m. Living DIGGS
14. Living BLAYNEY m. Living HEFNER
m. Living HEFNER

5th generation

33. Living HEWEL m. Living CONOVER
m. Living CONOVER
34. Living HEWEL m. Living PRESTON
m. Living PRESTON
35. Living HEWEL m. Living HOWELL
m. Living HOWELL