Georgiana M. Blankenship

Georgiana Smith Blankenship ( Mitchell; 1861 - January 9, 1936) wrote "Early History of Thurston County, Washington: Together with Biographies and Reminiscences of Those Identified with Pioneer Days".

Biography Born in 1861 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of George Mitchell and Elizabeth Pennimer, Blankenship was a writer In 1914, she wrote "Early History of Thurston County, Washington: Together with Biographies and Reminiscences of Those Identified with Pioneer Days".

Blankenship lived in California and moved to Washington State in 1890, where she lived at East Bay Drive, Olympia, Washington. She first married a man surnamed Smith. Later she married George Edward Blankenship (1858-1947); they had one daughter, Marion Ruth, later Mrs. Abel.

She died on January 9, 1936, aged 74, and is buried at Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Washington.

Publications She was the author of Tillicum Tales of Thurston County, a historical and reminiscent book.