Rev. John Anderson Blagg, Sr.
1847 - 1933 (86 years)-
Name John Anderson Blagg Prefix Rev. Suffix Sr. Birth 12 Mar 1847 Highland Co., VA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Military Civil War: Private, Co. F, 10th WV Infantry Occupation Minister Death 8 Sep 1933 Cottageville, Jackson Co., WV [3] Cause: arteriosclerosis, bronchiopneumonia Burial 10 Sep 1933 Cottageville Cemetery, Cottageville, Jackson Co., WV [3] Person ID I18935 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 1 May 2017
Father James W. Blagg, b. 17 Sep 1815, Pendleton Co., VA d. 4 Jun 1890, Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton Co., WV (Age 74 years) Mother Rebecca R. Hook, b. 20 Sep 1819, Rockingham Co., VA d. 20 Apr 1883, Salt Lick Bridge, Braxton Co., WV (Age 63 years) Marriage 14 Nov 1837 McDowell, Pendleton Co., VA [4] - James and Rebecca (Hook) Blagg were married by Rev. David H. Cunningham.
Family ID F8046 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Louisa Isabel Persinger, b. 13 Mar 1848, Braxton Co., VA d. 29 Jun 1892, Jackson Co., WV (Age 44 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1868 Braxton Co., WV [5] Children 1. Robert Ledford Blagg, b. 23 Oct 1869, Braxton Co., WV d. 7 Aug 1929, Bellevue, Campbell Co., KY (Age 59 years)2. Walter Clinton Blagg, b. 26 Sep 1871, Braxton Co., WV d. 25 Mar 1911, Burlington, Alamance Co., NC (Age 39 years)Family ID F8050 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jun 2010
Family 2 Arilla Bell Stone, b. 16 Sep 1875, Mason Co., WV d. 17 Mar 1950, Cottageville, Jackson Co., WV (Age 74 years) Marriage 1 Jun 1893 Cottageville, Jackson Co., WV [6] Children 1. Lena Lucille Blagg, b. Feb 1894, Jackson Co., WV d. 1914 (Age 19 years)2. John Anderson Blagg, Jr., b. 26 Oct 1895, Cottageville, Jackson Co., WV d. 30 Aug 1954, Huntington, Wayne Co., WV (Age 58 years)3. William Curtis Blagg, b. 8 Jun 1899, Ripley, Jackson Co., WV d. 6 Dec 1973, Canton, Stark Co., OH (Age 74 years)4. Basyl Bruce Blagg, b. 9 Dec 1902, Ripley, Jackson Co., WV d. 9 Jun 1968, Monongalia Co., WV (Age 65 years)5. Willard Jean "Pearl" Blagg, b. 18 May 1904, Jackson Co., WV d. 18 Oct 1987, Orange Co., FL (Age 83 years)6. Doris Elizabeth Blagg, b. Jul 1909, Jackson Co., WV d. Between 1930 and 1950 (Age 20 years)7. Sheldon Neale Blagg, b. 9 Sep 1913, Cottageville, Jackson Co., WV d. 1948 (Age 34 years)Family ID F8051 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jun 2010
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Notes - Information provided by Peggy Blagg Gann:
Another Civil War Veteran dies-1933. Death takes Rev. J. A. Blagg, Civil War Veteran at his Cottageville home.
Another Civil War Veteran has answered his commander's call and has gone to join his comrades on life's other shore. He is Rev. John Anderson Blagg of Cottageville, who died last Friday at the age of 86 years. He had been in failing health for some time. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by Rev. K. J. Schott and burial followed at the Cottageville Cemetery.
John Anderson Blagg was born in Highland County, Virginia on March 12, 1847, the son of James W. and Rebecca (Hook) Blagg. With his parents he moved to Lewis County, now West Virginia, in 1858. Soon afterward he went with them to Braxton County, where his young manhood was spent.
He volunteered as a private in Company F 10th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry in 1862 and served with distinction until the close of the war. He was severly wounded in the Battle of Droop Mountain, in Pocahontas County and this wound gave him trouble ever afterwards. He was with Sheridan at the battle of Cedar Creek and saw the ending of "Sheridan's Ride," and the utter rout of the enemy.
He was converted and joined the church October 26, 1867. In 1874, he was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel in the church of the United Brethern in Christ; and in 1876 was ordained an elder by Bishop David Edwards. He continued in the active work of the ministry for 48 years, all of which was spent in West Virginia Conference, except 3 years which were spent in Ohio and 3 years spent in the Tennessee Conference. He acted as presiding Elder, as the office was then called, for one year in the West Virginia Conference and one year in the Tennessee Conference.
He was united in marriage to Louise E. Persinger early in life. To this union was born 2 sons: Robert L. Blagg of Miami, Florida and Walter Blagg who preded his father to the homeland twenty-three years ago.
Mr. Blagg's first wife having died, he was united in marriage to Orilla Stone in 1893. To this union was born seven children: Lucille, John A., Curtis, Basil, Jean (Blagg) Taylor, Doris (Blagg) Decker, and Sheldon Neal Blagg.
There are five grandchildren and on great-grandchild. These together with his devoted wife survive him.
Mr. Blagg was the last of his father's family. All of his brothers and sisters having died years ago.
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Sources - [S1035] Comstock, James, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, WV: 1974).
- [S54] Civil War Pension Application, Abraham Blagg, Application #338870, Certificate #243254 (Reliability: 3).
Deposition of James W. Blagg - [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #11129, Dist. No. 1841, Series No. 14 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1372] West Virginia. Pendleton County., Pendleton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register p. 34, Blagg-Hooke, 1837; accessed 11 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1256] West Virginia. Braxton County., Braxton Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register p. 7, line 44, Blagg-Persinger, 1868; accessed 5 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1226] West Virginia. Jackson County., Jackson Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images., West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr.), marriage register, 5: 330, Blagg-Stone, 1893; accessed 5 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1035] Comstock, James, The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, (Richwood, WV: 1974).