Dr. Benjamin Vance Blagg
1891 - 1965 (74 years)-
Name Benjamin Vance Blagg Prefix Dr. Born 1 Jan 1891 Capehart, Mason Co., WV 
[1] Gender Male Died 9 Jul 1965 Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV [1] Cause: paraplegia (left); senility; marked arteriosclerosis Buried 12 Jul 1965 Suncrest Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV [1] Person ID I19300 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 3 Jun 2010
Father Benjamin Henry Blagg, b. 4 Feb 1860, Collins Settlement, Lewis Co., VA , d. 7 Dec 1934 (Age 74 years) Mother Luemma Susan Crawford, b. 8 Oct 1865, Upshur Co., VA , d. 30 Jan 1966, Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV (Age 100 years) Married 23 Aug 1883 Upshur Co., WV [2] Family ID F8196 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Desta Esther Sommer, b. 9 Sep 1888, Jackson Co., WV , d. 27 Oct 1959, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 71 years) Married Dec 1916 Athens Co., OH [3] Children 1. Benjamin Vance Blagg, II, b. 1921, South Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV , d. Yes, date unknown2. Liza Jeanne Blagg 3. Dr. John Sommer Blagg, b. 1919, Kanawha Co., WV , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 12 Nov 2009 Family ID F8219 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV, Saturday, 10 Jul 1965, p. 11, col. C
Dr. B. V. Blagg Claimed At 74
Dr. Benjamin Vance Blagg of 4818 Kentucky Ave., South Charleston, died yesterday in
Kanawha Valley Hospital. He was 74.
Dr. Blagg came to South Charleston in 1917 where he practiced medicine until his death. He was a graduate of Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati and a native of Capehart, Mason County.
Dr. Blagg had been in ill health for some time and had been in semi-retirement although maintaining an office in the apartment building where he resided. Before that, his ofice had been located on MacCorkle Avenue near Tag Galyean Motor Co.
More than a week ago he suffered a slight stroke and his death yesterday was attributed to a heart attack.
He was a member of Weekley EUB Church of Charleston, the Masonic Lodge South Charleson No. 168 AF & AM, York Rile Bodies of Charleston, the American Medical Assn., West Virginia Medical Society and the Kanawha County Medical Society.
He is survived by sons, Dr. John S. Blagg of South Charleston, and B. V. Blagg II, an atorney in Washington, D. C.; daughter, Mrs. Lisa Jeanne Burlingame of Charleston; mother, Mrs. Luemma S. Blagg of Point Pleasant; brothers, Donald O. of St. Albans, and Okey C. of Point Pleasant; sisters, Mrs. Belva Smith of Point Pleasant, and Mrs. Eula Scholl of Cincinnati; and eight grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in Snodgrass Funeral Home at South Charleston by the Rev. G. Bryan Blair and the Rev. Denver Miles. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery.
The family suggest that memorial contributions be made to Kanawha Valley Hospital.
- Charleston Daily Mail, Charleston, WV, Saturday, 10 Jul 1965, p. 11, col. C
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Sources - [S1343] Kanawha Co., WV Death Register, West Virginia. Kanawha County., (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), Book 17, 556, Benjamin Vance Blagg, accessed 2 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3), 2 Jun 2010.
- [S1269] Upshur Co., WV Marriage Register, West Virginia. Upshur County., (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, \i West Virginia Vital Research Records\i0 . http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2009.), marriage register p. 29, Blagg-Crawford, 1883; accessed 11 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3), 11 Jun 2010.
- [S1152] Information from James A. Blagg (1997).
- [S1343] Kanawha Co., WV Death Register, West Virginia. Kanawha County., (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), Book 17, 556, Benjamin Vance Blagg, accessed 2 Jun 2010. (Reliability: 3), 2 Jun 2010.