Blanchard, Joseph
soldier, jurist, was born Feb. 11, 1704, near Nashua, N. H. He was a mandamus councilor from 1740-58, and judge of the superior court of New Hampshire from 1749-58.
He commanded a New Hampshire regiment in 1755, and was engaged at Crown Point. He died April 7, 1758.
BLANCHARD, JUSTUS WARDWELL, soldier, was born in 1811, in Milford, N. H.
Before the civil war he was captain of the Burgess corps of Albany, N. Y. He entered the national service as captain in the third New York volunteers in 1861, became lieutenant-colonel in 1863, and brevet brigadier-general of volunteers on March 13, 1865. He died Sept. 14, 1877, in Syracuse, N. Y.
BLANCHARD, NATHANIEL WHIT- SON, farmer, legislator, was born Aug. 19, 1849, in Hinds county, Miss. He is a successful farmer in Staffords, Miss., and has twice been a representative in the Mississippi state legislature. He has been a member of the county school board, chairman of the democratic executive committee, and filled various other public positions of trust in his city, county and state.