- Jotham Blanchard
Jotham Blanchard (
March 15 1800 –July 14 1839 ) was a lawyer, newspaper editor and political figure inNova Scotia . He represented Halifax County in theNova Scotia House of Assembly from 1830 to 1836.He was born in
Peterborough, New Hampshire , the son of Jonathan Blanchard and Sarah Goggins, and came toTruro, Nova Scotia with his parents in 1801. The family later settled at Pictou. Blanchard was educated at the Pictou Academy, went on to study law and was called to the bar in 1822. He became editor of the "Colonial Patriot" in Pictou in 1827. In 1832, he married Margaret Spears. Near the end of his term in the assembly, Blanchard's participation was limited due to poor health and he died in Truro at the age of 39.References
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3253 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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