Blain in Perry County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Ancestral Home of the Famous Blaine Family of America

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 21, 2024

1. Ancestral Home of the Famous Blaine Family of America Marker

Inscription.
These lands were warranted in 1763 by James and Isabella Blaine who came here with their small son Ephriam, who later became the noted General Ephriam Blaine Commissary General of the Continental Army under General George Washington

The First Officer of Volunteers for the Great Civil War of 1861-1865 came from Blain, Perry County, Pennsylvania, on January 12, 1861, when Captain John A. Wilson, commanding the Washington Artillery of Blain, offered the services of his company of "about seventy-five men" in a letter to…… President James Buchanan

Erected 1908 by The Perry County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is January 12, 1861.

Location. 40° 20.175′ N, 77° 30.524′ W. Marker is in Blain, Pennsylvania, in Perry County. It is on East Main Street west of Manassa Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 464 E Main St, Blain PA 17006, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Upper Toboyne Presbyterian Church (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Newport & Sherman's Valley Railroad

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(about 800 feet away); Blain Planing Mill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Blain Fire Company, Inc. (approx. ¼ mile away); Blain (approx. half a mile away); Magdalena Briner Eby (approx. 2.3 miles away); New Germantown (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named New Germantown (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blain.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 21, 2024

2. Ancestral Home of the Famous Blaine Family of America Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 391 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.