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White Blanket Scodie
1850-1879?
Block 20, Lot A3
White Blanket is listed as the 1st wife of William Henry Scodie with whom she had a daughter circa 1874, Sophia. There is some confusion about her burial or if she is the White Blanket in the photo at right (from Bob Powers‟ 1981 book, Indian Country of the Tubatulabal).
But the confusion is likely because there were more than one White Blankets – the other probably her mother or grandmother. That could have been Maria White Blanket, aged 80 in 1880, when she was living with a son-in-law, Tom Bobb.
Unfortunately, White Blanket Scodie died before Sophia was six, conceivably in 1879: Will listed himself a widower in the 1880 census.
White Blanket Scodie is buried in the Old Kernville cemetery with the Scodie family.
Her grave was not marked until 1992, when relatives in the Hays family, installed this simple flat marker at the urging of Bob Powers, according to historian & Scodie family descendent Lynn Hay Rudy.
The Old Kernville Historic Cemetery Tour was researched and created by Kern River Valley Historical Society members Jenny Hanley, and Richard Rowe as part of the 2010 Kern River Valley Historical Society Annual History Days, celebrating the history of the Kern River Valley.
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