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Henry Charles Elliot Blattman (1870-1958)
Born	12 Aug 1870 Ocate,Mora,New Mexico
Died	27 May 1958 Las Vegas,San Miguel,New Mexico
Resting place	Wagon Mound,Mora,New Mexico
Father	Henry Elliot Blattman
Mother	Margarita Williams
Wife	Desideria Manchego
Children	Thomas Blattman Henry Blattman Nancy Blattman Clarence Blattman Emily Blattman George Blattman Elizabeth Blattman Edward Blattman Glave Blattman

Biography

(Henry) Charles Elliot Blattman, Henry and Margaret’s first child was born on August 12, 1870 and was nicknamed "Dulce" (Spanish for sweet) this evolved into the name "Dulie" which stayed with him all of his life. Apparently, Charles was an entrepreneur even as a young man, as he was known for his trading abilities. He might leave home on a white horse but come back on a black one. Charles married a girl by the name of Desideria Manchego, daughter of Juan Jose Manchego and Maria Juana Catalina Ulibarri. Charles and Desideria had a large family and during their marriage acquired an enormous amount of property, about 80,000 deeded acres and 100,000 leased acres. This ranch became a huge business, requiring the help of all the children and many hired hands. The sheep and cattle were kept at the lower ranch, which was headquarters, while a hay-bailing camp was at the upper ranch. Bailing hay and freighting it was a profitable business in those days.

In 1906 Charles and Desideria, George and baby Elizabeth lived at the lower ranch. Margaret and her grandkids, Tom, Henry, Nancy, Clarence and Emily lived at Halls Peak in a rented building that used to be a store and a saloon so that the children could go to the public school there. Uncle Jessie (Henry and Margaret’s youngest child) stayed at the upper ranch to care for Grandma’s chickens and help run the hail bailing operation. Clarence Blattman, in his diary, said of Uncle Jessie that he knew of no other person that handled as many bales of hay. During the school term Charles and Desideria would visit the children about once a month, coming over in the buggy with Charlie’s speed team "Jumbo and Nig." After the school months were over, everyone returned to the lower ranch for a spring and summer of much activity. The boys would help with the sheep and cattle and the girls would help in the house and garden. At times Margaret’s daughter Emily would come to visit and help with the cooking. There would always be crews of hungry men to feed during any major activity such as lambing season, sheep shearing, hay mowing, etc. The next school term, Charles decided to hire a private teacher for the ranch kids. The first teacher was a Miss Averson, who had taught the past couple years at the public school.

Tom, the oldest child, who had been suffering from a cold came down with typhoid fever during February 1907. He recovered in about a month good as new. In October of that year, a new teacher was hired by the name of Leila Beatrice Carr. She was from Denver, Colorado. Leila was born to the parents William Spencer Carr and Emma Permelia Carter in Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 15, 1884. Tom was about 17 at this time and must have fallen in love with the new teacher. They were married February 15, 1911 and continued to live on the ranch and work for Charles.

In 1924, the price of cattle dropped to $3.00 per head. Charles had borrowed from his insurance company and mortgaged the ranch. When he couldn’t find a buyer, the insurance company foreclosed and they came to the ranch to collect. They drove off cattle, sheep, horses, wagons, and everything of value. Charles said nothing, tears streaming down his face. He ended up with 40 acres and a house, which he finally sold and he and Desideria lived with daughter Nancy. Desideria died February 21, 1957, and Charles died May 27, 1958.

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References

• "The Blattmans in New Mexico" - Edie Blattman Powell (1989)
• Diary of Clarence Blattman
• Notes from Emily Blattman Raybon, furnished by Shandon Montague, daughter of Elizabeth B. Graves.
• Catholic Church registers from Taos, Mora & Rio Arriba Counties.
• Census Records
• Uncle Dick Wootton (Book)
• Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail (Book)
• The Taos Trappers (Book)
• Pension record of Charles Williams
• Periodical: El Palacio, New Names in New Mexico, 1820-1850, pages 291-318
• St. Louis, Mo. Marriage records.
• Catholic Church register from Jackson Co. Mo.
• Starkweather book of genealogy