From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Page 493
 
DR. ORRIN WILLARD BLANCHARD, a son of Deacon Willard BLANCHARD and Sarah PLATT, 
was born at Clarendon, Rutland county, Vermont, October 22, 1808, and was 
academically educated at Auburn, New York.  He studied medicine, attended 
lectures at Castleton, Vermont, and about 1828 was admitted to practice.  (But 
this date may be suspected of error.)  He came to Racine in 1842 and to Delavan 
in 1847.  From 1851 to 1854 he was assistant-surgeon of the regular army at a 
post in New Mexico, and then returned to Delavan.  He served as surgeon of the 
Fortieth Infantry in 1864, and as surgeon of the Forty-ninth in 1865 - both 
regiments of Wisconsin.  He reached and held a high place in his profession.  
His death was March 25, 1879.  His wife, Nancy FOSTER, was born January 1811; 
was married at Arcadia, New York, March 27, 1831; died at Delavan, January 9, 
1910, within a very few days of her ninety-ninth full year.  Of their three 
sons, Charles Carroll studied and practiced in his father's profession.  He had 
served a half year as private of Company D, Twenty-second Infantry, and under 
his father as hospital steward of Fortieth and Forty-ninth Infantry.  Two other 
sons of Deacon Willard and Sarah were also physicians.  Dr. Caleb Sly BLANCHARD 
was born at Victory, Cayuga county, New York, May 8, 1818.  He practiced for 
many years at East Troy.  He was a member of the Assembly of 1880, having been 
elected over John MATHESON (then a Democrat) and Daniel Kinney SANFORD, 
Greenbacker.  Dr. Pliny Willard BLANCHARD passed over the state line to 
Rockford, or in that vicinity.  There was some maternal cousinship of the Drs. 
BLANCHARD with Stephen S. BABCOCK and his brothers, as indicated by names.

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