In Greenbriar County, West Virginia, where he raised his family, the pronunciation of Blethen was as "Bliffin. However, Nathan insisted that his children spell it correctly, Blethen, and pronounce it with the first "e" long. In 1998, when his great-grandson and namesake, Nathan Whitney Blethen, and his wife were making plans to attend the Blethen family reunion in Maine, that the rest of the Blethen family pronounced it with the first "e" short.
In 1890 when Daniel was born, his ocupation was listed as "logger" and "laborer".
She was a retired housekeeper for the Marmet Hospital and a cook for several area restaurants.
Member of the Family Worship Center at Hilltop