a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Schuyler, N. Y., in 1825. He experienced conversion at the age of eighteen, and, after spending some time at Cazenovia Seminary, entered the Black River Conference in 1851. He was diligent and faithful until his death, Jan. 23, 1857. Mr. Blanchard was firm and severe in rebuking sin, toilsome in labors, and plain, direct, vigorous, and original in preaching. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1857, p. 365.