Grandfather

Jonathan Blanchard was an imposing figure to his grandchildren. As frightening as he could be, none of them doubted that he loved them.

When writing his biography of Blanchard, Wheaton College English professor Clyde Kilby conducted oral interviews with a few of Blanchard's grandchildren. Click on the source below to read their reminiscences, taken from Kilby's book Minority of One (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1959).