The Finns or the Blankenships?

“The Blankenship family was poor. The father, Woodson, was arrested for stealing. Tom Blankenship, one of eight children, was four years older than Sam Clemens but a good friend. Tom was the model for Huckleberry Finn. An older brother, Benson, had many characteristics of Muff Potter in Tom Sawyer. These simple cast-off furnishings are what the family may have acquired.”