Mathew L. Blakesley

BLAKESLEY

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Date: 4/13/2005 at 23:45:37

BLAKESLEY Mathew L., watch maker and jeweler, on Elm street; was born June 10, 1846, in McHenry Co., Ill.; in 1847 came with his parents to Harrison Co., Ind.; in 1849 came to Kankakee Co., Ill.; in 1852 came to Clayton Co. Iowa; in 1858 returned to Kankakee Co., Ill; in 1869 came to Fayette Co., Iowa; in 1870 returned to Kankakee Co., Ill.; same year, came to Sandusky City, Ohio; in 1872 returned to Kankakeee Co., Ill.; in 1874 came to Fayette Co.; and came to West Union in 1876. Married Margaret A. Blakesley April 6, 1870; she was born in 1851 in Sandusky City, Ohio; have four children, three living - Watson R., Eliza A. and Edson L.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - West Union Twp. - page 577