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FRED MARTIN BLAKESLEE

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BLAKESLEE, FRED MARTIN: Railway Agent; b Bradford Co. Penn Dec 25, 1871; s of George Lyman Blakeslee-Henrietta Smith; ed Adair; m Maggie Elliott Nov 29, 1890 Marshalltown (dec 1933); s Merle Lyman; m Mrs Bess Davis June 5, 1934 Marion; 1889-92 teleg opr. Neola, Madrid, Coon Rapids, Manning, Collins, Rhodes & Ferguson; 1892-96 brakeman CM&StP RR; 1896-1902 opr in yard work CM&StP RR, 1902-07 opr & ticket agt, Oxford Junction, 1907- agt, Defiance; AF&AM; RAM, Harlan; Scot Rite 1, Omaha Neb; Abu Bekr Shrine, Sioux City; off & res Defiance.

From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1111. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.

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