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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IA-IRISH] Bio of Henry M Blake b. Co Clare, 1839
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:28:54 -0500


FYI- I am not related...

Biographical and Historical Record of Greene and Carroll Counties,
Iowa...Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1887.

Henry M Blake, who is numbered among the enterprising and public-spirited
agriculturists of Highland township, is a native of Ireland, his parents
Henry and Margaret (Magner) Blake, also being natives of the Emerald Isle.
He was the fourth in a family of five children, and was born in County
Clare, Ireland, the date of his birth being May 20, 1839. He immigrated to
America in the year 1851, settling near Ottawa. At the age of fifteen years
he commenced working on a farm for his board and clothes, which he followed
till the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion in 1861. He then enlisted
in the defense of the Union, and was assigned to Company A, Eleventh
Wisconsin Infantry, ad re-enlisted as a veteran in Texas. He participated in
the battles of Vicksburg, Champion Hill, Fort Blakely, Magnolia Hill, Big
Black River, Jackson, Mississippi, and others of minor importance. He was
discharged at Mobile Alabama, in 1865, having been in the service four
years. October 24, 1866, he was married to Miss Margaret Murphy, a native of
Canada, born May 10, 1844. The names of the children born to this union in
order of their birth are as follows-Mary E, Annie T., Margaret, James H.,
Sarah B., Elizabeth, Lucy, John S., Alice and George S., ten in all. After
the war, Mr. Blake resumed farming in Wisconsin, remaining in that State
until 1869. In November of that year he came to Greene County, Iowa, when he
settled on his present farm in Highland Township, which is located on
section 35. He has met with success since coming to Greene County, owing to
his industrious habits and good management, and is now the owner of a
well-cultivated farm of 160 acres, and during his residence in Highland
township has gained the confidence and esteem of all who know him. In his
political views he is independent, voting for men, not party. Mr. Blake and
his family are members of the Roman Catholic church.


Cathy Joynt Labath
The Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/


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