Posted: 11 Nov 1998 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Blake, Beach, Lee, Rechtenwell, Bryarly
The following is from an unknown newspaper, But most likely the Vidette (Valparaiso, IN). Jared died 30 June 1923.
JARED BLAKE ANSWERS TAPS
The thin line of veterans of the War of the Rebellion, the greatest conflict of brother against brother ever staged, was made thinner Saturday night by the death of Jared Blake at his home in Washington township. Mr. Blake had been in poor health for several years, due to the infirmities incident to old age.
Mr. Blake was born December 13 [actually the 16th), 1835, in LaPorte county, Indiana, and in 1836 came to Porter county with his parents, who settled in Portage township. In his boyhood days Mr. Blake saw many Indians, who still hunted and fished in this section. He also has seen as high as thirty or forty deer in a herd within a short distance of his home. In those days Michigan City was the nearest market place, and many farmers hauled their produce to Chicago.
The early education of Mr. Blake was obtained under disadvantages and was therfore necessarily limited. His first temple of learning was a log cabin with slab seats and puncheon floor, and the heating was through the medium of a yawning fireplace. The next place where he pursued his studies was a building which he aided in constructing, being situated on the line between Porter and Lake counties, about four miles from Hobart.
Mr. Blake was a member of Company H, 146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served as a member of the military guard for the body of Abraham Lincoln when the remains of the martyred president were brought back to the old home in Springfield, Ill. It was coincidence that Mr. Blake cast his first presidential vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
January 15, 1868, Mr. Blake was united in marriage to Ameila Beach, member of one of the pioneer families of Porter county. The next year he purchased a farm in Washington township and removed there. He aided in the erection of the Pleasant view Methodist Episcopal church in that township.
Surviving are the widow; four sons, Frank W., of Battle Creek, Mich.; Otto, of Canon City, Colo., and Vinton J. and Harry, of Washington township, and three daughters, Mrs. George Lee, of Washington Township; Mrs. W.T. Rechtenwall, of Chicago, and Mrs. Schuyler Bryarly, of Valparaiso.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home in Washington township, conducted by Rev. C.E. Burns, of the Christian church of this city. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
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Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Blake, Beach, Lee, Rechtenwell, Bryarly
The following is from an unknown newspaper, But most likely the Vidette (Valparaiso, IN). Jared died 30 June 1923.
JARED BLAKE ANSWERS TAPS
The thin line of veterans of the War of the Rebellion, the greatest conflict of brother against brother ever staged, was made thinner Saturday night by the death of Jared Blake at his home in Washington township. Mr. Blake had been in poor health for several years, due to the infirmities incident to old age.
Mr. Blake was born December 13 [actually the 16th), 1835, in LaPorte county, Indiana, and in 1836 came to Porter county with his parents, who settled in Portage township. In his boyhood days Mr. Blake saw many Indians, who still hunted and fished in this section. He also has seen as high as thirty or forty deer in a herd within a short distance of his home. In those days Michigan City was the nearest market place, and many farmers hauled their produce to Chicago.
The early education of Mr. Blake was obtained under disadvantages and was therfore necessarily limited. His first temple of learning was a log cabin with slab seats and puncheon floor, and the heating was through the medium of a yawning fireplace. The next place where he pursued his studies was a building which he aided in constructing, being situated on the line between Porter and Lake counties, about four miles from Hobart.
Mr. Blake was a member of Company H, 146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served as a member of the military guard for the body of Abraham Lincoln when the remains of the martyred president were brought back to the old home in Springfield, Ill. It was coincidence that Mr. Blake cast his first presidential vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
January 15, 1868, Mr. Blake was united in marriage to Ameila Beach, member of one of the pioneer families of Porter county. The next year he purchased a farm in Washington township and removed there. He aided in the erection of the Pleasant view Methodist Episcopal church in that township.
Surviving are the widow; four sons, Frank W., of Battle Creek, Mich.; Otto, of Canon City, Colo., and Vinton J. and Harry, of Washington township, and three daughters, Mrs. George Lee, of Washington Township; Mrs. W.T. Rechtenwall, of Chicago, and Mrs. Schuyler Bryarly, of Valparaiso.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home in Washington township, conducted by Rev. C.E. Burns, of the Christian church of this city. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
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Posted: 11 Nov 1998 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Blake, Beach, Lee, Rechtenwell, Bryarly
The following is from an unknown newspaper, But most likely the Vidette (Valparaiso, IN). Jared died 30 June 1923.
JARED BLAKE ANSWERS TAPS
The thin line of veterans of the War of the Rebellion, the greatest conflict of brother against brother ever staged, was made thinner Saturday night by the death of Jared Blake at his home in Washington township. Mr. Blake had been in poor health for several years, due to the infirmities incident to old age.
Mr. Blake was born December 13 [actually the 16th), 1835, in LaPorte county, Indiana, and in 1836 came to Porter county with his parents, who settled in Portage township. In his boyhood days Mr. Blake saw many Indians, who still hunted and fished in this section. He also has seen as high as thirty or forty deer in a herd within a short distance of his home. In those days Michigan City was the nearest market place, and many farmers hauled their produce to Chicago.
The early education of Mr. Blake was obtained under disadvantages and was therfore necessarily limited. His first temple of learning was a log cabin with slab seats and puncheon floor, and the heating was through the medium of a yawning fireplace. The next place where he pursued his studies was a building which he aided in constructing, being situated on the line between Porter and Lake counties, about four miles from Hobart.
Mr. Blake was a member of Company H, 146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served as a member of the military guard for the body of Abraham Lincoln when the remains of the martyred president were brought back to the old home in Springfield, Ill. It was coincidence that Mr. Blake cast his first presidential vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
January 15, 1868, Mr. Blake was united in marriage to Ameila Beach, member of one of the pioneer families of Porter county. The next year he purchased a farm in Washington township and removed there. He aided in the erection of the Pleasant view Methodist Episcopal church in that township.
Surviving are the widow; four sons, Frank W., of Battle Creek, Mich.; Otto, of Canon City, Colo., and Vinton J. and Harry, of Washington township, and three daughters, Mrs. George Lee, of Washington Township; Mrs. W.T. Rechtenwall, of Chicago, and Mrs. Schuyler Bryarly, of Valparaiso.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home in Washington township, conducted by Rev. C.E. Burns, of the Christian church of this city. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
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Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Blake, Beach, Lee, Rechtenwell, Bryarly
The following is from an unknown newspaper, But most likely the Vidette (Valparaiso, IN). Jared died 30 June 1923.
JARED BLAKE ANSWERS TAPS
The thin line of veterans of the War of the Rebellion, the greatest conflict of brother against brother ever staged, was made thinner Saturday night by the death of Jared Blake at his home in Washington township. Mr. Blake had been in poor health for several years, due to the infirmities incident to old age.
Mr. Blake was born December 13 [actually the 16th), 1835, in LaPorte county, Indiana, and in 1836 came to Porter county with his parents, who settled in Portage township. In his boyhood days Mr. Blake saw many Indians, who still hunted and fished in this section. He also has seen as high as thirty or forty deer in a herd within a short distance of his home. In those days Michigan City was the nearest market place, and many farmers hauled their produce to Chicago.
The early education of Mr. Blake was obtained under disadvantages and was therfore necessarily limited. His first temple of learning was a log cabin with slab seats and puncheon floor, and the heating was through the medium of a yawning fireplace. The next place where he pursued his studies was a building which he aided in constructing, being situated on the line between Porter and Lake counties, about four miles from Hobart.
Mr. Blake was a member of Company H, 146th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He served as a member of the military guard for the body of Abraham Lincoln when the remains of the martyred president were brought back to the old home in Springfield, Ill. It was coincidence that Mr. Blake cast his first presidential vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln.
January 15, 1868, Mr. Blake was united in marriage to Ameila Beach, member of one of the pioneer families of Porter county. The next year he purchased a farm in Washington township and removed there. He aided in the erection of the Pleasant view Methodist Episcopal church in that township.
Surviving are the widow; four sons, Frank W., of Battle Creek, Mich.; Otto, of Canon City, Colo., and Vinton J. and Harry, of Washington township, and three daughters, Mrs. George Lee, of Washington Township; Mrs. W.T. Rechtenwall, of Chicago, and Mrs. Schuyler Bryarly, of Valparaiso.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home in Washington township, conducted by Rev. C.E. Burns, of the Christian church of this city. Interment will be in Graceland cemetery.
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