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James Merritt Blake

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James Merritt Blake

Birth
New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA
Death
2 May 1905 (aged 84)
Perry County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Adyeville, Perry County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"Mattinglys Of Western Kentucky.
Loving Husband Of Mary Catherine S. Cline. Son Of Robert B. & Sarah "Sally" Merritt Blake, My 4 X Great Grandfather.
See My Profile Page 4 Mattinglys Link." from memorial creator.

This is in error that he is connected to Mattinglys, James Blake was attributed 4 wives, only 3 have been found, old research without the aid of the internet had James in 1850 Census in Harrison Co., IN, he was not there, he was in the Census in Perry Co., IN. There was a different, older James Blake in Harrison Co., IN, born in Maryland. This James Blake's children are
Josephus, Alfred, Hester, Franklin.

James Merritt Blake's children are

by first wife Sarah Phillips
David Blake b. 1842 - d. 1862

by second wife Mary Catherine Cline
Charles b. 1848
Mary Jane b. 1850
Martha Ann b. 1852
James Isaac b. 1855
Ethelina Elizabeth b. 1857
George Wesley b. 1879
Abner Lehue b. 1861
Silena Catherine b. 1863

by third wife Martha Ventis - Hudson
Reuben William/Wesley b. 1864
Rhoda A b. 1866
Robert Merritt b. 1868
Rufus A. b. 1870
Rhoda Frances b. 1872
Rutha F. b.1875
"Mattinglys Of Western Kentucky.
Loving Husband Of Mary Catherine S. Cline. Son Of Robert B. & Sarah "Sally" Merritt Blake, My 4 X Great Grandfather.
See My Profile Page 4 Mattinglys Link." from memorial creator.

This is in error that he is connected to Mattinglys, James Blake was attributed 4 wives, only 3 have been found, old research without the aid of the internet had James in 1850 Census in Harrison Co., IN, he was not there, he was in the Census in Perry Co., IN. There was a different, older James Blake in Harrison Co., IN, born in Maryland. This James Blake's children are
Josephus, Alfred, Hester, Franklin.

James Merritt Blake's children are

by first wife Sarah Phillips
David Blake b. 1842 - d. 1862

by second wife Mary Catherine Cline
Charles b. 1848
Mary Jane b. 1850
Martha Ann b. 1852
James Isaac b. 1855
Ethelina Elizabeth b. 1857
George Wesley b. 1879
Abner Lehue b. 1861
Silena Catherine b. 1863

by third wife Martha Ventis - Hudson
Reuben William/Wesley b. 1864
Rhoda A b. 1866
Robert Merritt b. 1868
Rufus A. b. 1870
Rhoda Frances b. 1872
Rutha F. b.1875

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Year of 1906 on the headstone is wrong, his death certificate states 1905.

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