Millard Fillmore Blake

Millard Fillmore Blake was born March 24, 1855, in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, and died October 1, 1939, in Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co, IL at age 84. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. He is the son of William Simpkins Blake of Morrison's Cove, Blair Co., PA and Catherine Gearhart of Beaver Creek, Washington Co., MD.

Elizabeth Eugenia "Jennie" Angel was born December 23, 1858, in Maryland, and died January 26, 1896, in the Village of Mount Morris, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL at age 37. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. She is the daughter of Uriah Trousle Angel of Carroll Co., MD, and Mahala Koontz of Bruceville, Carroll Co., MD.

Millard Fillmore Blake and Eugenia "Jennie" Angel were married February 2, 1879, in Ogle Co., IL.

Millard Fillmore Blake and Eugenia "Jennie" (Angel) Blake had nine children:

  1. Lillian Lolo Blake: Born January 3, 1880, in Ogle Co., IL; Died September 2, 1880, in Ogle Co., IL (age Infant). Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.
  2. Guy Blake: Born April 1882 in Ogle Co., IL; Died 1903 in Ogle Co., IL (about age 21). Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.
  3. Lela Blake: Born June 1884 in Ogle Co., IL; Died September 22, 1972, in Los Angeles Co., CA (age 92).
  4. Galen Ross Blake: Born June 13, 1885, in Ogle Co., IL; Died January 1964 in Unknown (age 78).
  5. Willis G. Blake: Born June 3, 1887, in St. Francis, Gurney Co., KS; Died September 13, 1934, in Pine Creek Twp., Ogle Co., IL (age 48). Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Married to Etta Unknown: Born about 1894 in Illinois; Died Unknown.
  6. William Errett Blake: Born July 23, 1889, in Gurney, KS; Died 1983 in Unknown (about age 94).
  7. Hugh Blake: Born August 7, 1891, in Gurney, KS; Died October 5, 1962, in Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL (age 71). Buried in Silver Creek Cemetery, Mount Morris  Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Married October 4, 1916, in Mount Morris, Ogle Co., IL, to Kathryn Elizabeth Long: Born September 11, 1898, in Ogle Co., IL; Died November 24, 1995, in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL (age 97). Buried in Silver Creek Cemetery, Mount Morris  Twp., Ogle Co., IL.
  8. Ruby Mae Blake: Born May 14, 1893, in Illinois; Died February 9, 1972, in East Dubuque, Jo Daviess Co., IL (age 78). Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Married about 1924 in Mount Morris, Ogle Co., IL, to Otto Richard Herzfeldt: Born February 11, 1891, in Chicago, Cook Co., IL; Died January 29, 1975, in Mount Morris, Ogle Co., IL (age 83). Buried in Plainview Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Divorced 1930 - 1940 in Ogle Co., IL.
  9. Ralph Angel Blake: Born November 11, 1895, in Mount Morris, Ogle Co., IL; Died April 27, 1989, in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL (age 93). Buried in Silver Creek Cemetery, Mount Morris  Twp., Ogle Co., IL.

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The following are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL: Arnold Blake; Carrie Blake; Galen R. Blake; Guy and Lillian Blake; Harold Blake; Harold son Blake; Kathryn W. Blake; Lillian Blake; MF Jennie Blake; Millard F. and Jennie A. Blake; Willis G. Blake; William and Catherine Blake; and Ruby M. Herzfeldt.

The following are buried in Silver Creek Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL: Edward and Winina Blake; Eugene Blake; Frank Blake; Hugh and Kathryn Blake; Kenneth Blake; Larry Blake; and Ralph and Lula Blake.

The following are buried in Plainview Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL: Martin Shane Blake; Millard F. Blake (1917-1962) and Catherine M. Blake (1918-1986); and Otto R. and E. Mae Herzfeldt.

 

Millard Fillmore Blake was born March 24, 1855, in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD.

Eugenia "Jennie" Angel was born December 22, 1858, in Maryland.

The 1850 U. S. Census taken on August 19, 1850, shows William Blake (age 28) born in Pennsylvania is a Farmer living in North Woodberry Twp., Blair Co., PA. Living with him is Cathn Blake (age 25) born in Pennsylvania. Also living there are: Robert Blake (age 4) born in Pennsylvania; and Mary Blake (age 10/12) born in Pennsylvania. Also in the household is: Saml Leaters Blake (age 11) born in Pennsylvania. Living nearby are the Breneman families, including Henry Breneman and his wife, Mazean Breneman, who is Mazey Ann Blake, sister of William Simpkins Blake.

The 1860 U. S. Census taken on July 11, 1860, shows William Blake (age 38) born in Pennsylvania is a Farmer with personal estate worth $1,000 is living in Funkstown Dist., Washington Co., MD. Living with him is Catharine Blake (age 36) born in Maryland. Also living there are their children: Laura Blake (age 10) born in Pennsylvania; Fillmore Blake (age 5) born in Maryland; and William Blake (age 3) born in Maryland. A farm laborer also lives in the household.

The 1870 U. S. Census taken on August 22, 1870, shows William S. Blake (age 49) born in Maryland is a farmer with Real Estate value of $6,000 living in Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Living with him is his wife Catherine Blake (age 47) born in Maryland. Also living there are their sons, both born in Maryland: Millard L. Blake (age 15), and Francis G. Blake (age 9).

The 1880 U. S. Census taken on June 15, 1880, shows William S. Blake (age 59) born in Pennsylvania to Maryland-born parents is a Farmer living in Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Living with him is his wife Catharine Blake (age 57) born in Maryland to Maryland-born parents. Also living there are their youngest son, Frank Blake (age 19) born in Maryland to Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents. On the adjacent farm is their son, Filmore Blake (age 24) who is a Farmer born in Maryland of Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents, along with his wife Jennie Blake (age 21) born in Maryland to Maryland-born parents, and their daughter Lillian Blake (age 6/12) born December 1879 in Illinois to Maryland-born parents. A domestic servant also lives in the household.

Eugenia "Jennie" (Angel) Blake died January 26, 1896, in the Village of Mount Morris, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL, at age 37. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.

William Simpkins Blake died June 8, 1899, in Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL, at age 78. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.

The 1900 U. S. Census taken on June 4, 1900, shows Millard F. Blake (age 45) born March 1855 in Maryland to Pennsylvania and Maryland-born parents is a widowed Carpenter owning his own home free of a mortgage in the Village of Mount Morris, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Living with him are his unmarried children, all born to Maryland-born parents: Guy Blake (age 18) born April 1882 in Illinois, a Painter; Leila Blake (age 15) born June 1884 in Illinois; Galen Blake (age 14) born June 1885 in Illinois; Willis Blake (age 13) born August 1886 in Kansas; Errett Blake (age 12) born September 1887 in  Kansas; Hugh Blake (age 11) born January 1899 in Kansas; and Ruby Blake ( age 7) born May 1893  in Illinois. Also living there is Millard's widowed mother, Catherine Blake (age 75) born October 1824 in Maryland of Maryland-born parents with 3 of the 7 children born to her still living.

Catherine (Gearhart) Blake must have moved to Colfax, Washington Twp., Jasper Co., IA between 1900 and 1903. This is the city where her brother-in-law, Thomas M. Blake, lived.

Catherine Gearhart died December 22, 1903 in Colfax, Washington Twp., Jasper Co., IA at age 79. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.

The Newton News, Newton, IA, Wednesday, December 23, 1903

Mrs. Blake

Mrs. Blake, mother of Dr. F. G. Blake, died at her home in Colfax yesterday evening at 5:05 o’clock and the remains will be taken to the old home at Mt. Morris, Ill., for interment. Mrs. Dr. Blake is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Lain of this city and the first report that came was that “Mrs. Blake was dead,” and of course Mrs. Lain was terribly frightened. She went over to Colfax on the evening train.

The 1910 U. S. Census taken on April 20, 1910, shows Filmore M. Blake (age 55) born in Maryland to Maryland-born parents is a widowed House Carpenter boarding on East Front Street, Village of Mount Morris, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Living with him is Enit Blake (age 20) born in Kansas to Maryland-born parents, who is an unmarried House Carpenter. 

The 1920 U. S. Census taken on January 12, 1920, shows Edward C. Hammel (age 36) born in Ohio to Ohio-born parents is an Express Company Messenger owning his own home at 608 W.46th Street, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA. Living with him is his wife Lela Hammel (age 36) born in Illinois to Maryland-born parents. Also living there is Edward's widowed father-in-law, Millard F. Blake (age 64) born in Maryland to Maryland-born parents, who is a House Carpenter.

The 1930 U. S. Census taken on April 30, 1930, shows Millard F. Blake (age 75) born in Maryland to Maryland-born parents is a widowed Odd Jobs Carpenter renting his room at 311 East Front St., Village of Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.  

Mount Morris, past and present - an illustrated history of the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois - celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, Revised Edition, Harry G. Kable, 1938

WILLIAM S. BLAKE, son of Rev. Burdine and Mary (Simpkins) Blake, was born April 25, 1821, at Martinsburg, Pa., and came to Ogle County in 1869. In 1843, he married Catherine Gerhart, and they had seven children: Albert M., Clara E., Wilbur, Mrs. Geo. S. Kennedy, Millard F., William G., and Franklin G. His occupation was that of farmer and the Blake
homestead was located a half mile west of Mount Morris. He passed away June 8, 1899, aged 78 years.

MILLARD FILMORE BLAKE is one of Mount Morris's oldest citizens. He is the son of William and Katherine (Gearhart) Blake, and was born at Hagerstown, Md., March 24, 1855. He came to Mount Morris in 1869 with his parents and attended the local school and Rock River Seminary. He engaged in farming until 1885, when he went to Gurney, Kans., where he was appointed postmaster in 1888. He returned to Mount Morris in 1892 and, except for four years spent in California, he has spent the remaining years here, farming and carpentering. He now operates a lawn mower repair shop. In 1879, he married Eugenia Angel, and they had seven children: Lillian L. (deceased), Lela (Mrs. Clarence Hammel), Ruby (Mrs. Herzfeldt), Guy (deceased), Galen, Willis (deceased), Errett, Hugh and Ralph.

Millard Fillmore Blake died October 1, 1939, in Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co, IL, at age 84. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.

The 1940 U. S. Census taken on April 8, 1940, shows Otto R. Herzfeldt (age 48) born in Illinois, and 5 years ago was living in the Same Place, and with 8 years of School, is a divorced Printing Pressman, and is lodging at the Kabl Inn, Village of Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL.  

The 1940 U. S. Census taken on April 8, 1940, shows Ruby Herzfeldt (age 45) born in Illinois, and 5 years ago was living in the Same Place, and with 8 years of School, is a divorced Cook at a Grade School, and is lodging at the Kabl Inn, Village of Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Twp., Ogle Co., IL. Living with her is an unmarried lodger, Opal E. Herzfeldt (age 25) born in Illinois, and 5 years ago was living in the Same Place, and with 4 years of High School, is a Stencil Worker at a Printing Company.