Samuel Brison Blake




Samuel Brison Blake was born about 1831 in Bedford Co., PA, and died October 15, 1886, in Puttstown, Huntingdon Co., PA, at about age 55. Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA. He is the son of Simon Blake Sr. of Washington Co., MD, and Nancy Hamilton of Pennsylvania. 

Mary Ann Putt was born August 29, 1843, in Saxton, Bedford Co., PA, and died April 2, 1935, in Liberty Twp., Bedford Co., PA, at age 91. Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA. She is the daughter of Unknown.

Samuel Brison Blake and Mary Ann Putt were married about 1863 in Unknown.

Samuel Brison Blake and Mary Ann (Putt) Blake had seven children:

  1. Franklin Pierce "Frank" Blake: Born July 4, 1865, in Hopewell Twp., PA; Died January 8, 1958, at J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., PA (age 92). Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA. Married July 1, 1894, at Puttstown, Huntingdon Co., PA, to Ada Jane (Quarry) Weaver: Born 1867 in McConnellstown, Huntingdon, PA; Died November 9, 1916, in Huntingdon, Huntingdon Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA (age 47). Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA.
  2. Oliver Blake: Born about 1868 in Pennsylvania; Died April, 1889, in Puttstown, Huntingdon Co., PA (age 19).
  3. Margaret Ann Blake: Born March 12, 1870, in Huntingdon Co., PA; Died May 11, 1941, in Saxton, Bedford Co., PA (age 71). Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA. Married September 29, 1889, in Bedford Co., PA, to James Donelson: Born December 2, 1860, in Huntingdon Co., PA; Died January 28, 1941, in Altoona, Blair Co., PA (age 80). Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA.
  4. Miles Marion Blake: Born March 24, 1873, in Puttstown, Huntingdon Co., PA; Died September 12, 1955, in Lakemont, PA (age 82). Married February 6, 1896, at Luea Cottage, Copsville, Huntingdon Co., PA, to Lizzie Wilson: Born about 1873 in Unknown; Died Unknown.
  5. Simon S. Blake: Born October, 1876, in Huntingdon Co., PA; Died before 1935 in Unknown. He was a vagrant, and had been hospitalized as a patient.
  6. Charles Wesley Blake: Born June 29, 1881, in Tyrone, PA in Pennsylvania; Died July 30, 1970, at Peninsula General Hospital, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD (age 89). Buried in Grandview Cemetery, Huntingdon Co., PA. Married April, 1930, in Pennsylvania, to Sophia (Clark) Richards: Born April 12, 1890, in Cumberland, Allegheny Co., MD; Died June 25, 1951, in Liberty, Bedford Co., PA (age 61). Buried in Grandview Cemetery, Huntingdon Co., PA.
  7. Mary Elizabeth Blake: Born September 18, 1883, in Huntingdon Co., PA; Died February 2, 1932, in Liberty Twp., Bedford Co., PA (age 48). Buried in Fockler Cemetery, Saxton, Bedford Co., PA. Never married.



TIMELINE

Samuel Brison Blake was born about 1831 in Bedford Co., PA.

Mary Ann Putt was born August 29, 1843, in Saxton, Bedford Co., PA.

Samuel Brison Blake and Mary Ann Putt were married 1863 in Unknown.

The 1850 U. S. Census taken on August 28, 1850 shows Nancy Blake (age 49) born in Pennsylvania with real estate worth $2,500 is living in Martinsburg Borough, Blair Co., PA. Living with her are the following, all born in Pennsylvania: Samuel Blake (age 19), a Farmer; Elizabeth Blake (age 15); Eston Blake (age 9); and Nancy Blake (age 6). Leigh Larson note: Nancy Blake is the widow and third wife of Simon Blake, Sr., who died in 1849. All these Blake children are hers.

The adjacent household also has some Blakes, all persons born in Pennsylvania:

Samuel Brison Blake died October 15, 1886, in Puttstown, PA, at about age 55.


The Huntingdon Globe, Huntingdon , PA, Thursday, October 28, 1886

DIED.

BLAKE - In Puttstown, on the 15th inst., Mr. Samuel Blake, aged 55 years.


The Huntingdon Globe, Huntingdon , PA, Thursday, April 7, 1887

DIED.

Mary A. Blake, widow of Samuel Blake, of Saxton, has been granted a pension of $22 per month. Her husband died October 15, 1886. She filed her claim through W. M. Williamson, Esq., January 6, 1887, and in the short space of less than three months has her pension.