BLAKESLEE CEMETERY

North West Quarter Section 30, Salem Township, One mile South of the site of Uniontown.

This cemetery was established on the Sala Blakeslee farm. He was one of the first settlers of the township, coming here in June, 1834 from Ashtabula County, Ohio. On October 5, 1957 the cemetery was sold to Salem Township by the Blakeslee family for $1.00. It is surrounded by a wrought iron fence and is regularly maintained. I read it from left to right from the West.

Todd Walter
December, 2001

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ROW 1 *****

BLAKESLEE:

Frank E., Ill. Pvt. 48th Inft.	1886 - Nov 18, 1928 (Govt. Stone)

Chauncey	Nov 28, 1842 - Mar 1, 1915

Mary E.		Mar 18, 1838 - Feb 16, 1924

Ella 		Aug 6, 1831 - Jan 20, 1905

Sala		Jan 14, 1805 - Jan 24, 1886  (PROBATE)
Lydia B., Wife of Sala	Jul 23, 1803 - Jun 27, 1887

Anson		Feb 26, 1865 Age 29y 28d

ROW 2 ***************************************************************

BLAKESLEE:

Frank E.		1886 - 1928 
	(Same as first stone in first row)

William		Apr 19, 1879 Age 76y 3m 11d
Harriet, Wife of William	Jan 30, 1878 Age 70y 5m 20d

Salmon S., Father	Apr 9, 1845 - Jun 18, 1919
Adelaid Egan, Mother	Oct 20, 1845 - Nov 7, 1916

Irene Blakeslee Moore	1870 - 1908

Stella		1877 - 1891

Edith		1880 - 1880

Scottie		1869 - 1870

Jerusha Carpenter	June 21, 1859 No Age  (PROBATE)
	(Jerusha (Rose) was married to Steven Decatur Carpenter. He is buried in Hermon. She is on the same stone with Wm. and Harriet (Carpenter) Blakeslee. Harriet was her sister-in-law, Steven D.'s sister.)

B. G. Holloway	Nov 1, 1885 Age 66y 11m 2d

Mary E. Holloway, Dau of B.G. & P.	Sep 9, 1864 Age 5y 2m 23d

Sarah L. Holloway, Dau of B.G. & P.	Oct 28, 1865 Age 1y 28d

Eunice Taylor, Wife of John	Aug 8, 1873 Age 41y 3m 24d

Infant Taylor, Dau of J. & E.	Nov 23, 1865 Age 2weeks 1day

Lewis E. Taylor, Son of J. & E.	Dec 9, 1863 Age 1m 17d

Edgar Taylor, Son of J. & E.	Sep 11, 1857 Age 5m 12d (1867 ?)

Asher Laton	Sep 27, 1839 Age 55y  (PROBATE)

Thomas C. Grim	Nov 10, 1833 - Apr 28, 1866
Mary A. Blakeslee, Wife of Thomas C.	Jan 20, 1836 - Oct 1, 1894

ROW 3 ***************************************************************

Donna Lee Taylor, Dau of Virginia	Aug 29, 1944 - Jul 29, 1988
 
Eddie Dennison, Son of ??	Feb 2?, 186? Age 2y ?m ?d

James Milam	Feb 25, 1802 - Feb 22, 1862 Age 50y 11m 25d
Rebecca Milam, Wife of J.	Sep 10, 1804 - Dec 8, 1861 Age 57y 2m 28d

John Milam, Son of A. & S.	May 19, 1861 Age 3m 10d

Lewis Milam, Son of A. & S.	Jul 23, 1860 Age 2y 1m 8d  

Martha A. Milam, Wife of Lewis	Oct 23, 1861 Age 20y 6m 17d

ROW 4 ***************************************************************

Betsey C. Blakeslee, Dau of S. & L.	May 10, 1840 Age 9m

Lucy L. Blakeslee, Dau of S. & L.	Mar 15, 1837 Age 1y 4m 15d

William Johnson	Apr 27, 1866 Age 60y 2m 25d  (PROBATE)

MILAM:

Maranda, Dau of T. & P.	Feb 12, 1862 Age 11y 2m 11d

Nancy, Dau of T. & P.	Oct 1, 1858 Age 1m 3d

Edward		Oct 27, 1834 Age 5y 7m 2d

Elizabeth	Oct 27, 1841 Age 7y 2m 19d

Nancy		Apr 1, 1850 Age 4y 4m 20d

John, Son of James & R.	Jan 22, 1851 Age 20d

John, Son of Lewis and Martha	Apr 8, 1858 Age 1m 21d

Nettie M. Dau of T. & P.J.	Sep 22, 1870 Age 2m 9d

George W. D., Son of T. & P.J.	Oct 30, 1870 Age 9y 6m 12d

Thomas McCord	Dec 21, 1853 Age 43y 23d  (PROBATE)

John W. Thurman	Dec 22, 1859 Age 35y 9m 25d  (PROBATE)

ROW 5 ***************************************************************

Fannie M. Tillman, Wife of S.C.	Mar 20, 1860 - Dec 3, 1885

Wenton W. Taylor, Son of W.I. & S.	Feb 16, 1866 Age 2m 16d

William I. Taylor	1865 - 1959 (Funeral Home Marker, Now Gone)

Elizabeth Taylor, Wife of Wm.	Oct 10, 1863 Age 43y 4m 

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The following is part of an obituary from an unknown paper. His stone is now found in Maquon Cemetery.

THOMAS JEFFERSON F0STER	Apr 3, 1822 - May 28, 1882.

He was born in Randolph county, Ind,, Apr 3, 1822, and moved with his parents to Madison county, Ohio, at an early age, remaining there till 1848, when the whole family moved to Knox county, Ill. In 1851 he removed to Fulton county, where he married Miss Sarah H Blakeslee, in July of that year. Residing there 4 years, they moved to Knox county, which continued to be their permanent home since...the 28th of May at 9 o'clock, his spirit passed peacefully away....
The funeral services were held at the family residence, on Tuesday, May 30th. The sermon was preached by Rev W. Merriam of Maquon M E Church...The attendance was large, there being 90 teams at the house, and more than 50 joined the funeral procession. The deceased having been an honored Mason, he was duly interred with Masonic honors by the brethren present, in the little burying ground, known as the Blakeslee cemetery.