Pioneer Settler of Portage Townhip - He came to Porter County and Portage Township in the early 1830's.
Blake Road and Blake Cemetery are named for him.
EFN: 5619
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They moved shortly after their marriage to Jackson County, OH, where their first five children were born, then on to IN in October Of 1833. They settled in LaPorte County for a while, but moved into Porter County in 1836. They settled in what is now Portage; back then it was known as Willow Springs and later as Crisman. They found a partially completed and abandoned cabin to move into; an Indian said a man by the name of Taylor started the cabin but left the area when his wife died. The cabin was improved with weather boards on the outside of the logs and board paneling on the inside, making the walls two feet thick. It stood for 99 years before being torn down. (These details were provided by Darius P. BLAKE, Jacob's grandson)
Blake Cemetery in Portage derives its name from the two oldest graves there, Caroline (1843) and Jacob (1844). Blake Road runs along the west side of the cemetery, which makes me believe that Jacob and his children lived in that area on the west side of present Portage.
According to his son Vinton's obit, Jacob served in War Of 1812.
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The Blake Cemetery.
We have been asked several times lately as to when and by whom the Blake cemetery in Portage township was established. After consulting some of the old settlers we find that in July, 1836, Jacob Blake and family from Ohio settled on what is now the Christ Domby farm, and in the fall of 1837 a man named Taylor and his wife built a log cabin and settled on what is now the Herman Foreman farm, just east of Lake Station. The following February, 1838, Mrs. Taylor died, being the first death in the neighborhood, and neighbors were very scarce. There was no graveyard, so Jacob Blake and his two sons, Perry and Franklin, a man named Hitchcock who lived on the Wm. Frank farm near Hobart and Wm. Watkins after several hours' hunt for a suitable place finally selected the present site and dug the first grave Feb. 12 in 1838. In March, 1844, Jacob Blake was buried there, making about thirty persons buried up to that time. The land was government land at that time. A year or two after the death of Jacob Blake, old Mr. Myers who was recently buried there moved into the neighborhood. About 1850 Mrs. Jacob Blake obtained a land warrant from the United States for services of her husband in the war of 1812. This she sold to one Tim Seely, who placed it upon that land but gave a deed to four acres for a graveyard but this was probably lost as it was not put on record. A few years ago a deed was obtained from John Earle and recorded. We forgot to mention that the second person buried there was a Mrs. Walton, the grandmother of Perry Blake, who with her husband came here from Ireland a number of years before.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1903; Volume 19, Number 48, Page 1, Column 5.
Blake Road and Blake Cemetery are named for him.
EFN: 5619
[rblake.ged]
They moved shortly after their marriage to Jackson County, OH, where their first five children were born, then on to IN in October Of 1833. They settled in LaPorte County for a while, but moved into Porter County in 1836. They settled in what is now Portage; back then it was known as Willow Springs and later as Crisman. They found a partially completed and abandoned cabin to move into; an Indian said a man by the name of Taylor started the cabin but left the area when his wife died. The cabin was improved with weather boards on the outside of the logs and board paneling on the inside, making the walls two feet thick. It stood for 99 years before being torn down. (These details were provided by Darius P. BLAKE, Jacob's grandson)
Blake Cemetery in Portage derives its name from the two oldest graves there, Caroline (1843) and Jacob (1844). Blake Road runs along the west side of the cemetery, which makes me believe that Jacob and his children lived in that area on the west side of present Portage.
According to his son Vinton's obit, Jacob served in War Of 1812.
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The Blake Cemetery.
We have been asked several times lately as to when and by whom the Blake cemetery in Portage township was established. After consulting some of the old settlers we find that in July, 1836, Jacob Blake and family from Ohio settled on what is now the Christ Domby farm, and in the fall of 1837 a man named Taylor and his wife built a log cabin and settled on what is now the Herman Foreman farm, just east of Lake Station. The following February, 1838, Mrs. Taylor died, being the first death in the neighborhood, and neighbors were very scarce. There was no graveyard, so Jacob Blake and his two sons, Perry and Franklin, a man named Hitchcock who lived on the Wm. Frank farm near Hobart and Wm. Watkins after several hours' hunt for a suitable place finally selected the present site and dug the first grave Feb. 12 in 1838. In March, 1844, Jacob Blake was buried there, making about thirty persons buried up to that time. The land was government land at that time. A year or two after the death of Jacob Blake, old Mr. Myers who was recently buried there moved into the neighborhood. About 1850 Mrs. Jacob Blake obtained a land warrant from the United States for services of her husband in the war of 1812. This she sold to one Tim Seely, who placed it upon that land but gave a deed to four acres for a graveyard but this was probably lost as it was not put on record. A few years ago a deed was obtained from John Earle and recorded. We forgot to mention that the second person buried there was a Mrs. Walton, the grandmother of Perry Blake, who with her husband came here from Ireland a number of years before.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1903; Volume 19, Number 48, Page 1, Column 5.
Pioneer Settler of Portage Townhip - He came to Porter County and Portage Township in the early 1830's.
Blake Road and Blake Cemetery are named for him.
EFN: 5619
[rblake.ged]
They moved shortly after their marriage to Jackson County, OH, where their first five children were born, then on to IN in October Of 1833. They settled in LaPorte County for a while, but moved into Porter County in 1836. They settled in what is now Portage; back then it was known as Willow Springs and later as Crisman. They found a partially completed and abandoned cabin to move into; an Indian said a man by the name of Taylor started the cabin but left the area when his wife died. The cabin was improved with weather boards on the outside of the logs and board paneling on the inside, making the walls two feet thick. It stood for 99 years before being torn down. (These details were provided by Darius P. BLAKE, Jacob's grandson)
Blake Cemetery in Portage derives its name from the two oldest graves there, Caroline (1843) and Jacob (1844). Blake Road runs along the west side of the cemetery, which makes me believe that Jacob and his children lived in that area on the west side of present Portage.
According to his son Vinton's obit, Jacob served in War Of 1812.
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The Blake Cemetery.
We have been asked several times lately as to when and by whom the Blake cemetery in Portage township was established. After consulting some of the old settlers we find that in July, 1836, Jacob Blake and family from Ohio settled on what is now the Christ Domby farm, and in the fall of 1837 a man named Taylor and his wife built a log cabin and settled on what is now the Herman Foreman farm, just east of Lake Station. The following February, 1838, Mrs. Taylor died, being the first death in the neighborhood, and neighbors were very scarce. There was no graveyard, so Jacob Blake and his two sons, Perry and Franklin, a man named Hitchcock who lived on the Wm. Frank farm near Hobart and Wm. Watkins after several hours' hunt for a suitable place finally selected the present site and dug the first grave Feb. 12 in 1838. In March, 1844, Jacob Blake was buried there, making about thirty persons buried up to that time. The land was government land at that time. A year or two after the death of Jacob Blake, old Mr. Myers who was recently buried there moved into the neighborhood. About 1850 Mrs. Jacob Blake obtained a land warrant from the United States for services of her husband in the war of 1812. This she sold to one Tim Seely, who placed it upon that land but gave a deed to four acres for a graveyard but this was probably lost as it was not put on record. A few years ago a deed was obtained from John Earle and recorded. We forgot to mention that the second person buried there was a Mrs. Walton, the grandmother of Perry Blake, who with her husband came here from Ireland a number of years before.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1903; Volume 19, Number 48, Page 1, Column 5.
Blake Road and Blake Cemetery are named for him.
EFN: 5619
[rblake.ged]
They moved shortly after their marriage to Jackson County, OH, where their first five children were born, then on to IN in October Of 1833. They settled in LaPorte County for a while, but moved into Porter County in 1836. They settled in what is now Portage; back then it was known as Willow Springs and later as Crisman. They found a partially completed and abandoned cabin to move into; an Indian said a man by the name of Taylor started the cabin but left the area when his wife died. The cabin was improved with weather boards on the outside of the logs and board paneling on the inside, making the walls two feet thick. It stood for 99 years before being torn down. (These details were provided by Darius P. BLAKE, Jacob's grandson)
Blake Cemetery in Portage derives its name from the two oldest graves there, Caroline (1843) and Jacob (1844). Blake Road runs along the west side of the cemetery, which makes me believe that Jacob and his children lived in that area on the west side of present Portage.
According to his son Vinton's obit, Jacob served in War Of 1812.
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The Blake Cemetery.
We have been asked several times lately as to when and by whom the Blake cemetery in Portage township was established. After consulting some of the old settlers we find that in July, 1836, Jacob Blake and family from Ohio settled on what is now the Christ Domby farm, and in the fall of 1837 a man named Taylor and his wife built a log cabin and settled on what is now the Herman Foreman farm, just east of Lake Station. The following February, 1838, Mrs. Taylor died, being the first death in the neighborhood, and neighbors were very scarce. There was no graveyard, so Jacob Blake and his two sons, Perry and Franklin, a man named Hitchcock who lived on the Wm. Frank farm near Hobart and Wm. Watkins after several hours' hunt for a suitable place finally selected the present site and dug the first grave Feb. 12 in 1838. In March, 1844, Jacob Blake was buried there, making about thirty persons buried up to that time. The land was government land at that time. A year or two after the death of Jacob Blake, old Mr. Myers who was recently buried there moved into the neighborhood. About 1850 Mrs. Jacob Blake obtained a land warrant from the United States for services of her husband in the war of 1812. This she sold to one Tim Seely, who placed it upon that land but gave a deed to four acres for a graveyard but this was probably lost as it was not put on record. A few years ago a deed was obtained from John Earle and recorded. We forgot to mention that the second person buried there was a Mrs. Walton, the grandmother of Perry Blake, who with her husband came here from Ireland a number of years before.
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; March 6, 1903; Volume 19, Number 48, Page 1, Column 5.
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