His parents and ancestors spelled the name Blakely. James and his brother George disagreed as to the spelling. George kept the spelling of Blakely but James used the spelling of Blakeley. The descendants of each have kept those spellings.
Additional children:
Ira (1867-1867)
Emmit (1868-1868)
Roy Dilen (1875-1875)
Maude (1878-??)
James (1884-1884)
In 1913, James Monroe Blakeley was the subject of a biographical sketch: "Indiana has sent to California
many men and women who have won honored place in the citizenship of the Golden State. Among those who have lived and prospered in the vicinty of Hanford, Kings County, mention should be made of James Munroe [sic] Blakeley. Mr. Blakeley was born in 1837 and was reared and educated in his native state. In 1857, when he was about twenty years old, he settled in Iowa, where he farmed successfully for a quarter of a century. He married there, in 1861, Miss Mary A. Thomas, like himself, a native of Indiana, who had gone to Iowa with her parents, and they have had eight children: Eva married Harvey Bums; Olive May was the wife of H. Clawson; A. W. lives at Riverside; Frank is a citizen of Lemoore; Arthur E. is well known in Kings County; Mary is the wife of David Porter of Hanford; Grace, who is Mrs. Charles Moss [sic], lives in Kings County, and Bessie married John Bowden and lives in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1882 Mr. Blakeley came with his family from Iowa to Grangeville, Tulare County, Cal. During the first two years of his residence here he farmed leased land, but eventually he bought land on the lake. He sold that property soon, however, and bought a farm on the Mussel flugh, and there farmed for some years, then selling the place in order to buy another near Armona. In 1904 he secured by a trade five acres of land adjoining the northwest corner of the city of Hanford, which he has developed into a profitable orchard and which has since provided him an attractive home. As a farmer, Mr. Blakeley has been successful within the limits of his operations, and as a citizen he has shown a public spirit which has won him the regard of all who know him. He is especially interested in education, and wherever he has lived he has done his utmost for the advancement of the schools in his vicinity." Menefee & Dodge, HISTORY OF TULARE AND KINGS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles 1913), pp 588-89.
"Funeral services for the late James Monroe Blakeley, who died at his home at the northwest comer of the city on Wednesday, will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the chapel of the People's Undertaking Association. Rev. J. B. Travis of the First Baptist Church will officiate and interment will be made in the family plot in Grangeville Cemetery." HANFORD (Calif.) MORNING JOURNAL, 31 March 1922.
His parents and ancestors spelled the name Blakely. James and his brother George disagreed as to the spelling. George kept the spelling of Blakely but James used the spelling of Blakeley. The descendants of each have kept those spellings.
Additional children:
Ira (1867-1867)
Emmit (1868-1868)
Roy Dilen (1875-1875)
Maude (1878-??)
James (1884-1884)
In 1913, James Monroe Blakeley was the subject of a biographical sketch: "Indiana has sent to California
many men and women who have won honored place in the citizenship of the Golden State. Among those who have lived and prospered in the vicinty of Hanford, Kings County, mention should be made of James Munroe [sic] Blakeley. Mr. Blakeley was born in 1837 and was reared and educated in his native state. In 1857, when he was about twenty years old, he settled in Iowa, where he farmed successfully for a quarter of a century. He married there, in 1861, Miss Mary A. Thomas, like himself, a native of Indiana, who had gone to Iowa with her parents, and they have had eight children: Eva married Harvey Bums; Olive May was the wife of H. Clawson; A. W. lives at Riverside; Frank is a citizen of Lemoore; Arthur E. is well known in Kings County; Mary is the wife of David Porter of Hanford; Grace, who is Mrs. Charles Moss [sic], lives in Kings County, and Bessie married John Bowden and lives in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1882 Mr. Blakeley came with his family from Iowa to Grangeville, Tulare County, Cal. During the first two years of his residence here he farmed leased land, but eventually he bought land on the lake. He sold that property soon, however, and bought a farm on the Mussel flugh, and there farmed for some years, then selling the place in order to buy another near Armona. In 1904 he secured by a trade five acres of land adjoining the northwest corner of the city of Hanford, which he has developed into a profitable orchard and which has since provided him an attractive home. As a farmer, Mr. Blakeley has been successful within the limits of his operations, and as a citizen he has shown a public spirit which has won him the regard of all who know him. He is especially interested in education, and wherever he has lived he has done his utmost for the advancement of the schools in his vicinity." Menefee & Dodge, HISTORY OF TULARE AND KINGS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA (Los Angeles 1913), pp 588-89.
"Funeral services for the late James Monroe Blakeley, who died at his home at the northwest comer of the city on Wednesday, will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the chapel of the People's Undertaking Association. Rev. J. B. Travis of the First Baptist Church will officiate and interment will be made in the family plot in Grangeville Cemetery." HANFORD (Calif.) MORNING JOURNAL, 31 March 1922.
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