Jason Blakeslee

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Source for family information: Nancy Lee
email address: thrinkthronk@hotmail. com
posted November 19, 2000 on Genforum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/russell/messages/5358.html

Jason Blakeslee and Sarah Elizabeth Russell until 1854 lived on a farm near Painesville, Ohio. The family moved to Spring Garden, Illinois. In 1866, they decided to move because the climate in Spring Garden, Illinois was not suitable for some of their family.

Nancy notes "I know why because I visited there a few years ago, it's always raining and flooding, and mosquitoes everywhere, but it was quite fertile growing ground."

In May, 1870, a caravan of five covered wagons drawn by mules and horses set out from Spring Garden, Illinois for the Wet Mountain Valley in Colorado. All the citizens of Spring Garden, Illinois were present to bid them God-speed.

After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.

Jason married Sarah Elizabeth RUSSELL 08 Aug 1847, Painesville, Lake Co. OH. Sarah (daughter of Simon Jacob RUSSELL and Polly Bailey) was born 27 Dec l827, Painesville, Lake Co. OH; died 1909, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Olivia Blakeslee was born 12 Sept 1849, Painesville, Lake Co. OH; died 1932, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO.
2. Clara Elvira Blakeslee was born 19 Dec 1850, Painesville, Lake Co. OH; died 1903, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO.
3. Livera Rebecca Blakeslee was born 13 Aug 1852, Painesville, Lake Co. OH; died 1927, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO.
4. Sarah Elizabeth Blakeslee was born 08 Apr 1856, Spring Garden, Jefferson Co. IL; died 1939, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO.
5. Franklin Cooper Blakeslee was born 01 Oct 1858, Spring Garden, Jefferson Co. IL; died 1942, Colorado; was buried , Fowler Cemetery, Fowler, Otero Co. CO.
6. Ida Mae Blakeslee was born 9 Sept 1860, Spring Garden, Jefferson Co. IL; died 1945, Colorado; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont Co. CO.
7. Cora Belle Blakeslee was born 03 Dec 1863, Spring Garden, Jefferson Co. IL; died 1960, Colorado; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont Co. CO.