Mary Olivia Blakeslee

1849 - 1932  (82 years)

• Name	Mary Olivia Blakeslee
  Born	12 Sept 1849	Painesville, Lake Co. OH
  Gender	Female
  Died	1932	Wetmore, Custer Co. CO
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO
  Notes	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. Mary Olivia Blakeslee m Samuel W. Bernard stayed in Spring Garden for awhile until Samuel could get well. Samuel was originally from Tennessee, where he practiced medicine as a doctor, then he became a pharmacist. In 1871, these two joined the Blakeslee family in Colorado. This family had 6 children After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.
  Person ID	I13185	Master File
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Jason Blakeslee,   d. Wetmore, Custer Co. CO
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. 27 Dec l827, Painesville, Lake Co. OH ,   d. 1909, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO
  Married	08 Aug 1847	Painesville, Lake Co. OH
  Family ID	F7445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Walter Bernard,   b. 1842, Tennessee ,   d. 1912, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Spring Garden, Jefferson Co. IL
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F7451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart