Clara Elvira Blakeslee

Female 1850 - 1903  (52 years)


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  • Name Clara Elvira Blakeslee 
    Born 19 Dec 1850  Painesville, Lake Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1903  Wetmore, Custer Co. CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.

      After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.
    Person ID I13187  Master File
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2012 

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

    Family Lorenzo Dow Vaughn,   b. 1848,   d. Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2012 
    Family ID F7452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart