Franklin Cooper Blakeslee

1858 - 1942  (83 years)

• Name	Franklin Cooper Blakeslee
  Born	01 Oct 1858	Spring Garden, Jefferson Co. IL
  Gender	Male
  Died	1942	Colorado
  Buried	Fowler Cemetery, Fowler, Otero 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. After several seasons on South Hardscrabble, Colorado, Jason Blakeslee staked a homestead of 130 acres on Hardscrabble Park.
  Person ID	I13179	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	Margaret Jane Calliln,   b. 1865,   d. 1914, Colorado  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F7448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart