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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

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        ABRAHAM L. BLACHLY, miller, was born July 2, 1860, in Union Centre,
     Porter County; he is the youngest of seven children living born to
     CORNELIUS and CHRISTINA (LAUGHLIN) BLACHLY, both natives of Pennsyl-
     vania.  The elder BLACHLY was a physician of the regular school.  He
     has practiced in Porter County for forty-four years, and was among the
     first settlers in Porter County; had bought the old Gosset Mill in
     1869.  ABRAHAM L. received a common school education, and lived with
     his father at the old home until the death of the latter, in April,
     1876.  In 1879, ABRAHAM married IDA WHEELER, a native of this county.
     They live at the old place with his mother.  They have one child,
     CLARA E.  Soon after his father's death, he bought a quarter interest
     in the mill, he and his brother MILLER owning one-half.  They are both
     first-class millers; he has always been a Republican, and is an
     intelligent and promising young man.  The other half-interest in the
     mill is owned by the Widow BLACHLY, and the whole is estimated at
     $10,000.  The family have in their possession a "coat of arms,"
     descended from the BLACHLY side from an ancient family in Holland.
     Dr. E. BLACHLY, an uncle of the elder B., was a founder of Oberlin
     College.

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