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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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        JARED BLAKE, one of the early settlers of Porter County, was born
     in La Porte County, Ind., December 16, 1835; he is one of a family of
     seven children born to JACOB and ELEANOR (WALTON) BLAKE, four of whom
     are living - three in this county and one in Kansas. His parents were
     born, reared and married in what is now West Virginia, whence they
     emigrated to Jackson County, Ohio, stopping there a short time before
     going to La Porte County, Ind., and thence coming to Porter County in
     1836, where his father died in 1844; his mother died in this township
     in 1870.  JARED BLAKE lived at home until he was of age, having always
     followed the occupation of a farmer, and being now owner of 130 acres
     in this township, 100 of which are improved.  He was married January
     15, 1868, to AMELIA BEACH, of this county, born May 29, 1848; she is
     the daughter of SHELDON BEACH.  To this union five children have been
     given - FRANK W., ALICE A., OTTO V., HARRY S. and LAURA P.  Mr. BLAKE
     was a soldier in the war against the rebellion, having enlisted in
     Company H, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in
     1864, under Capt. SPARKS, remaining until the close of the war.  He
     was one of the guards at the obsequies of the lamented President
     LINCOLN, in 1865.

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