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History of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Western Historical Company, Chicago - 1883

Page 340

   JOSEPH BLIGHT, senior partner and manager of the Eagle
 River Fuse Company (for sketch of business see general
 history) was born in Cornwall, England, December 25, 1832;
 learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, and emigrated
 to America in 1852.  He spent one year in Northern New York,
 then went to North Carolina, where he remained another year,
 and then in 1854 came to Lake Superior.  He located at Copper
 Harbor, and one year later moved to Eagle River; he was en-
 gaged as mining carpenter at the Copper Falls Mine until 1862,
 when he commenced his present business.  He and his first part-
 ners, Mr. RICHARD UREN, THOMAS DUNSTONE, patented their machi-
 nery and made their own machines.  The business has since been
 improved and extended to its prosperous proportions.  He was
 married in Cornwall, England, July 12, 1852, to Miss MARY A.,
 daughter of CHARLES TERRIELL.  They have two sons and a daugh-
 ter.  Mr. BLIGHT'S father, RICHARD BLIGHT, was the inventor
 and builder of the first steam stamps built in the world.
 
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