- GEORGE ARTHUR BLAKELEY, M.D., the present postmaster at Albany,
is one of the most
- popular and progressive young physicians of this part of
Green county. He is courteous and affable in his general intercourse
with the public, and sustains a good reputation, both as a man
and as a member of the medical profession.
- Dr. BLAKELEY was born near Lawrence, Kan., May 8, 1857, and
is a son of Edwin and
- Frances (SMITH) BLAKELEY, natives of New York and Michigan,
respectively. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters,
and five of their children are now living: Frances A., the wife
of H. A. BABCOCK, of Evansville, Wis.; Dr. George A.; Harrison
A.; William E.; and Eugene. The father was a farmer, and removed
into Ohio in the early days. About 1854 he came to Wisconsin,
and located at Evansville, which was his home - with the exception
of three years spent in Kansas - the rest of his life. He died
in 1896, at the age of seventy, a consistent member of the Congregational
Church, and his widow now lives in Evansville. He was a soldier
in the Civil war, serving from April until September, 1865, and
was a man of some prominence in local affairs, having held several
offices in the town.
- Edwin BLAKELEY was the eighth son of Asa BLAKELEY and his
wife Esther DIBBLE. Asa
- BLAKELEY was born in Connecticut in 1784, whither his people
had removed from Vermont. He was married to Esther DIBBLE April
3, 1810, and they became the parents of eight sons - Isaac, John,
Henry, Ransom, Nathaniel, Asa, Evander and Edwin - and one daughter,
the youngest in the family - Esther (BLAKELEY) HATHAWAY. He died
in Evansville, Wis., where in the early fifties, the last years
of his life were spent. Frances (SMITH) BLAKELEY was a daughter
of Henry SMITH, a native of Rutland, Vermont, born in 1802, and
his wife Betsey BURNETT, who died in Michigan. Henry SMITH was
a teacher by profession and after the death of his wife he moved
from Michigan to Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder
of his life, being killed by the cars after he had reached the
age of eighty years.
- Dr. BLAKELEY was reared on the farm south of Evansville,
where he attended the district
- school, and, when somewhat older, the high school at Evansville.
Then he took up the study of medicine, and was graduated from
Rush Medical School in 1885. He began the practice of his profession
at Hampton, Neb., where he remained two years. From there the
young Doctor went to North Loup, and in 1890 came to Albany,
where he has since continued in his professional work.
- Dr. BLAKELEY and Miss Jennie M. BARGEWELL, the daughter of
Matthew and Miriam
- (ROGERS) BARGEWELL, were married Feb. 27, 1880. They are
the parents of six children, Hattie A., Fred L., Glenn A., William,
Edwin and Miriam. The Doctor is a member of Anchor Lodge, A.F.
& A.M., of North Loup, Neb., being very popular in his Masonic
affiliations; and of Garrison ______, Knights of the Globe. He
is a member of the Central Wisconsin Medical Society. In politics
he is a Republican; he was appointed postmaster at Albany Dec.
15, 1898, and entered upon the duties of his position the last
day of that month. He was reappointed January 15, 1899. The office
was then rated as fourth-class, but it is now a third-class office.
Dr. BLAKELEY was a member of the village board in 1892.
- There is good Revolutionary blood in the family. Two brothers
of our subject's paternal great-
- grandfather were killed in that struggle. His wife's father
came from England, where he was born, and located in Michigan.
He came to Evansville when somewhat advanced in years, and was
a shoemaker in that city. He was a master of Union Lodge, No.
32, A.F. & A.M. for twenty years, and was known far and wide
as one of the most loyal Masons in Wisconsin. He had two children:
Jennie M., Mrs. BLAKELEY; and Myrta, a teacher in the public
schools of Minneapolis.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 411-412.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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