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Photos
taken & contributed by Carolyn McPherson
©2007 |
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Family Members Buried
in Blakely Cemetery
(Females
listed by their given birth name) |
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BORN |
DIED |
NOTES
OF RELATION |
| Blakely, Elizabeth
W. |
Abt 1841 |
31 Aug 1842 |
Not Known |
| Blakely, Ella H. |
1852 |
1933 |
Possible
Daughter of James G. & Susan
(McAuley) |
| Blakely, James G. |
12 Jan 1810 |
15 Apr 1882 |
Son of
William & Nancy (McDonald); Husband
of Susan McAuley |
| Blakely, James T. |
Abt 1852 |
18 Apr 1877 |
Not Known |
| Blakely, Jane M.
"Jennie" |
1848 |
1914 |
Daughter
of James G. & Susan (McAuley) |
| Blakely, John P. |
1849 |
1942 |
Son of
James G. & Susan (McAuley) |
| Blakely, Rebecca
Susan |
1854 |
1945 |
Daughter
of James G. & Susan (McAuley) |
| Blakely, Samuel
McAuley |
25 Apr 1843 |
17 Jan 1892 |
Son of
James G. & Susan (McAuley); Husband
of Lottie |
| Blakely, William |
1781 |
20 Apr 1855 |
Son of
John; Husband of Nancy (McDonald) |
| Blakely, William |
1821 |
1878 |
Not Known |
| McAuley, Susan |
1813 |
1900 |
Daughter
of Rev. William McAuley; Wife of James G.
Blakely |
| McDonald, Nancy |
1791 |
20 Feb 1855 |
Daughter
of John; Wife of William Blakely |
| Peters, William |
1823 |
03 Jul 1869 |
Not Known |
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| BLAKELY FAMILY PLOT |
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WILLIAM BLAKELY
1781-1855 |
| The son of John, William
came to Kortright in 1808 along with his
wife Nancy (McDonald). He erected his
home and the young couple began their
family which included five children.
William became a noted business man,
erecting lodging and maintaining a hotel
near the turnpike which ran from
Catskill, on the Hudson, to the
Susquehanna. He was considered one of the
most prosperous businessmen of his day.
He died two months after his wife on 20
Apr 1855, at the age of 78 years. |
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NANCY
(MC DONALD) BLAKELY
1791-1855 |
| Daughter of John McDonald,
Nancy was born in New York in 1791. She
married William Blakely and came to
Kortright where she raised her family of
five children. Son John D. Blakely
married Sarah Peters and later removed to
Tully; James G. married Susan McAuley;
Jane married John Peters; Sarah married
Ransom Mitchell; and Goldsborough B.
married Elizabeth Mitchell. Nancy died on 20
Feb 1855, and two months later her
widowed husband William Blakely died.
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| JAMES G.
BLAKELY & SUSAN (MC AULEY) |
| Born 12 Jan 1810 in
Kortright, James was the son of William
Blakely and Nancy (McDonald). He married
Susan (McAuley) and they were the parents
of at least: Sarah Agnes who married John
Thomas; Elizabeth Wilson: Samuel McAuley;
William L.; Jane M; John P.; James; Anna
and Rebecca Susan Blakely. |
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| ELIZABETH
W. & JAMES T. BLAKELY |
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SAMUEL MC AULEY
BLAKELY
1843-1892 |
| Born in New York on 25 Apr
1843, Samuel was the son of James G.
& Susan (McAuley). He married Lottie,
whose last name is unknown and may have
lived in New York City and/ or
Poughkeepsie. He appears to be the same
Samuel whose photograph appears in the
album of Hannah (Rich) Peters. |
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WILLIAM L.
BLAKELY
1846-1898 |
| Son of James G. Blakely and
wife, Susan (McAuley) |
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| CHILDREN OF
JAMES G. BLAKELY & SUSAN (MC AULEY) |
| Jane M. "Jennie
1848-1914; John P. 1849-1942; Rebecca S.
1854-1945; and Ella H. 1852-1933, the
latter of which is not confirmed to be a
daughter of James and Susan. Of John P. Blakely,
a brief biographical sketch states that
he was born 18 Jun 1845 and that he was
educated in the district schools of
Kortright and at the Stamford Academy.
After teaching for two terms, he devoted
his attention to general farming,
specializing in dairying, owning fifty
head of cattle. He was a member of the
West Kortright Presbyterian Church, a
Democrat, and considered to have been a
"man of great popularity with his
fellows, and the type of an honest,
intelligent, industrious, and well-to-do
farmer."
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WILLIAM
BLAKELY
1821-1878 |
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WILLIAM
PETERS
1823-1869 |
| The relationship of this
particular William Peters to the Blakely
family is not known. According to his age
at death, he would have been born 19 May
1823. A stone of his wife Sarah is also
in the Blakely Cemetery and indicates she
died in June of 1875 at the age of 44
years 3 months and 24 days. According to the
Glossary of Victorian Symbolism, the hand
pointing upward symbolizes the reward of
the righteous, confirmation of life after
death and/or Heavenly reward, ascension
to heaven.
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