David
A.
Blake
Born in Tennessee, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Nancy (Bowman) Blake
— married
about 1815 in Tennessee
Descendants 
Died before
before age 62
in Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States
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Biography
David Blake was an early settler in Winnebago County, Illinois.
David was born in 1798 in Tennessee.
He married Nancy Bowman about 1815.
They came to Rockton, Illinois in the summer of 1835. [1]
He voted in the first election in Rockton in 1836 and was elected constable for Rockton in 1837. [2]
He moved to Decorah, Iowa after 1850 and died there before 1860. [3]
Children
- Amos Blake 1816-1855
- Ewing Allison Blake b. 1817-1849
- Elizabeth “Eliza” (Logan) b. 1819
- Eleanor (Hulett) 1821-1906
- Rachel Evaline (Logan) 1822-1901
- Mary Adaline (Hulett/Snook) 1828-1898
- Sarah E. Blake b. 1828
- David Carroll Blake 1842-1912
1850 US Census
Rockton, Illinois [4]
- David A Blake 52 Tenn
- Nancy Blake 60 Tenn
- Sarah E Blake 22 Tenn
- David C Blake 15 Ind
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBV-4R1 : 15 August 2017), David A Blake, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing p. 423, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 73; FHL microfilm 7,644.
- ↑ Carr, Edison Irving. ”The History of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1820 to 1898” Rockton, Illinois: Herald Office Print, 1898. Page 23.
- ↑ Church, Charles ”Past and present of the city of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois”. Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing co., 1905. Page 349.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M854-B3H : 12 April 2016), David A Blake, Rockton, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing family 108, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
See also:
- Rowland, Katherine E., C.G. ”The Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, Who Came before 1841”. Baltimore, MA: Gateway Press, 1990. Page 34.
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