Israel Rody Blose (1843 - 1880)

Born 1843 in Delmont, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Descendants

Died 18 May 1880 at about age 37 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Biography

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Israel Rody Blose, eldest son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Rowe) Blose, was born in Delmont, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1S43. died in McKeesport, -May 18, 1880. He spent his youth in Delmont and there learned the trade of millwright, his father being a prominent miller of that section, no doubt influencing his selection of that trade, which then was a most profitable one. He traveled a great deal in pursuit of his trade, met his later wife in McKeesport, married and there settled. He continued intendent of machinery in the W. D. Wood steel mill, holding that position working at his trade for several years after marriage, then became superuntil his death in 1880. He was a man of high standing, a member of the Presbyterian church, and of the Masonic Order, his wife also a Presbyterian. In politics he was a Democrat. Israel Rody Blose married Sarah Mertilla Patterson, born in March, 1846, in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Alexander and Rachel Borland (Gray) Patterson, of previous mention. Children: Joseph Clifford, a druggist, died a young man, August 23, 1911; Rachel, married George Stone, whom she survives, a resident of McKeesport; Helen Josephine, married Walter Albert, and resides in North Caldwell, New Jersey; Daniel Patterson, of whom further. Mrs. Blose remained a widow until September 29, 1887, on which date she married Samuel Carothers, who died in 1896. Their only child died in infancy. She is now a resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 2, p. 658-660)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 38)