Posted on: BLAKESLEY Biographies Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/b/l/BLAKESLEY/biographies/10006 Surname: Blakesley, Crouch, Munson, Stevens ------------------------- Annie Carver Blakesley was born August 12, 1860 in Crystal Lake, Illinois, daughter of John B. and Aseneth R. (Crouch) Blakesley. She played the piano. She was idolized by her nieces, because she was the first woman in the family to be a "career woman." She worked as a stenographer at the Union Depot in Chicago, Illinois. She also ran a school for stenographers. Later she moved to Washington DC where she died. She was married (1) to Louie L. Stevens and (2) to John Allen Munson