Posted on: BLAKESLEY Biographies Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/b/l/BLAKESLEY/biographies/10004 Surname: Blakesley, Crouch ------------------------- Charles Blakesly was born May 1, 1851 in Crystal Lake, Illinois, son of John B. and Aseneth R. Crouch Blakesley. He remained in Illinois and became a carpenter and policeman in Elgin, he owned land in Lake Mary Township. His family owned a cottage on Lake Andrew, near Blakesley's Resort in Douglas County, Minnesota. His son Earl, and grandaughter Marion, often spent their summers there.